Goodbye to Antalya

Up early and a very short walk to catch the incoming fishing boats in Finike harbour – they were late coming in so we left Mustafa to buy the fish for dinner. He bought loads of silver fish about 6-8 inches long – anchovies! While he was busy preparing his feast for dinner, we took [...]

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More personal information than you need to know…

One more painting finished for the nephews and nieces – this one comes from the North York Moors, which are all covered in pink heather at the moment – around a little village calle Goathland. According to the nieces’ rules, this painting belongs to the middle niece, I hope she likes it. Just one more [...]

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The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

While in the countryside near Stratford-UponAvon, I walked for hours with my camera, taking images of this land I have a fascination with. There is something about the history in this land which I keep trying to capture. My current paintings have no buildings or people in them, and I remove or leave out man-made [...]

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New paintings and studio space

I’ve finished two new paintings and very pleased with both of them. The smaller one, Hauptallee, is pictured here and I’ll have the other image for you soon. One is of the Hauptallee in The Prater in Vienna, and the other of the North York Moors.  I’ve really enjoying painting these, trying to capture the [...]

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A Summer Trip to England

Back again from a quick trip to England, and this time in the summer. The resulting paintings should be very different. Travelling by country lane to almost everywhere we wanted to travel, visiting family and friends, and also a 5 day tiki tour around East Anglia. Visited seaside resorts, tacky and worn. Saw sleepy forgotten [...]

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Len Lye

Another great day on my art course. This morning an exercise on using our other senses, other than sight, and drawing. Firstly we read a piece of writing from Len Lye about his childhood and his senses (from Happy Moments). We then had to pick a sense, spend 15 minutes concentrating on that sense and [...]

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Delayed

The course has been delayed a week due to ‘unforseen circumstances’ – big disappointment. But it will start soon enough, and hopefully we get an extra day somewhere. Starting Tuesday 12th February 9.00 to 3pm – my busiest day at work so will have to sort that for the rest of the year. But now [...]

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