Author: Duffy Tomei

We’d had a spate of glorious skies for a few weeks which had encouraged me to star gaze – well not quite star gaze because…

Driving home late one afternoon in unsettled weather, I couldn’t help but notice the very dramatic sky.  I felt impelled to stop and park the…

Are you a lark or an owl?  I’m a night owl and as such have rarely seen the dawn but I’d heard it was very…

The fight against Covid-19 continued throughout 2020 and into 2021.  This painting was created during the third lockdown period.  By now my nerves were beginning…

I’d been painting scenes of the sea for quite a while and fancied something different so looked for stimulus for a landscape.  I’d had a…

This painting is from a photo taken on one of my many jaunts locally to find interesting stimulus to paint.  There is always a beautiful…

This image is of the iconic pier at Walton on the Naze.  Painted from an image of one of my own photographs taken on one…

An evocative painting of a sea fisherman making a catch in the style of Robert Hagan. This was created at a workshop with the artist…

This painting, now a confident image, definitely grew into itself. I regularly take walks around the coastal area where I live looking for stimulation for…

This is a painting of the local free church situated at the sea end of Connaught Avenue in Frinton on Sea.  I was inspired to…