These pages show some my artworks in progress.
As works progress, new ones will be added and older ones deleted.
I hope you enjoy seeing my approach to each piece.
Click on the title of the work to see the progress images and description.
Highland Lights 3 - Portknockie Harbour
Portknockie harbour hosts some stunning sunsets - this is the beginning of one of them.
Sandend
Visited this place, decided to paint it and have booked a holiday there.
My Flowers
With hot weather and plenty of evening watering my flower tubs are lovely - small pastel time.
Parrots
In Kirkby Stephen we have our "resident parrots".
A unique feature I think to any Cumbrian town.
After they've been very active,and I got some good photos, I've decided to paint them.
Highland Lights 2 - Burghead Harbour
The 2nd of the proposed Highland Lights series.
From Strandshag Bay
Strandshag Bay lies near the head of Derwent Water.
I enjoy the moodiness of the winter scenes up there and this shot was taken back in February 2015.
I have a long thin canvas that has been waiting for a picture .....
Highland Lights 1 - Burghead Beach
A visit to the Highlands in May 2018 gave me the opportunity to take some stunning photos
using the light from the late afternoon sun.
I've started to think about a Highland Lights series based on these photos.
As I had a canvas prepared with a dark blue ground - I made a start.
Storr ( Isle of Skye )
Taken one holiday, sketched and re-visited 3 years later.
Red Sunset
In the mood for dramatic skies did this one in pastel.
Stones
After completing my hares painting - I decided to transfer the idea to some stones
along with a few more cats and then there was a christening gift to make.
This is becoming an ongoing project.
Three Hares One Moon
One from the imagination.
CATching Comets
4 small artworks for 20x20cm / 8x8 inches exhibition
Poppies
November - and my thoughts turned to Poppies ( and my Dad who fought in the 2nd world war )
CATching the Harbour Light
I like the quirkiness of this small lighthouse on the harbours edge.
With a few cats added created even more quirkiness.
Red Admiral
Loved the colours, light and vibrancy of a photo I took a couple of years ago
CATching the Shoreline
A few tweaks and this became another in the CATching series.
( With a title tweak at the end to a revised title of CATching the Shore Lights )
CATching the Twisty Tree
Had already used the tree as a model several times, with less colour and the addition of a few cats
- another for the CATching series.