Today I've been painting a portrait of the late Sean Lock. It's a posterised painting using the trippy colour scheme and following my usual process...
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Paul Merson
I started off intending to keep pressing my case for PAOTY but halfway through this one got the rejection email. It will be at least another year...
Big Ron Atkinson
Got or keep going with these posterised portraits. Twelve days to go before the PAOTY lineup is announced. Looking through my waiting list of...
Yeah, Life Was Just A Bet On A Race Between The Lights
Back to business and it's the business of creating posterised watercolour portraits for the benefit of any visiting PAOTY judges. Pulp Fiction was...
Rik Mayall
Keeping going with the posterised portraits. Today's subject is the late Rik Mayall playing Squadron Commander Lord Flasheart in Blackadder Goes...
Mr. Wint And Mr. Kidd
Diamonds Are Forever was on the telly the other night and inspired me into painting a portrait of nefarious duo Mr. Wint (left, played by Bruce...
Karen Of Mountbatten-Windsorius
Back to posterised watercolour portraits today. I fancied trying to reproduce the outer spacey look of Miles Davis, so hunted around for a Star...
Jackson’s Art Prize Extended Longlist
Today's big news is that The Wrong Kind Of Snow has made it on to the Jacksons Art Prize extended longlist. Out of 16,280 entries, only 4,200...
Thomas Tuchel
When I asked ChatGPT for feedback on Miles Davis, it started raving about how that painting looked like a constellation against a starry...
Miles Davis
Back to watercolour portraits again. I'm more optimistic about my PAOTY chances than my LAOTY chances but I have to keep going at both. I saw...
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...
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...
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...
Self Portrait 2026
After a sleep and a walk, I decided that yesterday'spainting wasn't going to be next year's official portrait me Portrait Artist Of The Year Entry....
Haruki Murakamai
I’m back in action today. The chess is still keeping me busy and it wasn't until 7.30pm that I finished this one but I was determined to come up...
Lindsey Buckingham And Stevie Nicks
I saw the other day that the Buckingham Nicks album had been rereleased. This is the album that Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks recorded...
Carlo Ancelotti
Back into my comfort zone today with a posterised portrait using the Shire colours, following my usual process. This is Carlo Ancelotti, one of...
Ozzy Osbourne
Today it's the late Ozzy Osbourne of Black Sabbath who does a week ago just 17 days after performing in his farewell concert. I picked out this...