Welcome to my blog/newsletter. It has been too long since my last posting.  Sometimes life can be overwhelming.  There can be so much one feels about everything in the world, and to open one’s mouth seems insubstantial or completely irrelevant.  My whole life has felt irrelevant much of the time.  I’ve been feeling I could […]

Hi and I hope this finds you well. I’ve had a busy couple of months, though less with painting-related things than I would have liked.  Time constantly taken too much with obstacles related to a new home/old house (/new life!) and I can see this might be ongoing indefinitely.  Life changes, and more than ever […]

Hi all Hope you’re well, warm and have time for a few pics to scroll through. This is going to be a fast run-down, with fewer words than normal. This first painting was a commission for a lady who provided a lot of help to the farmers of the area depicted, during the 2014 flooding.  […]

Friends, hello!  I hope this long-delayed blog may come as a welcome distraction, from more important things.  It has been months, again, since I last blogged, so there’s quite a lot here.  I hope you are well, or ‘bearing up’ under life’s pressures, anxieties and the practical difficulties of the times.  I think it helps […]

Hi, and I hope this finds you well! It has been quite a while since my last post, for a number of reasons. I have long been in the delightful throes of selling/moving house, and this is still ongoing. We’ve now moved out, but have yet to move in again.  I am heading northward though, […]

In the city This was my first plein air of the year that I felt seemed to flow quite well. I had some nice chats with a few different people, but for a change it didn’t cause a problem for the painting. In fact I kept going, plonking down paint as we chatted. Probably quite […]

Towards Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall.   A studio painting. I did a plein air at the time I was here which was not a great success, being almost blown over by wind.  This one I felt came out okay overall, despite sections which could definitely have gone much better.  For an age I’ve been meaning to […]

Hello! This painting was from photos taken last summer when I visited Glastonbury to film a demo for my plein air video.  That was done further down this narrow road on a footpath through fields to the left, following the river Parrett.  Even from this spot a 45 degree turn to the left gives a […]

Hello! About time I put together a blog post.  Hopefully this sprawling post will make up a bit for a considerable period of withdrawal.  It’s been a time of reflection, and there’s a bit of that in here. I have done a couple of posts in recent months, but not sent them out […]

I hope you are well. The year rolls on.  Difficult times in many ways, but perhaps some recent signs of hope? I won’t say much this time, though there are a few ‘news’ items and links at the bottom of this post. I thought I’d show some pictures though, since it’s been a while. A […]