Before I say anything else, the mystery has been solved. Someone on LinkedIn worked out that the twelve subjects in this collection are the twelve...
6. Recurring Themes/Styles
Michael Collins
Number five in the collection and things are starting to get interesting because we've reached Apollo 11. This is Michael Collins, the Command...
Thomas Stafford
Fourth in the series is Thomas Stafford, Commander of Apollo 10. I'm doing these portraits in order of their Apollo missions and in Commander then...
William Anders
Third up in the latest collection is William Anders, Lunar Module Pilot in Apollo 8. I guess he must have spent a lot of time making the tea as the...
Jim Lovell
Next up is Jim Lovell, Command Module Pilot (CMP) in Apollo 8 and, more famously, Commander of Apollo 13, the famously aborted moon landing mission...
Frank Borman
And so it begins. It's time for another marker portrait collection. It's the biggest so far with twelve portraits. It's a collection that's been...
Harcourt Fenton Mudd
Today's portrait subject is Harry Mudd, an interstellar conman, okayed by Roger C. Carmel in two episodes of Star Trek TOS. I went for the trippy...
Landscape Artist Of The Year Submissions
I got an email from Cast It Reach yesterday telling me that, while the closing date for LAOTY submissions is still 23 March, the judges will start...
The Batphone
Another posterised portrait. This is Adam West and Burt Ward playing Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson in the 1960s Batman TV series. I deliberately...
From All Of These Signs Saying “Sorry But We’re Closed”
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly was on the telly the other day. It's one long gallery of painting ideas but the shot that sprang out at me this time...
Peter Wyngarde
Time for another posterised watercolour portrait in an attempt to impress the PAOTY judges. This is the late actor Peter Wyngarde who specialised...
(Buckingham Nicks Era) Fleetwood Mac
Of course one good reason for painting John McVie is that I now have completed Buckingham-Nicks era Fleetwood Mac lineup. I'm still a Danny Kirwan...
John McVie
I’m still looking to come up with stuff in the same style as my Artist Of The Year submissions and that will hopefully impress any visiting judges....
Christine McVie And Lindsey Buckingham
Time to kick off the portrait season and to start impressing any visiting PAOTY judges. Today's subjects are former Fleetwood Mac members Christine...
Seven Local Landscapes
It's the new year. Welcome to 2026. My year end hiatus is officially over and I'm back into action. As usual, I needed to rattle out a no...
The 2025 Artistic Actuary Video
Now that all my 2025 artwork is in the public domain, it's time to release the 2025 video. As usual, everything in portrait format gets a harsh...
Portrait Artist Of The Year 2026 Entry
That's one more pre-Christmas job out of the way. I've put in my entry for Portrait Artist Of The Year. I've gone for watercolours again. The...
Muhammad Ali
This one has taken me a couple of days. It's a coloured pencil portrait of Muhammad Ali. I'm not a great boxing fan, to be honest, but Ali was...
Tom Read Wilson
After a break of 27 days I was back to watercolour today. I thought I'd have a go at Tom Read Wilson, runner up in I'm A Celebrity 2025 and the...
Dave Barnes
Because (i) I was feeling a bit tired after yesterday's efforts, and (ii) I came back from my morning walk without a painting and plan in mind, it...