PSL Morning Light A weekend in the South of France: we could have been characters from F Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender Is the Night or even S...

Some time ago I went to a party where I was introduced to the well know politician Roy Jenkins. I was interested to meet him and find out...

Thronton Manor by Julian Barrow.jpg I had heard of Julian Barrow and seen his paintings long before I met him. I had heard that he would ...

My son Lewis has been studying Mathematics for some years now , most recently at Manchester University. He completed his thesis nearly a ...

If paintings were plants then drawing would be the root system. Usually I draw something out on paper with a pencil before starting a pai...

February is a great time to get away from the short, cold and wet days we have in the UK at that time. Winter has gone on long enough but...

A trip to France We had quite a busy Ascot week this year. It started off with a lunch on the Sunday at Paul Cole’s Yard at Whatcombe and...

Patrick Leigh Fermor, or Paddy as we knew him, was a great friend of my parents in law both of whom he was very close to and because of t...

About 4 or 5 times a year I have been kindly invited to shoot with various friends . People who shoot will know that it’s a great day out...

As I find it a shame when blogs I have followed fizzle out so I’m going to try again with a post of my Christmas card showing our whippet...

I was looking out some photos of my paintings and came across the photo of a sketch I did of Ned Ryan in Barbados. It was a hot day and a...

It seems that blogs are like news year resolutions when it comes to keeping them updated. I thought I ought to mention this exhibition th...

This new eye sore of a corkscrew and cork is off to London tomorrow to try its luck at The Ramsay Gallery in Pimlico Green. It’s in oil o...

I am really pleased to tell you that I have now taken the name Tara Press for the shop. I have thought about this a bit. The idea came to...

The site is up and running and I’ve set up a shop with two prints. In future blogs I intend to give details about some of the techniques ...