Plein Air 2013
The 3rd annual Plein Air Brotherhood exhibition opens on Sunday 27th October. Do come along and meet the artists, look at some great paintings, share a glass of wine and maybe buy a picture. There will...
View ArticlePainting in the Stour Valley
Mid August in the Stour Valley, Suffolk. This is one of the oil paintings I’ll be showing at the Plein Air Brotherhood exhibition that opens on Sunday 17th October 2013 at A&K Wilson Gallery. It...
View ArticleNEAC 2013
Box Valley, Straw Bales. 10x12in, 25x30cm. Oil on board. Click image for a close up view. This painting has been selected for the New English Art Club annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London....
View ArticlePin Mill
Pill Mill. 8 x 10 inches, 20 x 25cm, oil on board. This view of Pin Mill on the River Orwell in Suffolk was painted on location last summer. I was set up outside the Harry King and Sons boat yard on...
View ArticleCurrent Exhibition
Last week’s Country Life – Fine Art Edition. My exhibition at Island Fine arts is on now. You can see all the pictures here and in the gallery until 29th March. Ist – 29th March 2014 Island Fine Arts...
View ArticleSunny Suffolk
It’s nice to see the sun again and to get out a large canvas to work on. This time last year looked like this…
View ArticleLandscape Painting Workshop in Suffolk
Join me for a day’s outdoor painting in this beautiful and hidden corner of Suffolk. If you want to paint the world around you, to get outside and capture the effect of light on the landscape without...
View ArticlePaint Out Norwich 2014
Winners of the first Paint Out Norwich outdoor painting competition. L to R: Chris Daynes, Haidee-Jo Summers, Roy Connelly. 28 pre-selected artists painting 4 locations with just 3 hours for each...
View ArticleBlackthorn Blossom
Spring is marching on, excuse the pun, and it’s almost time for the blackthorn to blossom. I painted this large canvas of a blackthorn bush on location above the Stour Valley over a couple days. It is...
View ArticleWork in Progress
This is a view of the orchard at Assington Mill in Suffolk. I started it in April 2014 and managed two sessions before the scene had changed too much and I put it away for a year. This photo was taken...
View ArticleMoonrise at Scotland Street at the NEAC
I’m pleased to have had this picture selected for the New Engliah Art Club Annual Exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. I painted this one evening last July. Scotland Street is a small hamlet...
View ArticleOutdoor Painting Workshop
I will be teaching a plein air oil painting workshop at Assington Mill in Suffolk on Saturday 17th September 2016. Based at a 17th century watermill in 70 acres of private nature reserve, it would be...
View ArticleThe Cherry Orchard – work in progress
Work in progress. This is part way through a painting of the cherry orchard in the morning light. I was drawn to the way the early light catches the tops of the cherry trees. It’s an effect that...
View ArticleBritish Plein Air Painters Exhibition Announcement
This exhibition has been postponed until 2021. Dates to be confirmed. Following the incredible success of the first exhibition by the British Plein Air Painters group I’m very pleased to be taking...
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