It was summer, only just now…

The first leaves began to fall, it seems like only yesterday. It was a few weeks ago in fact when … More

The Perils of Half Term Holiday Swimming

It helps to know when the school holidays are, if only because the traffic is different and sometimes everyone heads … More

On Saturday I swam in Scales Tarn, overlooked by Blencathra, while a crocodile of people plodded on up the tricky … More

On Sunday I swam at Clevedon. If you’re not an open water swimmer you may be unaware that the subject … More

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

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

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