September 23 2021 More layers of paint along with plenty more detail to do yet. This is still the underpainting stage. I really enjoy this part of the process when you start to see how […]

August 27 2021 This piece is not my usual subject, orchids an interesting change for a commissioned piece. Keeping busy as usual. I hope wherever you are in the world that you are keeping safe […]

Wow this has been a lot of work. Here are the two works of art I have been working on over the last few months. The cheetah subject is based in the Kalahari with a […]

July 16 2021 As usual the artists colours simply do not translate into a photograph very well. They are much more saturated in the actual artwork. At this stage the vessel has been carved and […]

June 18 2021 Today starting from scratch again. Pencil on sanded wood. This piece is a sunset hunt of lion and zebra loosely based on a savanna scene in the Masai Mara. The two lionesses […]

June 142021 An altogether more intense day mulling oil paint. Here Cadmium Yellow Deep PY35 This pigment absorbs less oil compared with yesterday’s pigment  and initially is harder work getting it from the crumbly pallet […]

June 13 2021 Some background work here today, making oil paint. I find this truely fascinating as a way of learning about the pigments and their individual characteristics. This knowledge in turn really helps me […]