A little oil painting of two of my tiny pots. I’ve enjoyed playing with the yellow - the colour was inspired by a gorgeous print by Mary Cassatt and I’m looking forward to using it more. This little 5x7” painting will be available
This is a section of a painting I did earlier in the year but was never happy with so I’ve been working on it again and I’m much happier now. I have always liked the composition but some areas have been niggling at me ever since. It&rsqu
I have really enjoyed the calm of painting this quiet still life today. A nice contrast to the busyness of my open studios last weekend and again this weekend. Back to my favourite dishes-still not bored by them! My open studios continues tomorrow a
This is one of the paintings from when I was in Anglesey, North Wales this summer. I painted it whist sitting on the rocks at the side of the beach. I had to use my memory to stick to the original composition as the tide had come in so much by the en
What a fantastic start to my open studios! I loved meeting everyone who visited today. Thank you to all those who came, chatted, bought work or just enjoyed looking around. I’m opening my studio again tomorrow from 10-5 and then next weekend
The view from Bigbury towards Bantham Beach in Devon. I painted this en plein air during a very blustery week camping in August. Gorgeous being by the sea though and watching all the surfers enjoying the waves. This is one of a several Devon paintin
I have been wanting to paint this flat peach perched on top of an old stoneware pot for the last month and I finally had a chance yesterday. It was so nice outside I took my things into the garden and used the sun to light it. Swipe to see half way s
I had a brilliant day at Patchings Art Festival yesterday and the best surprise was finding out I’d won a prize at the TALP Artist Exhibition! Thank you so much to @paintersonline and all the judges for awarding me the Daler-Rowney award for Pr
This painting of North Sands in Salcombe is now available at the lovely @wychwood_art gallery. I really enjoyed painting this one as it’s such a gorgeous spot. I’ll be heading down to Devon again later this summer and will definitely be t
I have loved painting these tiny little French stoneware pots that I picked up from @cachepot_ltd recently. Can you guess what they are used for? (Answer below!) Each one a different shape, size and shade, there is something so very appealing about t
Erigeron, or Fleabane,to use its traditional English name (which is much more fun!). It’s all over the garden at the moment with its tangled stems and abundance of daisy-like flowers. I felt a bit mean picking and restraining them but they lo
Back to still life this week and finishing a painting I began before whit. I’ve been wanting to do a larger one with my little French cheese strainer for a while and it goes so well with the lemons. Thank you to @cachepot_ltd for the French st
Have had a lovely week in Anglesey painting in sun, rain, wind and calm! I’ll start to post a few of the paintings I managed when I was there. There were gorgeous rollers coming into the bay here and the sea was full of energy. Windy so the pa
A happy collection of spring flowers from my garden. I planted the peonies 3 years ago and this is the first time I’ve had more than one bud so I didn’t feel too guilty picking a few to paint! I love their bright yellow centres and the de