The client who commissioned me to paint the picture of ‘Wooster’ came to see it in real life yesterday. He had viewed it online but hadn’t had the chance to see it in real life until yesterday, and loves it as much as I did painting it for him. He said that a photograph of […]
Its always with interest and intrigue and hope that we look forward to new years and wonder what they will bring us. But its also a time of year that we are reminded of what the previous year has been…and I was reminded of that big time at the New Years Eve party I went […]
As this year draws to a close (and I love that pun as an artist!) I am absolutely delighted with the many diverse pieces of artwork I’ve done… At the start of the year I painted a simple commission of ‘Blue bird tree’ in acrylics on canvas with gold metallic paint for the background. There […]
The client who last week wanted me to do this pen and ink drawing as a gift for Christmas for a member of his family gave me plenty of photos of the house to choose from. He didn’t specify which I was to use, and left it to me to decide which I would. All […]
I was asked a few weeks ago to paint a commission for a couple, they wanted an erotic painting of themselves showing their love for each other and I was shown three ideas as a suggestion for the pose for the painting. My gut reaction was one in particular, as it had a better interaction […]
(This is the article in the Burton Mail that Stuart Haywood had today, to promote naturism, and the exhibition he is holding of my artwork of him in May. ) I became a naturist at 72 and ‘you’re never too old to be naked’ Stuart Haywood says no-one should be ashamed of their body Naturist […]
This week I had an email from someone whose name I didn’t recognise who explained that a few years ago I did a pencil sketch of his sisters house in Repton for him as a gift and he saw the drawing recently in her house and he is soon moving to a new house in […]
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year and one hopefully full of happiness.. we are all still very aware of the Covid pandemic and how its affecting any plans for the year! And never quite sure if plans are going to get cancelled unexpectedly…. I ended last year on a high regarding sale of artwork and […]
I was asked by the client to paint a contemporary painting of Repton (the famous village in South Derbyshire that has the famous public school), with the specific buildings that were important for the painting to be silhouettes. And the colours had to be specific too, for the painting. Normally silhouette paintings are just one […]
Having finished the peacock painting, and the Poseidon and mermaid painting, I have another commission to do..something totally different to the others… It’s going to be fun planning it, and then painting it…
The client asked me to paint a picture that featured Poseidon, and a mermaid, on a beach, at night, with a romantic feel to it, and the hint of adult themes that children wouldn’t pick up on. We agreed that it would be in acrylics ,on canvas and when I suggested that I use metallic […]
Now I’ve finished the peacock commission I have not one, but two more commissions to do. The first one features a type of setting I’ve painted before, and something I’ve painted before, but not so personalised as this one, and something I have never painted before, and I have to make it look romantic and […]
I was asked in August to do the commission of a blue peacock on a wall by the client, she wasn’t sure what background she wanted so I suggested an elegant garden and she agreed that was a good idea. She knew I was going on holiday to France in September so I wouldn’t be […]
I’ve painted many pictures for people over the years, and sold them to clients in USA, and all over the UK, I’ve got paintings hanging in China, Australia, and Europe. An international artist. I’ve painted many diverse subjects, for many people. But the conversation I had last night was the offer of a commission that […]
In these strange times I don’t expect new commissions to come in often, so I was delighted a few weeks ago when I was commissioned to do a new painting for a new client. She wanted not one, but three paintings done of herself to match other existing artwork she had on her bedroom wall. […]
