Old tin candle saucer, (£99)

Beginning to enjoy these still life's, just as well really as it's pretty cold outside!

Old tin candle saucer. oil, 6 x 8 inches. £99

Enamel Pot and Clementines. (£99)

I found this little blue enamel pot in a Vide-grenier in a small village back in France, I'm sure you'll be seeing it again in the weeks to come.

Enamel Pot and Clementines. OIL. 6 x8 ins. £99

Clementine and Tin Pot. (£99)

Appologies for the long time away, I have finally sold my little house in France and am in the middle of readjustment and change, but desperate to get back into the 'zone' of painting regularly. This is a little still life with objects I brought back with me.

Clementine and Tin Pot. OIL, £99

Across the Avon at Stratford. £99

Memories of a very warm summer in Stratford upon Avon. Should I have left the bus out of the picture or not?

Across the Avon at Stratford. oil. 6 x 8 inches. £99

A stroll through Swalcliffe. £99

I liked this busy little composition of buildings as the late afternoon sun drifted across them, another I think for a much larger work later in the studio.

A stroll through Swalcliffe. £99

Oatley Hill. £99

I spent almost all day on a small commission, but managed to complete this quick little sketch the image of which in days to come I hope, I'll be able to use for a much larger painting.

Oatley Hill. Oil. 6 x 8 inches. £99

Late Light, Swalcliffe, £99

I hope you had a lovely Festive time and are looking forward to a good 2015. My workshops started again today and this is the demo I made, my approach is to demo in stages, after each the painters go and work that far and then I do the next and so on until the final stage when I place all the fine details and highlights (the jewellery as some painters call it). It was a bit of a rush today I only spent about 15 minutes on this because I want everyone else to paint! But a bit of tightening up and tidying later at home and thats it.

Late Light, Swalcliffe. Oil, £99

Winter Sunset in Sibford. £99

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

I guess Christmas Eve in days gone by would often look like this? It's actually a deluge of snow which fell in February 2009.

Winter Sunset in Sibford. Oil, 6 x 8 inches £99

Shadows across the Orchard. £99

Continuing with the snow theme, this is another wild and kind of bold painting of the orchard back in France. The passages I enjoy in this painting the most are those in the trees and foliage where brushmarks are free and expressive, I do realise though that a balance with the more quiet areas is essential to make it work.

Shadows across the Orchard.
£99, if you'd like this please use the link below to email me.

Snow on the Malverns. £99

The gorgeous Malvern Hills reduced to an almost monochrome palette under a bright blue sky.

Snow on the Malverns. OIL. £99

Snow Shadows. £99

It looks like we won't be seeing snow through our windows this Christmas - if you're disappointed with that news have a look at the following emails I'll send, I'll be painting some snow with an emphasis on bold loose brushwork, and this year I am determined to move more towards abstraction.

Snow Shadows, oil, 6x8 inches £99

Robin Hood's Bay £99, without frame

An alternative view of Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire, it began as yesterday's workshop demo and I finished it last night. I plonked it in the heavy frame which I like as it emphasises the strong bold colours in the painting.

Oil 6 x 8 inches, For sale for £99 (without frame)