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Friday 28 September 2012

Bee Lovely Petition

Bee Lovely Petition: Sign Neal's Yard Remedies #BeeLovely petition to ban the use of deadly neonic pesticides and help save the bees!

Monday 30 July 2012

Orange, blue and stripes




Garden, diptych, oil on wood 




Orange and blue, diptych, oil on wood




Unravel, mixed media collage on canvas, diptych 

Wednesday 27 June 2012

Three sisters

On Hadrian's wall there are three hills close together along the line of the wall, they are called The three sisters, I see them often .....




The three sisters, 2012 oil on board








Colourful mind, 2012 oil on linen





Tuesday 19 June 2012

Brown

Love brown but that could be because I'm a capricorn and I love to look at the colours of the earth.





               A way of grounding, 2012 42x36 inches oil and mixed media on linen







Thursday 14 June 2012

Hello figuration

Working on the Perseus series for a solo show I'm having next year in Creation Fine Arts Gallery, west Yorkshire. So here is the first figurative piece ...in progress







Saturday 26 May 2012

rekindling the Cosmos series

Here in the north of England its been glorious sunshine...for days! and this is a rare phenomena indeed ! And for some strange reason I've been painting' black paintings'.









Signals in the dark seven, 2012 oil collage on linen

Signals in the dark six, 2012 oil collage on linen

Sunday 15 April 2012

Metaphysical thoughts

I wanted to play with composition and make an uneasy composition ( almost falling off the edge;-))



hand-bound marbled journal made in Venice

A lovely surprise gift was given to me this morning, a friend of mine Nancy just got back from Venice, she bought me this hand-bound marbled journal, wonderful! I think that I'll use it for colour studies.





Saturday 14 April 2012

Midnight

The lake at midnight 2012 metal sheet, acrylic and nail polish on reclaimed timber



Saturday 7 April 2012

A Rose of a different kind





Briar Rose, oil, marker pen, found timber on wood

Old one reworked

Rummaging around in my studio and found this small work, a smudge of blue with a smudge of green then a marker pen to finish!




                    12x12inches oil and marker pen on unprimed canvas



Tuesday 6 March 2012

Birds

Spent 2 hours yesterday photographing birds in the garden (when I should of been painting) ..the shots aren't great but I really enjoyed myself, might even put a bird in my Perseus series that I'm working on.







Monday 5 March 2012

Satie

Listening to Satie at the beginning of march, mixed media on linen 2012 26x32inches




Eric Satie's music is most definitely food for the Soul.  

Thursday 19 January 2012

the only sound

I think this is probably my first post of 2012, been ultra busy and have a new puppy :-) have been booked for a mixed and solo show this year.....
Hope everyone had a good festive season and wishing you all a happy, healthy and creative 2012!



the only sound, oil and iridescent particles on linen, 2011





matrix particle, oil on linen, 2011