Retreat – oil on linen.

These are actually Welsh sheep. On holiday last year I went for a walk as dusk was closing in and as I had the dog with me they were quite skittish. I have used the oil quite thin with plenty of turps – even adding neat turps on top of Read more>>

October 22nd, 2014 by

Clatterings III

Clatterings III I spotted a joyful clatterings of jackdaws above Barnoldswick Marina. An encounter which has inspired a series of pictures. Acrylic on panel, approximately 12″ x 12″. SOLD Limited Edition (25) print on heavyweight water colour paper, numbered and signed, 30 x 30 cm £75 backed and wrapped.| 18.5 Read more>>

January 13th, 2014 by

Jackdaw See-Saw

This painting has been through many incarnations. At one point it was twice the width, but I realised that the reason I was having problems with the right hand side was that it didn’t belong in the picture. So it was out with the Stanley knife and off with its, Read more>>

November 4th, 2013 by

Jackdaw Circle II

This followed on from A Clattering of Jackdaws which is in pencil. All the jackdaw pictures are from one walk above Barnoldswick Marina, across the fields towards the studio. The original is acrylic on board and around 48″ x 24″ and has now been sold.  It is available as an A2 Read more>>

October 29th, 2013 by