Inside comes out

2011-03-03T14:44:00.002Z

A man for all that

Oil on canvas board - 410 mm x 290 mm

2011

2011-03-03T14:40:00.001Z

Bicycle

Pencil Drawing - 190 mm x 140 mm

2010

2011-01-25T18:11:00.005Z

The Tower

2011

Watercolour, 220 mm x 150 mm

Hannah

2011-01-25T18:03:00.003Z

Hannah at about three year's old.

Pencil drawing

1986

2010-12-16T15:53:00.003Z

The End of Summer

Watercolour and acrylic

2010

2010-12-10T09:55:00.001Z

Prison Bars

Oil on Paper

2010

2010-03-04T15:52:00.002Z

Chinchilla

Charcoal drawing

2009

2010-02-22T22:40:00.000Z

Work in progress

2010-02-15T19:23:00.003Z

Escape

Small enamel panel on copper.

Transparent and opaque enamels and gold foil.

(The enamel and gold foil is much brighter, has more depth and is more transparent than it looks here.)

2010-02-15T19:19:00.001Z

Christmas Cactus

Watercolour study, for Cindy

2010-01-21T11:01:00.001Z

Poster Girl

Digital image, drawn on iPhone

2010-01-15T22:09:00.009Z

Mystery Girl

Digital image from pencil drawing.

205 x 170 mm

2010-01-08T18:33:00.010Z

Isis weeps

Pallet. Enamel and gold foil on shaped copper, 16 x 8 cm.

My fascination with enamel is because of the wonderful depth of colour that can be obtained when this powdered glass is fired in a kiln and fused onto bright copper.

I began by producing images on flat copper, using transparent and opaque enamels. I was able to produce images that became like glazed watercolours.

Wanting to make something that would enable me to display these pieces around the house, I designed a range of shaped pallets that can be used as pen and brush holders. When not in use they stand upright on a window-ledge and catch the light, thus becoming small-scale sculptural pieces.

Forest

Pallet. Enamel on shaped copper, 9 x 8 cm.

Love

2010-01-03T18:25:00.024Z

The Dance of Love

From a series of digital images, drawings and paintings.

This is one of a series of images, drawings and paintings I have been working on of tissue boxes.

There is something about boxes of clean, pristine tissues that are always available, just within reach, ready to help us clean up or wipe away tears.
Each time a tissue is used a new one presents itself - patiently waiting to be of service.

Many of the boxes sold in the shops are designed with subtle wording printed on the outside, such as comfort, soft, care.
I like the way these words reside on these items in our homes. They are like small, random, reassuring poems.

2009-12-05T22:51:00.002Z

Approaching The Crown, Summer Night, Ide Hill, Kent. 1998.

Pastel on Ingres paper, 19 x 26 cm.