Early paintings
My first brushes with a paint brush
It was my dad who encouraged me to enjoy painting. He would look at different subjects and ask
“what can you see? ”
“What colours are on show?”
It was the summer I was seven years old when I painted this sunset across the River Kent at Arnside. The sailing boat in the foreground is named Kittiwake and was the original Swallow from Arthur Ransome’s Swallow and Amazions
Throughout the next fifteen years or so I practised every day….
By the time I was a student I was into oil painting en plein air. See if you can spot the difference watching the light play upon the Notre Dame in the Ile de la Cite in Paris
I painted on Wacaday filming trips and the crew would love it - they didn’t have to carry the gear very far and it’s always interesting seeing a painting emerge from the blank canvas.
Every day I’m painting or planning a painting - and often they are exhibited at galleries for sale. Keep a look out and you may be lucky