Happy New Year! It’s been a busy Christmas period, but as the calendar turns over my thoughts turn to the New Year. With a number of paintings completed in December (I’m just resting them over Christmas, I like to take a pause before finally announcing it finished!), I need to find some room in the […]
Reflections on Open Studios
Just closed the doors on my final day of Open Studios. It was my first time doing this event as an artist, and overall it has been a wonderful experience. Setting up was as stressful as I thought it would be, having to completely re-arrange the house, and hang all the pictures. I’d worried that […]
Open Studios 2015
I have finally got there, and today opened my “Open Studio” for the first time. As ever I’ve completely under-estimated the amount of work that would be required, and consequently was up late Friday and very early Saturday, but was more or less ready at 12 noon. Just as well, as almost immediately across the […]
Landmark Midsummer Arts Fair
Just spent all weekend at my first Arts Fair, and what an experience. Venue was the wonderful Landmark Arts Centre in Teddington, a superbly converted Victorian Gothic church. I had no expectations going in, but the whole weekend was wonderful for me. Organisation and running of the fair was superb, all the artists I met […]
Hertford Art Society Members Show
Hertford Art Society Members’ Show is on this weekend. I have 2 pieces on the walls, and some unframed prints and cards. Unfortunately due to the size of the venue only small works can be accepted, which is not my usual medium. But I’ve done this collection of 4 Hertford Churches, mounted together. I find […]
St Albans Exhibition success!
I’ve submitted 3 pictures for the St. Albans Art Society show, currently on at the Old Town Hall in the centre of town till Saturday. All 3 pictures were produced from my “6 pictures in 6 days” adventure (although as you may notice I did touch each up a bit after the 6 days, especially […]
Sennen Cove Print
Finally got my print done, which was part of the Prize for winning the Hertford Open Prize. Looks pretty good I think. The print, courtesy of Kevin Mead at Art Van Go in Knebworth, is a fantastic, high-quality giclee print, that has really captured the textures of the original. I’m doing the print as an […]
Day 3 – Tuesday 27th May
Day 3 – lots of work, but don’t seem to be making enough progress! Should be half-way through by now but doesn’t feel that way. Started late again today (10.30), but still working at 9pm, so probably did 8 hours. Picture 2, the baskets, is moving along well and I see a clear resolution to […]
JMW Turner
Saw the fantastic “Turner and the Sea” exhibition in Greenwich recently, and was so inspired thought I’d try and copy one of his. So here’s my “Fighting Temeraire” It was good to do this, learnt a lot. Mainly how good Turner was! I was quite happy with it though, especially the sea, which I felt […]
William Congdon
Executed a piece I’ve had in mind for some time today It’s in the style of William Congdon. Congdon was an American artist from the Action Painting school, of which Jackson Pollock is the most famous. Congdon moved to Europe after the war, and developed a figurative element to the style. He would […]