A smaller canvas but, hopefully, no less beguiling or intriguing. From the very beginning I didn't have a title. Which, for me, is unusual. I generally come up with the title for a new work fairly quickly. It's a kind of inspiration thing. An instantaneous moment. But...
Mushrooms! That was the trigger for this painting. And one particular type known as Fly Agaric. I just happened on a picture of them. With their distinctive red cap and white spots they're visually striking and for some reason, in my mind, are linked to childhood...
I have always been a fan of the work of some late Victorian artists. Despite Britain being their homeland they chose subject matter set in a far-removed time and place. So, their paintings in which characters inhabit ancient settings and go about their everyday lives are pure...
Art competitions can be the catalyst that ignites the spark for a new painting. And so it was with this one. I do paint landscapes but generally they'll be part of the whole canvas and not just a stand alone work with trees, shrubs, skies, rocks...
6ix7even4our - that's the title I've given this one. It has to be written exactly like this because, after all, it is the title! Why 6ix7even4our? Well it's completely arbitrary. I made it up, just like the painting. Those who claim to be knowledgeable, to understand numerology will...
OK I've called this painting Yin & Yang. For those who understand Chinese philosophy, and I'm not one of them, Yin & Yang can, in a meandering sense, roughly mean opposites attract. The creature covered in fur is a Tarsier. Pronounced taa - see - uh. They're a...
'What's it all about Alfie.' Blimey! Cor-luv-a-duck! I remember that! 'What's it all about Alfie,' was a chart-topping-hit single in the UK and America way back in 1966 (I looked it up). It was also the theme song for a movie of the time, not surprisingly, called 'Alfie.'...
I'm always searching for ideas. Something to ignite my imagination. Though I'm never sure how, why or where the ideas spring from. I keep abreast of what others around the world are painting and lately I stumbled upon work by Park Min Joon. He's a South...
OK, this is a landscape-seascape or a seascape-landscape? Whatever, it's not my usual choice of subject matter. And whenever I do paint this kinda stuff it's, more often than not, the setting or background against which the storyline of my painting unfolds. The storyline of this one...
For a large part of my life I lived and worked in London. For some of that time in the 'music business' or as I prefer Rock 'n' Roll. I remember the music and the ever-changing fads and fashion. For a fleeting time I worked for Stiff...