'I DON'T SEARCH FOR SUBJECTS, THEY TEND TO FIND ME.'
REACTING TO MOMENTS / 2020
All I do is react. Anything may invoke the spell. Something catches my eye.
A sudden angle of sunlight, a shower of rain, the light failing on a winter’s evening. Nothing stays still for long.
The thing is to be there, in the moment, to see it, to record it.
By the way, please note the painting of the bearded gentleman above is not a self-portrait.
It is a copy of a masterpiece by van Dyck that hangs in the Rockox House Museum, Antwerp.
The title of the van Dyck work is, Studies of a Man’s Head. It shows a head in two positions. I painted only one.
That was hard enough.
A sudden angle of sunlight, a shower of rain, the light failing on a winter’s evening. Nothing stays still for long.
The thing is to be there, in the moment, to see it, to record it.
By the way, please note the painting of the bearded gentleman above is not a self-portrait.
It is a copy of a masterpiece by van Dyck that hangs in the Rockox House Museum, Antwerp.
The title of the van Dyck work is, Studies of a Man’s Head. It shows a head in two positions. I painted only one.
That was hard enough.
'The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.'
Oscar Wilde
Exhibited at:
The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition - 14 times and short-listed many times more -
The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), The Royal Festival Hall, The London Stock Exchange, Saatchi Online, Marylebone Gallery and other venues. Paintings in private collections in America, Australia, Britain, France and Sweden and prints sold worldwide.
The Royal Society of British Artists (RBA), The Royal Festival Hall, The London Stock Exchange, Saatchi Online, Marylebone Gallery and other venues. Paintings in private collections in America, Australia, Britain, France and Sweden and prints sold worldwide.
Browse, borrow, buy.
My home is my gallery. The sign above the door reads:
Authentic, original, artwork for sale, direct from the artist, face-to-face, one-to-one.
I draw, paint, and sell prints of my work to a select list of discerning art buyers,
art directors, interior designers, art lovers and private collectors.
I welcome studio visits, comments, opinions, ideas, commissions and custom.
0% finance and easy terms available on certain items. This can include loans so you can view
a work in situ in your own home before purchase.
Tel: +44 (0)1491 613003.
Authentic, original, artwork for sale, direct from the artist, face-to-face, one-to-one.
I draw, paint, and sell prints of my work to a select list of discerning art buyers,
art directors, interior designers, art lovers and private collectors.
I welcome studio visits, comments, opinions, ideas, commissions and custom.
0% finance and easy terms available on certain items. This can include loans so you can view
a work in situ in your own home before purchase.
Tel: +44 (0)1491 613003.