Category: On Keyboards

Murphy Dunne

The next one on this set of ten market portraits is Murphy Dunne. Because I need someone on keyboards. The likeness isn't perfect but he looks...

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Joe Walsh

Today's painting is a portrait of Joe Walsh of The Eagles, someone who in his heyday was probably even more fun at parties than Frank Bough....

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Gregg Allman In Coloured Pencil

Time for something new. Ā This has been brewing away in my mind for a couple of weeksĀ and I finally decided to give it a go. Ā It's my first ever...

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Freddie Mercury

Right. Ā That's enough of the Inktense pencils. Ā I need to get back to watercolour portraits to impress any passing Portrait Of The Year Judges. Ā I...

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Ron “Pigpen” McKernan

My year end painting hiatus is over and Iā€™m back in the studio. Ā After thing breaks I tend to work my way back in slowly with low pressure works...

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Neil Young In Coloured Pencil

I've had a couple of days off doing a bit of retirement planning but am back on the painting again now. Ā After discovering how my figure drawing...

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Gregg Allman

There was no way I was going to stop at Cher, so I moved on to Gregg. Ā I wanted something that would contrast Cher's chiaroscuro against a coloured...

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Neil Young

Dear oh dear. Ā After the successes of Duane and Big Sam, I felt confident enough to have a go at this style of drawing on watercolour paper and...

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John Paul Jones

And here he is at last, John Paul Jones. Ā The only bassist to have ever given me any trouble (Geddy Lee, Jimbo and Roy are three of my greatest...

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Geddy Lee

Time for another set of marker portraits. Ā I've done chess, physics and westerns, so it's time to start on another passion: music. This is Geddy...

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