As 2020 comes to an end and having redesigned my website, I realise I have neglected my blog this year. It’s been a hard, stressful year...

Laundry Meadows stage Standon Calling 2019 I have failed to write posts about the number of things we did this year but I may go back to...

I’m working on this site and I’ve been checking out options for a shop. At the moment I have gone for a one page shop with limited stock...

For the past 3 years I have been lucky enough to be invited to draw speakers at the Daily Mail Chalke Valley History Festival. The...

Join me  from the 18th to the 26th April for a week of painting in the inspirational settling of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka is a wonderfully...

Recital at Imperial College I have always enjoyed drawing people. I think that because finding sitters is not always easy and when found...

I have let my blog fall fallow this last year and although I have regularly uploaded paintings and drawings to my Instagram feed at...

WT at Pintar Rapido (looking exhausted) It was a beautiful English summer day but hotter. There were blue sky’s and lovely cotton wool...

Just a quick mention that I will be taking part in Pintar Rapido, London this year. It takes place over two days; on Saturday 11th July...

My wife went through a period of illness a couple of years ago. She is feeling much better now and to celebrate this she took me and her...

I wrote a blog post in March 2014 about my trip to Barbados and my plan to try and speed up my painting rate by doing some pochades....

For nearly 15 years now, I have been teaching drawing and painting at the Princes Drawing School – or, as it should now be called, the...

New Year Party Blower This is the last painting for 2014, a small party blower sketch in oil on primed paper. If you suddenly have an...

Four of the Team RAPT stands for the Rehabilitation of Addicted Prisoners Trust. It is a truly worthy cause. Many people find themselves...

Drawing of a Berkshire Drawing Room Earlier this year I was asked to paint an interior of a house in Berkshire. It is a very beautiful...

Newbury Races, Haynes Hanson and Clark Conditions Stakes, 2014. Oil on panel 8 x 9 inches In spite of being born in Hong Kong (a great...

A Weekend at Fonthill I have never been to an Indian wedding but have heard that the party goes on for 3 days and nights and that they...

Invitation to Carnival Party I was very pleased to be asked to do  the invitations for the weekend of my stepson Declan’s birthday...

My step son Declan is 21 and I wanted to give him something to mark the occasion. He is a country boy who loves country persuits such as...

Morning view over the Chalke Valley 7″ x 8″, Oil on gesso We went to say with friends for the Chalke Valley History Festival. It only...