Painter and PrintmakerMay 25, 20213 minBegin afresh, afresh, afresh*I had hoped to set forth this week, sketchbook in hand, to capture a pocket of the Waveney Valley that I have discovered just a couple of...
Painter and PrintmakerOct 4, 20202 minArkful of AnimalsThis weekend a new exhibition opens at Diss Corn Hall entitled An Arkful of Animals and I am delighted that a selection of my work has been
Painter and PrintmakerJun 30, 20202 minMy Print of Woodbine, Rose and BrambleIn my last post, I had made studies of these hedgerows plants and combined them into a preparatory drawing on the brink of its journey to...
Painter and PrintmakerJun 16, 20203 minSeeking the Overlooked: Woodbine, Rose and BrambleNow the hedgerows are festooned with honeysuckle, generously draping itself over sapling trees and filling the pathways with its pale golden
Painter and PrintmakerMay 24, 20203 minThe Moth DiariesMoths are the perfect, obliging models, who sleep during the day. I take two or three into my studio to identify and draw, where they remai
Painter and PrintmakerNov 22, 20181 minA Christmas Nature TableI have been beavering away these last few weeks and can now announce that a selection of my drawings and paintings are being shown at The...
Painter and PrintmakerNov 11, 20182 minOld Man - Lest We ForgetOn a day when we remember those who gave so much, a poem by Edward Thomas who was killed in action on the 9th April, 1917, by a shell...
Painter and PrintmakerNov 7, 20185 minHow to make a LinoprintThe following article appeared on Painters Online, the online edition of "The Artist" magazine and thought it might be useful for someone...
Painter and PrintmakerOct 28, 20182 minTurning Over a New LeafTo know fully even one field or one land is a lifetime's experience. In the world of poetic experience it is depth that counts, not...
Painter and PrintmakerOct 17, 20183 minThe Last of SummerI might appear that I have been a little tardy with blog posts over the summer, but the truth is I have found writing rather difficult....
Painter and PrintmakerJul 20, 20183 minSweet Suffolk OwlThe happy discovery of a tawny owl family in my garden, made me long to have the opportunity to observe owls more closely, but I was very...
Painter and PrintmakerJul 20, 20182 minMoths and MoonshineThose of you who follow me on Instagram and Twitter will know that I am rather partial to moths. The hot, still summer days of the past...
Painter and PrintmakerApr 8, 20182 minTo see a World in a Grain of SandTo see a World in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour. Winter...
Painter and PrintmakerJan 25, 20183 minTim'rous beastieI love winter, but this January has been a particularly dark, damp and dreich month and I have found myself looking for signs of spring...
Painter and PrintmakerNov 26, 20174 minIt is never too late to climb treesIn sketching and thinking about trees, it has led me to remember with fondness the poem “Birches” by Robert Frost. This is a poem I have...