Parco degli Acquedotti
Over the last few months I’ve been working on a number of painting commissions of Rome for an overseas client. You can read a testimonial on a previous blog post about one of the paintings I did for him of the Arch of Titus. This has involved me travelling to Rome for short visits to […]
Artists and Illustrators
On Friday I received a phone call from Artist and Illustrators Magazine. They said that I’d been shortlisted as one of 50 artists for their competition “Artist of the Year 2014”. It was with my original watercolour “Last Light, Ruwi, Oman”. I was delighted with the news as there were over 3,000 entries. The winner […]
The Art Tour
The Network Artists North East annual Art Tour begins this weekend. This ever popular event, now in its 19th year, gives you the opportunity to meet artists from around the North East who are opening up their studios for The Art Tour. This year I’ve decided to display many of my sketchbooks which contain numerous […]
Painting Holiday in Italy
We’ve just returned from a weeks Painting Holiday in Italy where we took 10 guests to stay at the luxury accommodation Villa Capanne in northern Umbria. Whilst five of the guests were producing paintings of Italy, the others were happy to enjoy the visits to nearby towns such as Cortona, Assisi, Spello and Perugia and of course […]
Painting Holiday in Umbria
We’ve just returned from a weeks painting holiday in Umbria, Italy where we took 10 guests to stay at the luxury accommodation Villa Capanne. Five of the guests were painting, the others were happy to enjoy the visits to nearby towns such as Cortona, Assisi, Spello and Perugia and of course to sample the local […]
Sketch of the Day
I’ve had a couple of very enjoyable trips to Norfolk with my family. I would try and do at least one watercolour sketch a day. We stayed in a cottage in Burnham Overy Staithe. By the end of the week, I was able to produce a range of watercolours painted on location. Some were on […]
Durham Art Exhibition
St. James’s Place Wealth Management are hosting an informal evening of North East Art and wine. It’s at one of the oldest teaching facilities in Britain today, Durham School, DH1 4SZ on the evening of Thursday 6th June starting at 6:45 – 9:00 pm. I will taking guests on a journey through some North East Art. […]
Paintings of Grandchildren
Paintings of Grandchildren feature in my Spring Exhibition. It starts Saturday 13th April at my Studio & Gallery in Ponteland. It finishes Sunday 28th April. The exhibition will feature a number of new figurative paintings. This includes these two new original watercolours of two of my grandchildren. Ewan can be seen “Looking for Crabs” […]
Longsands Beach, Tynemouth
I recently heard from one of my clients that a North East artist has been spreading false rumours that I never paint on location. Here is a blog post to put that nonsense to rest.
Longsands Beach, Tynemouth
I do enjoy painting “plein air” and the fun I have capturing the natural elements of sky, sea and land. Longsands Beach, Tynemouth provides great subject matter to paint on the spot.