I’m opening my studio on Saturday 29th November – come along and have a blether with me and some of my fellow artists at Halton Mill . Original artwork and limited edition prints available as well as the chance to browse beautiful hand-made gifts at the craft fair. The mill will be open between 11 am – 5 pm and all […]
Meet the artists at Halton Mill, Sat 29th November Read More »
This is a really good autumn for geese as well as harvests. At Martin Mere in West Lancashire there’s record numbers of pink-footed geese down from their summer breeding grounds in Iceland – 36,600 on the reserve, and another few thousand in the surrounding fields. They don’t normally have this many geese until later in the
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I’ve decided to start writing a newsletter to my loyal art collectors as well as hopefully gain some new fans. I’ll be writing every month or so about what’s inspiring me, notify you of any upcoming events, and probably include a picture or two of my current projects. In return for you signing up I’d
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My art class this morning were practising drawing faces in charcoal, using putty rubbers (and electric rubbers, which are brilliant although they sound like dentist’s drills!) to lift out the highlights. It’s a good method to use when the subject is dimly lit. This is my unfinished drawing, sorry dude…
The first sketch was from this afternoon at Conder Green on the Lune Estuary. It was really warm and hazy and everything looked monotone and slightly washed out as if it was in an old photo. The other sketches are from Sunday, at Martin Mere WWT reserve in West Lancashire. I loved sketching the flock of
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I went down to the coast by Pilling yesterday evening. The swallows were swooping around me and the sun was low across the salt marsh and fields, lighting them up in gold, but hazy grey cloud was low over Clougha. The wire on the fences around the marsh are all strung with seaweed. Not sure how much
Saltmarsh swallows, 1st of September Read More »
I spent the morning drawing dried seaweed with Sandgazer Jenny. Jenny has a real gift for opening people’s eyes to the wonderful things all around us that are normally overlooked. She collected the seaweed from the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll. Jenny is documenting grains of sand collected from all around the world in her photography and art,
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Last Saturday I ran an acrylic painting workshop at my studio, which went really well. Seven people came and produced some really lovely work. The worksop focus was acrylic landscapes. I used a photo from upper Ribblesdale for demo purposes, but some people brought their own photos in to work from. Here are the resulting
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Just been planning for the next term of my art classes at Williamson Park and my studio at Halton Mill. Here’s the flyers. The classes begin the second week of September.
Autumn 2014 art classes Read More »
I called this painting ‘Loop the Loop’. It shows (in fairly unscientific detail) carnivorous Madagascan pitcher plants, of the genus Nepenthes. Memorable to me because on my first trip to Madagascar aged 22 I was really struck by their exotic jungley appearance. I had never been in the tropics before, and I was reading Robert Drury’s Journal ,
‘Loop the loop’- Madagascan pitcher plants. Acrylic on board. Read More »