Ullswater, bejewelled

Jackie and I went swimming in Ullswater last week. The rain in the morning was so heavy I discovered that, … More

Strait Ladies

Sometimes unexpected worlds meet. Before I painted a lot of swimmers, I painted (amongst other things) a lot of ladies … More

I’ve been looking at some of my photos taken at Vobster Quay, of swimmers underwater. I take these as an … More

At high tide Ladye Bay has almost no beach. When we arrived, Sue sat on a handy boulder, perched like … More

It’s been a bit of a summer for swimming hat commissions, here are two designs that I was asked to … More

Second painting in my investigations into the painting of reflections of swimmers on the underside of the water. This and … More

New painting – 9 x 13 inches, in gouache / watercolour and gold leaf. I’ve been largely avoiding the issue … More

I’ve put all of the available mini swimmer paintings up for sale n my Etsy shop – this is my … More

Commissioned portrait that I painted last week – an underwater swimmer – Hilary – with gold leaf fragments for bubbles. … More

A quick impromptu dip, in – ahem – just my bra and pants. Getting into the habit of putting a … More