Hey, I hope all of you who celebrate Christmas have a joyous one, filled with everything you need - like happiness, love, family and good friends. Christmas is not about the gifts, or the tree or the baubles and garish lights festooning so many houses at this time of year but you wouldn't think otherwise... Continue Reading →
Some work I've been concentrating on this month - all done on Bockingford paper with Caran D'Ache water soluble oil pastels. Most are either A3 in size or A4: Abstract Field 1 A4 - landscape Original painting is available for sale - £35.00 plus postage and packaging. Work is sold unframed, mounted on stiff... Continue Reading →
I have come to understand something quite profound, as far as my life goes at any rate - because as anyone who knows me will attest, I am nothing like profound in anything I do or say. In trying to understand why I seem to naturally gravitate towards shades of blue and golds in my... Continue Reading →
Something different (for me, at any rate). Got a bit tired of one of my larger canvasses last week, so decided to jazz it up somewhat. I don't do this 'pointilist' type of work normally, so it was something strange to begin with but after a while I enjoyed the freedom. 'What do you see?'... Continue Reading →
I got me some Caran D'Ache ws oil pastels the other day and some really wonderful Bockingford Hot Pressed Watercolour Paper - A3 size - I took 20 sheets. What a difference good ground paper makes! It is really sturdy and quite stiff but takes a lot of manhandling with liquid and paint. I have... Continue Reading →
