JAZZ. Acrylic on Canvas. 50 x 5o x 4 cm. 2020. In this painting I have tried to evoke the vibrancy of Jazz through colour and shape, taking my lead from the book of cut outs by Matisse. This piece is now on display in the online exhibition English Riviera Winter Open . Available to…
I took in 18 paintings to The Words and Pictures Gallery, Teignmouth this morning. Jason Noble, the gallery owner, has been busy exhibiting the work today getting it ready for the opening on Saturday 5th from 5-7 pm. There is something very satisfying about seeing a series such as this all displayed together. I tend…
This piece used a box which came with a cup I bought from the Cavern Club in Liverpool in 2011. The work evokes the typical northern skyline, the dark satanic mills of Lancashire, indelibly etched on my childhood memories; a legacy of the industrial north of England with its mills, shipyards and factories which have…
A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR to all the followers of my Blog. This is normally the time for resolutions and this little piece was painted on the first of January 2010, hence the title. Sometimes small actions can make a big difference. Thinking about resolutions they are normally about what we are going to give…
Having last posted a mixed media piece from 2020, I thought it interesting to compare this to a painting from ten years ago. My use of layers of impasto paint over collaged elements hasn’t changed much at all, and the common thread of a concept or story is yet another constant in the majority of…
A heads up to Banksy completed in 2019, part of the coffee sack series of works. ‘ Given the current global turmoil it seems that Flower Power was not such a crazy idea after all.‘ Mixed Media on Canvas 80 x 80 x 4 cm. Framed and ready to hang. One of my latest pieces…
SHARDS OF LIGHT. Acrylic on Canvas. 81 x 110 x 2 cm. 2020. Now available to purchase on https://www.Singulart.com
This piece is one of four which will be included in the Art Gallery South West online winter show. 2020. Normally a title for a piece generally arrives during the process of making the work as does the meaning. For me this piece evokes a wave and the scrim included suggests a fishermans net. This…
Covid Town. Mixed Media on Canvas,. 60 x 60 x 3.5 cm. 2020. This painting has been chosen for inclusion in a forthcoming on line exhibition hosted by The Circle Foundation for the Arts. As part of the submission I was required to include a description of the piece. Not an easy thing for any…
Acrylic on Canvas. 100 x 50 x 3.7 cm. 2020. This piece was inspired by seeing a Gabo exhibitoon at the Tate St Ives in July this year. It pays homage to constructivism, which Gabo and Nicholson both we’re inspired by in their sculpture and art work. The piece has sculptural form and modernist architecture…
Image: THE CAVERN. Mixed media on Canvas. 2011. Couldn’t resist the temptation to include this image by way of celebrating LFC winning the premier league after a 30 year wait. YNWA. A success which is due to the way the players work for each other on the pitch; a lesson for us to learn in…
Image. Matchbox Series No. 29. Arthur Cooper Matchbox and Acrylic on Canvas. 12.7 x 17.7 x 1.5 cm. 2014. U TURN. Another week with U Turns in particular making the news. Marcus Rashford showed the Government how to feed the poor during the school holidays. It took a full day for the pressure of public…
Image: THE JOLIE BRISE SAILS ON. One of a triptych, Acrylic on Canvas 2015. 6 x 4 Ft. Public Collection, Teignmouth, Devon. This poem was written in 2015 and describes an early evening walk in Teignmouth one wet Thursday. So much has changed of course but as we slowly unlock and get something approaching normality,…
