Plenty in the pipeline…

by | Mar 3, 2014 | equine art, oil painting

Artists block and inspirationI spent most of January shivering in my very damp studio struggling with artists block. Always an artists worst nightmare, exacerbated by the thought of nothing to show in June for the exhibition. I started having nightmares about...

Looking back, looking forward.

by | Jan 3, 2014 | equine art, oil painting, prints

2013 has been a great year. I think at the outset I was determined it was going to be a good one. 2012 had been pretty shit, I badly broke my ankle, and then, having recovered from that, was diagnosed with cancer. There seems to be a general view that skin cancer is...

Post exhibition

by | Oct 30, 2013 | equine art, oil painting

Oil and Water Gallery, WandsworthA very successful run of private views at the newly launched Oil & Water Gallery  in Wandworth. The paintings held their own on the walls, surrounded by several other stunning paintings from a variety of artists.340, Old...

Exhibition looming…

by | Sep 18, 2013 | Commissions, oil painting

I’ve been taken on by OIL AND WATER GALLERY in Wandsworth, London. A stunning new gallery, with an eclectic mix of artists. I’m involved in a mixed exhibition which opens on the 10th of October. I have also committed to doing a solo with them...

From start to finish.

by | Aug 23, 2013 | Commissions, equine art, oil painting

You may remember if you read this blog regularly that I attempted to show the process of the development of a painting last year – one of the highland cows. For whatever reason; I lost concentration, got distracted by the children or another of the myriad of...