LEY LINES. The lines laid down by pilgrims who walked our holy land, by walking boots that leave their mark like footprints in the sand, by star crossed lovers wandering as in some living dream, by lonely souls who search for peace like ghosts who can’t be seen, by children on a sunny day who…
This piece was completed in 2013 and will be exhibited this coming week in the mixed show at the Artizan Gallery in Lucius Street, Torquay. The Private View is on Tuesday 23rd September from 7 to 9 pm. There is sure to be a lot of variety from the many artists taking part so you…
This is my latest piece in an original antique frame from Amboise. The piece shows two figures by a typical French window. It will be on show at my home during the Devon Open Studios from 7th September till 21st, for details check out DOS on http://www.devonartistnetwork.co.uk The next picture shows the canvas on its…
The image is from my Portrait Series.A wistful and ambiguous image.Sometimes the complexity of relationships get in the way of your decision making. One of the hardest things to grasp and hold on to is freedom. FREEDOM. If you were given freedom in a cardboard box, when you cut it open would it make you…
This is Number 29 of my Matchbox Series. It is an Arthur Cooper Matchbox and Acrylic on Canvas: 12.7 x 17.7 x 1.5cm. You can see a selection of the series at The Funky Aardvark, 11 Somerset Place, Teignmouth, in the Oasis Gallery, ( first Floor) from Thursday 5th to Wednesday 11th June, 2014. Open:…
This piece, together with five other paintings of mine, will be exhibited in a mixed show at The Artizan Gallery, 7 Lucius Street, Torquay, from 3rd June for three weeks. see: http://www.artizangallery.co.uk . You are invited to the Private View, Saturday 7th June, 6-9 pm. Come along and meet the artists and have a glass…
This is one of five miniature watercolour pieces showing in an International Show from 5th to 9th June 2014 in Barr, Alsace France. It tells a story of magical times, childhood, fairy tales and times of milk and honey. I framed all five in old wooden frames. For me painting in watercolour adds depth and…
This is Number 22 of my matchbox series. This series was started last year, 2013, and is on-going. I intend to exhibit these pieces in October 14 in a one man show in Teignmouth. This work uses everyday things which have all but disappeared in todays world. They pay homage to a way of life…
Archaeology has always been a passion of mine since I worked at Vindolanda on Hadrian’s wall in the early 70s. This painting was inspired by a visit to an ancient Roman site last summer called Clunia, near Curuna del Conte in the Ribera del Duero region of Spain. History is just below our feet. We…
BUILDING BLOCKS. As we grow old the building blocks which made us what we are begin to show, like roots of trees that crack the very concrete of the pavements where we walk, reminding us of who we are despite the fact we’ve come so far. We walk on cracks, we marry a knat and…
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