New Year Plans This New Year, I intend to continue with my large oil paintings on block canvas using palette knives for the foreground and main features, plus I want to experiment more using loser watercolour techniques and the newer, more vibrant watercolour powders....

My North Norfolk I'm frantically trying to complete several paintings ready to hang in a pub in nearby Sedgeford. I'm painting local scenes that hopefully will appeal to some of the many holiday-makers in North Norfolk at the moment. It is truly a beautiful place to...

Royal Norfolk Show After being successfully vetted for the Royal Norfolk Show I have had two paintings accepted. This one, if it doesn't sell at the show has been sold to a friend. However, if it sells at the show, it means I've got to paint another just like it!...

Open Studios Open Studios is here again! For a week or two, artists invite people into their homes, studios and other places in which they can view your work. Once again, I have my paintings displayed in St Margaret's Church in Norwich along with many other artists....

Julian Lennon quote on Art IWhilst on holiday recently I spotted this quote by Julian Lennon and thought how apt it was for artists of all nature, whatever form of art produced. I like to think this is true of my work too - it certainly has a lot of me in it and the...