In December 2020, I received an exciting phone call from Andy who wanted a special anniversary gift for his wife. He had seen my painting of Hummingbirds and Hibiscus and it reminded him of their wedding in Antigua surrounded by beautiful flowers and wildlife. He decided that he would commission a painting as a […]

  In October 2020, I was contacted by a lovely lady called Deborah who wanted a special anniversary gift for a her husband. She liked my style of landscape painting but wanted something that would bring back happy memories and be a unique gift for him. We discussed various options for subject matter, size and […]

I was given these beautiful tulips as a special birthday gift by the long-suffering Mr G for my lockdown birthday in 2020. The intensity of colour just filled me with joy so I had to do a little painting of them. Would you like a special birthday gift for your loved one? Why not have […]

Remember the Redwings, hand painted on silk, mounted to fit 40 x 40 cm frame With recent survey showing that children spend less time outdoors than prisoners and words like wren and conker recently excised from the Oxford Junior Dictionary, the wonders of the British countryside are fading from our national consciousness.

I was recently luck enough to be commissioned to paint from a clients holiday photograph of a Blue-footed Booby diving into the sea in the Galapagos Islands.

Too Hot To Handle, original silk painting, 60 x 80 cm framed size I’ve always loved the architectural quality of Red Hot Pokers and the beautiful gradation of colour on each and every petal.

‘Simply Landscape’ Solo Exhibition Opening 2nd March in Maidenhead Having spent the past few months beavering away in the studio, I am pleased to announce the opening of my latest solo exhibition at the 124 Studios Gallery in the Nicholsons Centre, Maidenhead.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to see my silk painting demonstration at Caversham Arts Trail on the 7th May. Here is my completed painting ‘Showing Off’ 40 x 40 cm painted on chinese habotai silk.

My latest exhibition ‘Scenes in Silk’ is now open at Whitchurch Silk Mill in Hampshire. The exhibition is open 10.30am to 5pm Tuesday to Sunday from the 28th June to the 24th July 2016. The exhibition features some of my work painted on silk woven at the mill (such as ‘Sunny Jays’ above) as well as […]

December’s Shining Star, Original Silk Painting, Framed size 30 x 30 cm £95 including P&P – Limited Edition Prints Available What other flower could I possibly do for December but the wonderful hellebore. When everything else in the garden is looking pretty dull these little fellows pop up and show us their exquisite beauty. And […]

November’s Indoor Imitation, Original Silk Painting, Framed size 30 x 30 cm £95 including P&P – Limited Edition Prints Available I felt the need for more flowers today. It’s something I want to practice as I find composition difficult with flowers. Although there wasn’t much I could find that blooms in November outside that inspired […]

September’s Apple Abundance, Original Silk Painting, Framed size 30 x 30 cm £95 including P&P – Limited Edition Prints Available – Buy Now Having done the plums yesterday, I couldn’t resist a little more fruit! The apple harvest from the tiny trees in our garden is never likely to result in the composition of an […]

August’s Plum Blues, Original Silk Painting, Framed size 30 x 30 cm £95 including P&P – Limited Edition Prints Available – Buy Now Happy New Year everyone! A few years back when I didn’t have quite so many jobs and had a bit more time on my hands, we used to have an allotment with […]

July’s Wonderful Weed, Original Silk Painting, Framed size 30 x 30 cm £95 including P&P – Limited Edition Prints Available – Buy Now Apologies to all you buddleia fans out (and I know there are hundreds of beautiful varieties) but the bog standard purple one is firmly a weed in my book. But what a […]

June’s Jolly Sailor, Original Silk Painting, Framed size 30 x 30 cm £95 including P&P – Limited Edition Prints Available – Buy Now There’s nothing that heralds the beginning of summer like the emergence of the butterflies and the Red Admiral is one of my favourites. Seeing one always reminds me what wonderfully rich and […]