Painting Gallery
Some are more realistic paintings and some are looser. I find it depends on how I feel about the subject at the time. I hope you enjoy looking through them.
Oil Paintings
‘Exmoor, Heather and Stag’
Oil on Canvas ~ 40 x 40 cm ~ Sold
Blog Post
‘Zinda’
Oil on Canvas ~ 30 x 40 in – Sold
Zinda Painting
‘Down the Exe’
Oil on canvas board

‘Roxy’
Oil on canvas board ~ 30 x 40 in ~ Sold
Roxy Post
‘Pulled up at Restronguet’
Oil on canvas board

‘Exe Sunset’
Oil on canvas board
Exe Sunset Post
Watercolour Paintings
‘Boats drawn up at Gweek’
Watercolour & Pencil

‘GWR’ style poster
Acrylic ~ Sold

‘Failing light at Topsham’
Watercolour & Ink ~ A4 ~ Sold
Failing Light on the Exe Post
‘Mevagissey Inner Harbour’
Watercolour and Pen ~ A4
Mevagissey Harbour Post
‘Evening Light at Praa’
Watercolour and Pen ~ A4, Sold
Rocks at Praa Sands Post
‘Last light at Exmouth’
Watercolour and Pen ~ A4 ~ Not for sale
Last light at Exmouth Post
In the past, I have enjoyed stretching my own canvas. It’s a bit of a fiddle having to size the canvas, before priming with rabbit hide glue. My wife loves me heating that up upon the oven! However, it puts you in touch with artists of old. However, each canvas has its own character and is quite different from shop-bought Pre-stretched canvas.
The oil paints that I use are the Winsor & Newton Artist range. As well as Michael Harding handmade oil paints, which are lovely to use.
I love the immediacy of watercolour painting. Again I use Winsor & Newton Artist paints. I like hot and cold pressed papers and have lately been using Clairefontaine papers in a block. Which I find very convenient.
You can’t beat a good sable brush for watercolour painting. I tend to go for round ones.
However, for oil painting, a mix of round and flat brushes works well for me.