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A 29x29cm painting on paper I made last year of one of my favourite painting places, Perranuthnoe.  I haven’t been there since self-isolation and I’m missing it badly.  This is one of the quieter places that isn’t so easy to … Continued

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Self isolating over the last weeks seems to have allowed people more time to ‘stand and stare’.  A friend told me he had an epiphany whilst looking at (or, more to the point, seeing) a buttercup.  I’ve  always given myself … Continued

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I decided to develop the idea contained in the painting that I posted last week.  It wasn’t as bright as my usual paintings and had, for me, an unusual mood.  The new painting is brighter, and the composition has been … Continued

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Spring is well under way here.  The greens are intensifying and the hawthorn and blackthorn are flowering.  Just before the spiky blackthorn, which grows all along the coast path near my studio, did flower I made this painting with mixed … Continued