We enjoyed a week in St Ives with the family (four generations from Win, Pat’s mum down to James our grandson!) wonderful week and I managed a sketch a day. We were there during St…Read More »

I had been promising myself for sometime to translate one of my sketches into a larger picture, so here it is! It’s quite a challenge to achieve the sense  immediacy and freshness inherent in a watercolour sketch…Read More »

I had a really good day last week I packed a picnic and went down to the Golf club sketching. It was a blissfully balmy slow summer’s day and I sat at the back of…Read More »

I went over to Liverpool on Saturday to join in with the Urban Sketchers group run by Paul Gatenby. We met on Castle street -nice crowd of artists all keen to get sketching , the…Read More »

In spite of the blustery weather I managed a quiet hour doing a few sketches down on the front. I was just finishing when this lady wandered along the sea wall in front of me…Read More »

Delighted to have been asked to be a member of the Deeside Art Group (DAG). They have one of the better exhibitions in Wirral art circles and a healthy number of visitor talks and events….Read More »

Finished a new picture! It started life as a straightforward seascape but transmutated halfway through into more of an exploration of colour, line and that old favourite the horizon. Have a look at the gallery…Read More »

I’m delighted to have had 3 paintings accepted for the forthcoming Deeside Art Group’s (DAG) exhibition which starts on Saturday 20th of June following the Preview evening on Friday evening. This picture of masks at…Read More »

Thank you to everyone who popped in to see the studio over the weekend. I had about 50-60 visitors on Saturday and 70-80 on Sunday. Numbers were a little down on last year but I…Read More »

Wirral Open Studio Tour is now back in its 6th year, and I have my studio open on Saturday the 13th June from 10am – 5pm, and Sunday 14th June from 11am-5pm. The event encourages…Read More »

In March I learnt that my application to an American agency who place artists on board Cruise liners had been accepted. Some months earlier I had noticed an advert in the A&I magazine inviting expressions of…Read More »

Last November I was delighted to be advised that I had been shortlisted by the “Artist’s and Illustrators” magazine as one of their artists of the year. Artists across the country are invited to submit…Read More »