A first for me, and the client

A first for me, and the client

I was asked a few weeks ago if it was possible to do a commission for a male client. He wanted me to do a pencil drawing of his torso.. and he wanted to have an erection in the drawing. I explained to him that I was happy to do the drawing for him, but […]

And another goddess of the water this time

And another goddess of the water this time

I knew after painting the tree goddess a couple of months ago that I wanted to paint another goddess painting… and the obvious one was water, since I love its complexity and the challenge of painting it. Another goddess of the divine feminine,,, I finished the painting this week, and love the way that she […]

Tree goddess a second time

Tree goddess a second time

I was asked by a client a few weeks ago if he could buy my ‘Tree goddess’ painting, I laughed and said it wasn’t for sale as I’d painted it for me, but I would happily sell him a print of it. No, he said, he didn’t want a print, he wanted an original of […]

Grateful thanks from someone who knows

Grateful thanks from someone who knows

I was delighted to have a message over the weekend from the woman who was given the painting I did of ‘Wooster’ a few weeks ago by the client of mine who had commissioned it as a gift for her, but hadn’t told her he was doing it until he gave her the finished painting. […]

Peanut and Evie coming to life

Peanut and Evie coming to life

The commission I was asked to do a few weeks ago was of two female French Bulldogs and fortunately I was given a great photo to work from which I’ll show here so you can see what I was working to create. The painting was to be in acrylics on board so the first thing […]

My claim to fame with the BBC

My claim to fame with the BBC

A week last Thursday, about 9.30 in the morning, the phone rang with a surprising comment from Stuart Haywood… Who told me that the BBC wanted to ring me, more specifically the production team from the TV show ‘Have I got news for you’ regarding the photo I’d taken of him in the nude… as […]

And three fly off

And three fly off

Yesterday the guy who commissioned me to paint ‘Wooster’ came to collect it. He brought with him a friend of mine, who is also a friend of his, its through her that he knows of me. I greeted them when they arrived and we had cups of tea in the kitchen as we discussed various […]

Gerberoy really is

Gerberoy really is

This week I was delighted to sell a small watercolour painting I painted last year in celebration of the joyful village in France of Gerberoy. I love old French villages, I especially love them when they are full of flowers, and in summer sunshine, which was the case on the day I went, with my […]

Another quirky one

Another quirky one

I knew when I finished the other quirky fire and water mystical creatures painting the other month that I would want to paint another…so now that I have finished commissions for the moment I got on and painted this one….I love the fact that other people will see things in it that I haven’t planned…. […]

Adding drama and intrigue

Adding drama and intrigue

I found a gold frame that I’ve always liked and decided that I would paint a picture for a one particular place in my lounge that it would fit perfectly.. the frame had a blue mount and glass, so all I had to do was think of the right picture for it. The space was […]