Weekend in Chelsea (Pintar Rapido)
This weekend I was in Chelsea taking part in 'Pintar Rapido'. It was an excellent event and great to meet up with friends/fellow artists for some plein ...read more
Sheep and buttercups
I managed to catch this scene at Castlethorpe, just a few miles up the road from home in Stony Stratford. The sheep were very obliging and created ...read more
Cornwall (Looe) with the ROI
I've just returned from a few days down in Cornwall having met up with ROI members and friends down in Looe last weekend. It was a great ...read more
Lower Weald
I've not been able to get out to paint much recently, one reason being the return of the 'whirling pits' (vertigo) which I won't dwell on! Onto a ...read more
Brief winter outings
It's been a while since I posted anything so time to remedy that! It's generally been a pretty wet January but there have been the odd glimpses ...read more
ROI annual exhibition 2013
Just returned from the private view for the 2013 annual exhibition with the Royal Institute of Oil Painters at the Mall Galleries in London. Great to see ...read more
Late autumn
I've managed to grab a small handful of outdoor sessions recently and tried to take advantage of the decent light/sunshine we've had over the last couple of ...read more
Quickfire ROI portrait session
Last week I spent an enjoyable day with some ROI members and friends at the Winsor and Newton HQ in Shepherd's Bush. We had the added bonus ...read more
Another day in paradise (North Norfolk in the sunshine)
Another quick jaunt up to the North Norfolk coast and I managed to get four paintings done, accompanied by some unusually hot sunshine which I've been trying ...read more
Sunshine from North Norfolk
At the weekend the forecast was so good I decided to head for North Norfolk and soak up the sunshine by the sea. I set off at ...read more









