The Dark Angel

I dreamed this scary lady was stood at the end of my bed beckoning me to join her. Was it a dream or was I just lucky to say NO

Northcourt Cricket ground

This shows North Abingdon cricket ground at some time in the past. My version of another painting. The main building is now a Church. The Cricket Ground migrated to the Hales Meadow site in the late 90's

Red Kite

This image won a BBC photography competition. The birds are common in my area & I love them. I used a much simpler background than the Photo.

Buzzard

This image graced the cover of a bird book but on that, the Buzzard was sitting on a rock withy the tail hidden. I migrated her to a pine tree so the tail was visible.

Winter Canal

A lady called Sarah who worked for me when I was in Milton Keynes lived on a canal barge and sent cards featuring canal paintings. This one shows a winter canal junction. The watercolour above dates from 1994 while the acrylic to the right from 2021

The Globe Inn

These two are also from Sarah's cards & feature The Globe Inn, located I know not where. The watercolour on the to is from 1994, the acrylic on the bottom is, unusually, unsigned, but is likely from just before the Pandemic

Flowers

A friend asked me to produce a copy of a painting she had seen in a store. The burgandy version was my attempt & I subesequently painted the blue version which hangs in my bedroom. I keep meaning to do another in Cadmium Red

Above is another Georgia O'Keefe painting that I saw in the Art Gallery in San Diego.

Georgia O'Keefe pastiche

Another picture inspired by a Georgia O'Keefe painting. Her work is just so exquisite that I can't help making my own poor attempt at it.

Hibiscus

Painted from a number of Photographs taken while walking Douglas the Dog up to the shop for the morning paper

Lillies

The Orange lillies were from my garden. The other 3 were pics taken at a garden centre. I cut out & stuck the images together to produce this composite. My version of flower arranging!

Clematis

This beautiful Clematis grows up a trellis on the South side of our garden along with a yellow rose

Radley Church                My House in Radley

Radley Church was painted from a photo I took on the day my son was married there. One of the church goers liked enough to buy it!

I have lived in my current house forover 20 years and, thanks to Elaine, the front garden has won several prizes.

Glebe House Garden

This garden was at the hotel James & I used to stay at when we went fishing in Mohill, County Leitrim.

My Bathroom

This still life is the shelf above the bath in my current house.

This was also sold as part of a charity fundraiser for the JR Hospital.

Brackenborough Hall

This is the Granary & Stables building at Brackenborough Hall, Louth. It has been converted to a luxury set of holiday accommodation where we have stayed a number of times with both friends & family. It is a working farm & my grandkids loved it.

My Sister's house in Cleethorpes

My sister, Rosemary, has lived here since moving back to Lincolnshire

Tonbridge Castle

I did an IT contract for a company in Tonbridge & Brighton. Every lunchtime I escaped the office & went for walk around the grounds of the Castle

Saffron Waldon

We stayed close by Saffron Waldon at the pub owned by Jamie Olivers dad. This is on the edge of the town with the Golf Club just round the corner to the left.

Dubai Skyline

A view of the Dubai skyline via the Emirates Golf Club.

Taken from a photo of the television coverage of a European Golf Tour event

Skidbrooke Church

Skidbrooke village in North East Lincolnshire, no longer exists as such. The Church is Redundant and empty. I used to come here as a small boy with my father to see the Herons that used to nest in the tall trees surrounding the Church.

A number of my ancesters are buried in the churchyard.

I hope the picture conveys the open flat nature & the huge skies of the North-East Lincolnshire coastal plain. Skidbrooke is no more than a couple of miles from the sea. 

Towards the Light

I saw a similar painting to this on a Cruise Ship. I loved the image of walking into the light.Some say this is what Death is like! Others prefer the image of the Skeletal figue with the Sythe riding Binky!

Sveta Esser

I first saw the paintings of Sveta Esser years ago on a cruise ship. She is a Russian born artist now living in Israel I believe. I was captivated by the style & have done a number of paintings in a similar style.

Slava Brodinsky

Brodinsky is another Russian artist now located in Israel whose work I first saw on a cruise ship 

Snow Houses

One of the cruise ship bars had a series of paintings such as this on its walls. Wacky as you get

Walk in the Rain

This is not from a cruise ship but the original hangs on the wall of our Doctor's Surgery.

I liked the colours

I love doing paintings for kids. Whether they appreciate them or not is a different question!

I saw the top Toadstool picture in a shop in Whitby & coming home I attempted a version. To make it my own I replaced the Snails with "Slugpigs".. These come about because although I can draw a Pig face, I am hopeless at legs! Both paintings are mixed media in that Jewels &fabric butterflies are used.