Category: Personal Favourites

In From The Storm

The news came through last night that two of my paintings that were on display at at the Rose & Crown have been sold. So I needed to find a...

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Jesse Woodson James

For my first painting using the NeoLucida XL, I picked out a photo of Jesse James. I thought it would be a gentle way to make myself familiar with...

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Stevie Ray Vaughan

Ok, so I've painted Devon Allman, Duane Allman, Eric Clapton, Allen Collins, Jerry Garcia, Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Warren Haynes. Jimi...

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Bunnahabhain Distillery

I'm still making my way through my birthday presents but it isn't new art gear today: it's a new malt. An 18 year old Bunnahabhain from Islay...

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And, By The Way, Which One Is Pink?

With there still being a bit of paint left on the Schmincke dot card, I thought I'd have another go at an abstract portrait rather than leave it...

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Salvador Dali

So here's what I did with that Schmincke dot card. I quite fancied doing a portrait, so looked around for a simple portrait of a colourful...

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Freebird!

This one's been coming for a while. It's a portrait of Allen Collins and Gary Rossington, two of the founder members of Lynyrd Skynyrd and I'm...

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Mighty Mouse

Yesterday's painting was bad, very bad. I just had to come back and have another go at Kevin Keegan, acting on some of the lessons I'd learned...

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Paul Auster

I started this one last night and finished it this morning. It's unusual for me to spread something over two days. It's because I started late...

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Station Road, Newington

And here's the last of my series of nine posterised paintings of Newington. It's based on a really old photo of Station Road, probably predating...

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The Former George Inn, Newington

Next up in this series of posterised paintings is one on the green colour scheme, with layers of transparent yellow, cerulean blue and French...

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Two Kiln Oast, Newington

After a day off, I'm back to building a collection of paintings of Newington. Today I picked out a converted oast house next to the church. ...

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Mings Chinese Takeaway, Newington

Another Newington landscape tidy and once again it's using the Notanizer app. Today it's Mings Chinese Takeaway and I've painted it using the...

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A Cold Day In Newington

I was approached by our local vicar the other day. As well as being vicar in Hartlip, he's also vicar in the neighbouring village of Newington. ...

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Porto City Hall Tower

Today's painting is the second, after The Transfer, to be inspired by a photo taken by my mate Olly on his recent holiday in Portugal. Whisper it,...

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Julijske Alpe, Slovenia

Back to watercolours today. I've played all the Grateful Dead in the box of CDs that currently sits in my studio, so I won't be jamming with the...

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Queendown Warren: Rain On The Way

Sometimes my choice of what to paint is based on some really weird reasons. Today I looked the box of CDs I have in the studio and thought it would...

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John Henry Holliday

Yeah, June is taking a while to get started and I've gone for another easy option. It's a posterised portrait and, not only that, I've pretty well...

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The Transfer

Today's painting is based on a photo taken by an old friend Olly while (I believe) on holiday in Portugal. He said it had an Edward Hopper feel to...

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