Finally picked up my brushes again. This is a small ish (16" x 12") acrylic image showing sunflowers and white feathers. Bit of a symbolic one this time. September 2023
A beautiful white orchid I found, painted in acrylics and oils on canvas board. (20" x 16"). Really pleased with the light and the surfaces of the flowers.
This is my second painting of tulips and I've painted it in quite a different way from the first one. This is underpainted in acrylics and then overpainted in oils. The oil paint allows me to blend the tones into each other more gently and to bring out the strength of the colours and the luminosity of these beautiful flowers. Hope you like it. Not for Sale.
Bought these beautiful tulips from the supermarket and I have tried to capture the sheer impact of their vibrant colours and the energy of their shapes in the vase. Its in acrylics on canvas board (50cm x 40cm). Really pleased with it.
Two delightful young women came to the Royal Hospital School to teach and left this world tragically early. The image shows two naval caps (called 'gidges' at the school) at the base of a large candle. A shadowy view of the RHS clocktower places the still-life group into context. In memory of Sarah Lee and Sarah Goodenough. It is said that only the good die young. I expect to live at least another 500 years if all goes well.
Matthew and Hannah are brother and sister. This painting represents the stage in their life when they are making the transition from childhood to adulthood.
Students approach education in many different ways depending upon their life experiences and their personalities. This painting explores this notion, using some of my ex-pupils as models.
Humanity is a perplexing phenomenon. Some of the coldest and most distant or even superficially hostile people can surprise us with what lies beneath the surface when we take the trouble to get to know them.