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So that was 2023.  I think I can safely say 2023 was the year of the portrait. After reading the Bill Maughan book in March, something clicked big...

This year's Upchurch art exhibition takes place at St Mary's Church between Friday 17th and Sunday 19th November (11am to 4pm, 10 to 4, 10 to 1)...

No time to do any painting today but with an empty thirty minutes window going begging, I thought I'd create this post. These are the 24 art books...

No painting going on at the moment as there's a new patio going down.  I could get access to the studio if I wanted to but don't fancy painting in...

I'm still not painting today.  I want my next piece of art to be charcoal based after reading the Kate Boucher book.  I don't even want to read...

I was reading this post tonight and was so fascinated by it that I had to share it here. The author talks through various compositional armatures...

I've set myself up on Threads today.  Here's a link to me.  I was intending to post up most of my artwork to date there but only managed to get...

From 18-20 November, some of my work will be exhibited at St Mary's Church, Upchurch, Kent.  The exhibition from 10 to 4 every day.  There's a...

I've not done any painting for a while, although obviously the weather's had a lot to do with this.  I've not been completely idle, though, and...

I've had a play around and come up with a new look to the website for 2021.  Any good?

Wednesday 3rd February, 8pm, Sky Arts.  That's when I'll be appearing as a wildcard.  Best make sure you can access Sky Arts before then.

So I now have a Facebook page.  If you'd like to see my artwork popping up on your newsfeed, please head to Facebook, search me out and like me....

A friend who's a full time artist told me the other day that I really needed to set up an Instagram account and put loads of hashtags against my...