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Smaller works

Rose, watercolour and collage, A5

Many of the works featured in my earlier posts have been large, sometimes up to A0 in size, but this selection is of some smaller pieces. I was recently in touch with a gallery which only stocks smaller pieces as they have found many customers do not always have the space (or the budget!) for… Continue reading Smaller works

Layer upon layer

Large Red Copper (1995) Layered print with shellac and tissue paper

This week I have been revisiting a technique I haven’t used in a while, which I call layering. I chanced upon an earlier print of the Red Comma Butterfly, similar to one I submitted to the Royal Academy in 1995 and it inspired me to attempt a new work with the same technique. Essentially one… Continue reading Layer upon layer

Hidden ramblings

Cabbages and Sweet-Scented Stock, Mixed Media

I can normally remember every single piece of work I have created (admittedly with the help of my numerous sketchbooks!), but today I chanced upon something that I had completely forgotten. On the backs of three paintings I have selected for this year’s Open Studios, were some jottings; my thoughts on what was happening at… Continue reading Hidden ramblings

‘Fantasy art’

Fish in the Sea, Mixed Media

These are experimental works, involving a technique I haven’t used for a while. Working on layout paper which can be very frail, I daubed splodges of watercolour, which were then left to find their own path. The form that the paint took inspired the subject matter, which I then defined and refined with a stick… Continue reading ‘Fantasy art’

Missing work

Missing Work, Charcoal and coffee stains

I’ve been in a reflective mood this week remembering, with fondness and admittedly an element of sadness, my time as a teacher. Conversations with old friends and acquaintances have no doubt triggered these thoughts, igniting memories of my 30 years in the classroom, teaching young and old in group classes and private sessions. There is… Continue reading Missing work

Flowers from a wedding

These flowers were part of the table decorations at my friends’ recent wedding and they kindly gave them to me after the event. Comprising ranunculus, gypsophila, double tulips, freesias and gerberas, I felt the need to capture their different forms and at midnight I drew them in biro in my trusty sketchbook.