oils

Painting in Venice – Every Artist’s Dream! How did I do?

Venier dei leoni, Venice oil painting

For many years, I have dreamed of painting in Venice. Well I made that dream come true this April. I was determined not to study the Venetian paintings of JMW Turner or John Singer Sargent, and to try and find their vantage points, but just to let myself roam and discover views I wanted to […]

Painting in Venice – Every Artist’s Dream! How did I do? Read More »

Chasing The Light – It’s Exhibition time again at York Street, Ramsgate

Receeding Tide, Margate

Every 2 years I have my own Exhibition at the prestigious York Street Gallery in Ramsgate. This is my 3rd showing here and my work has really changed since the last time, so everything you see will be spanking new and fresh.  How exciting is that? So what’s changed I hear you ask? Well –

Chasing The Light – It’s Exhibition time again at York Street, Ramsgate Read More »

4 Days Painting in Cornwall – An adventure in wind and rain!

Man 'o' War Rocks at the lizard Painting

I recently took myself off to Cornwall for four days of painting ‘en plein air’. The last time I painted there was many years ago, in Watercolours, so I decided as a change from my recent haunts, in Wexford, Ireland and the Norfolk Broads, to go back to Cornwall. My car was packed, with everything

4 Days Painting in Cornwall – An adventure in wind and rain! Read More »