Christmas 2015

It’s been a while, but due to a number of factors including the construction of my daughters wedding dress, I haven’t put brush to canvas for a while. So… a quick fun project to get back into the swing, I’ve just completed a painting for 2 lovely ladies who do a lot of work with…

Halfway through lockdown (hopefully) so time I posted recent artwork. It’s been a tricky few days and I haven’t always managed to post on social media daily, but I have done the work. For the daily pieces I’ve been using charcoal, it’s been the quickest and easiest medium to manage this week. Apologies for the…

Despite having many things to be thankful for, it was hard not feeling down hearted at the thought of a month in Lockdown. I’ve decided the best way to get through whilst maintaining some sort of sanity is to find something to give me purpose, motivation and focus – something to occupy my mind and…

My Christmas card to you …. Have a fantastic time everyone

It’s less than a week into lockdown and the days have passed relatively quickly so far – I think having a focus and something to keep me occupied definitely helps. I’m posting progress for the first 4 days. These images are very much snapshots – if I’m to post regularly while keeping up with my…

Here’s a speedy painting of this years Christmas card – Madonna and child (not newborn) so probably around the time the wise men were visiting. Everything started off fine, but went pear shaped around her chin just over half way through – goodness knows what I was doing! This is why I enjoy oils so…