May 2023 and King Charles III is to be crowned.  The Driftwood Gallery at Photovogue in Frinton on Sea is hosting a Coronation art exhibition for all local artists to…

Why does an artist suddenly produce such a painting...and well you might ask.  Well, Don Quixote was originally a painting of a donkey - I played on the word for…

My friend's daughter just loves Highland cows and asked if I could paint one.  Well you don't know what you can do until you try, do you?  I thoroughly enjoyed…

I had been researching and exploring using watercolour in a loose style.  Having successfully produced a rather nice image of a cow - see Cate - I thought I'd explore…

In 1592 John Willis, both a Stenographer and Mnemonic graduated with a BA from Christ’s College, Cambridge. In 1602 John Willis developed a system of shorthand published in ‘The Art…

This pretty snow scene was filed away as a 'practice piece' for a while as it was created at a watercolour workshop I attended and I wasn't completely satisfied with…

I take regular painting lessons to keep my skills honed in.  There's always something new to learn, however small it might be.  I visit Watershed Studio in St Osyth's for…

Living in such a beautiful place as I do, it would be criminal not to paint the views that I am surrounded by on a day to day basis.  In…

As with so many of my paintings, this little beauty started life at a workshop I attended with the intention of developing new skills.  The workshop was focusing on how…

This is a view that locals will know very well.  Some describe the area as the saltings but to most it's simply the backwaters.  A tidal area, the landscape changes…