the Calligraphy of Hawthorne Trees (First Snow)

This is one of several pictures of Greenberfield Lane is Barnoldswick. It was a miserable winters day and we were walking the dog. It then started snowing – that first slightly sleety in your eyes kind of snow of winter. oil on canvas and 1m x 1m. Original painting now Read more>>

May 3rd, 2012 by

Sheep Rush (2 – a drawing)

Pastel on Ingre Paper.Most artists start with a drawing or drawings before moving onto a painting, but here the painting (see oil paintings category) came before the drawing. I sold the painting and missed seeing it about so did a drawing to fill the gap.

August 28th, 2011 by

Mill Stream

I’m exploring different was to use this medium at the moment. I’m doing a lot of scraping back. Did you cover a piece of paper with brightly coloured wax crayon and in turn cover with black, then scrap a picture through as a child? A bit like that! this is Read more>>

February 20th, 2011 by

New Years Walk

Collection of Mr M Telfer and Ms L Jennett I’m not totally sure what this picture is called! I did it a couple of years ago using water soluble wax crayons. It is in a private collection and I had the opportunity to photograph it over the new year. I Read more>>

January 3rd, 2011 by