Black Mountains
Landscape of the Black Mountains near Capel-y-ffin Youth Hostel, which was previously a monastery.
St Alphege Church Sketch
Here is a sketch of St Alphege Church in Solihull on a snowy morning last winter. I am planning to use this as the basis of an oil painting study of the same subject soon. Might make an ideal Christmas…
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Bedford Park
A pioneer in garden village design was the celebrated Victorian / Edwardian architect Richard Norman Shaw. His masterpiece; the Bedford Park estate in Chiswick has the most wonderful domestic architecture. Sir John Betjeman described Bedford Park “the most significant suburb built…
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Venice Scenes
I have been working on a number of scenes in and around Venice recently. Here are a few capturing the sunlight on the water and buildings at various times of day. first one here of a canal in Burano island…
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Solihull, St Alphege Church
Solihull St Alphege Church from the High Street. This winter scene of our local church in Solihull was used by me for my Christmas Cards in 2012.
Self Portrait
Self Portrait of the Artist. At the start of my blog I thought it would be good to begin with a selfie!