This week, I have enjoyed looking back at a few favourite paintings from my archives, as I continue to work on developing my style. Having devoted a lot of my creative time on sketchbooking in recent weeks, I am returning my focus to painting and my quest to develop a loose and exciting style –…
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Sketchbooking is becoming something of a passion of mine! I just love the portability of minimal kit and being able to draw from life absolutely anywhere – and to do it so spontaneously. I had a brilliant sketch walk last Tuesday! I caught the open top Breezer bus from Canford Cliffs to Swanage and walked…
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Delighted to have been selected as a Full Fellowship Member of the Dorset Artists Guild. The Dorset Artists Guild is a community of professional artists based in and around Wimborne. Focused on both social and professional connections, members collaborate, exhibit together, and support one another in their creative practice. Through exhibitions and networking, the Guild…
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Five brilliant days in February touring fabulous south Wales, urban sketching in five different market towns; Abergavenny, Brecon, Hay-on-Wye, Monmouth & Chepstow.This is snapshot of a wonderful, but very cold and grey van trip… #urbansketchers #urbansketching #hayonwye #chepstow #monmouth #abergavenny #brecon The video below is a summary of all five videos created on each days’…
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I just love making art outdoors in the cool and subdued weather of winter. Today I am in Wimborne, experimenting with my looser approach. I’m looking to add to my ‘Peeping Minster’ series and also to develop my more impressionistic style. This small painting is a dress-rehearsal for the final, 40x40cm canvas. Today was freezing…
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Today, I have been reprinting this ‘Noël’ Linocut for a batch of Christmas cards to feature with my new Wimborne-themed paintings at the @otterartistssociety Pop Up event; Friday 29th & Saturday 30th November. See you there! 🎄 🍷 🥧 🎶 The Otter Gallery will be open late on Saturday the 30th November for mince pies…
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