I'll preface this blog right here by clarifying that this is my method of painting. I've not had much formal training and this is just...

As an artist one of the reasons I show my work is to get constructive feedback. I want to get better at creating and I can do the practising

I really hope the answer is "yes"! Last year I began with a series of abstract paintings - a challenge which I found very difficult and...

I've wanted to paint this view for some time but was struggling with the composition. I walk along here regularly and I've painted a...

For the second year I participated in the Warwickshire Open Studios Plein Air event in Jephson Gardens. I realised just how much I'd...

At the recent Art In The Park I picked up some great tips by talking to other artists. One of the more thought-provoking was Sue Southorn...

It would be lovely to paint plein air all the time but the English weather doesn't always permit. Personally it also limits the subjects...

Here we are halfway through a painting. This is a quirky bedroom in a guest house in Edinburgh. We'd just got up and I liked the light,...

I like this painting very much - its the kind of scene which defines a lot of my work - everyday life in a town which many people could...