In The Studio

The next 2 weekends sees my studio open its doors to the public for the first time, as part of the Ealing BEAT project. All are welcome to drop by and see new work and say hello. As you can see I have several new pieces on display and have tried to show as wide a...

Open Studio Invitation

Dear Friends I have an Open Studio as part of the locally sponsored Art Trail BEAT over 2 weekends in September. Please find attached an invitation. I will be there over both weekends. This will provide a great chance to meet up and see the work in situ. There will be...

Dancing in the Dark

“From the Darkness, Sunrise and Rain”. Two Panels on Canvas Summer is hovering around us, not sure whether it has anything seasonal to wear this year. The longest day passed on a tide of change, the dawning of the age of uncertainty, maybe the 21st Century...

Helios Rising

No two sunrises are the same. The cliche fades when confronted by the beauty of the moment. I recently travelled down to the Kent coast to Margate, where I used to live and where the great Mr Turner used to paint the sometimes glorious skies. As well as a beautiful...

Beyond Byzantium

In his great poem Sailing to Byzantium, WB Yeats addresses growing old and embarks on a late spiritual journey to a poetic paradise. “And therefore I have sailed the seas and come To the holy city of Byzantium”. Byzantium was home for a thousand years to a...

Lost in the Dream

Immersing yourself in something creative, be it Music, Books or Movies etc can be a wonderful release. For a while you are somewhere else, a different country, somewhere that time at last stands still. Painting is often like that, a sort of Lucid Dreaming, absorbing...