Learning to Sail – a commission

A commission I finished a while ago – this is Jeremy Storr’s father learning to sail. He was the only … More

A painting commission

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

Cat-of-the-day has been rather neglected of late, in favour of artwork I actually have to get on with, so this … More

I’ve walked to the top of Helvellyn an uncounted number of times over the last 30… 35… years, but I’ve … More

It is the new look. It stops the aliens reading my mind. In the summer I had highlights brought on … More

A fine and lively evening in the Ring o’ Bells at Moorlinch* last night – the Chalice Morris men came, … More

Up the ‘Dinosaur’s Back’ to the top of Blencathra, with nieces/nephews, siblings/in-laws, and Mum who with hindsight may not have … More

Kez, again, in the pub, again. I will admit that this doesn’t look as much like Kez as a couple … More

At Mum’s 70th birthday party: Emma said I made her look like a Harlot (which, now I think of it, … More

Kez had big shiny balls round her neck, and a sort of 60’s style hair thing. The whole effect was … More