A truly enjoyable recent commission of a wonderful American lady who came over to UK to sit as her very talented photographer husband captured some images that convey the sitting atmosphere so well. So loved the Spanish dress and tone.
#portraits
Recent commission. This lovely lad is my third of three brothers, drawn over many years. It’s lovely to come back to a family again and again - seeing your previous sitters growing and adding another picture to the wall for a family. A privilege.
#commissionart
#familychronicles
🎉Over the moon to hear that my lockdown painting has won the New Light Valeria Sykes Award at the newly opened New Light Exhibition
@williamsonart_
. I’m so delighted, thank you to the judges at
@newlightart
for considering it. 🎉
A recent commission of a mother and her son, so incredibly spoiling to paint them in such a tender environment. I love the challenge of whites layering up…
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#oilpainting
#oilportrait
A recent trip to the river Tees. It tumbles off the peat rich moor of County Durham and Northumberland, giving the water a colour like tea. When the sun is out the reflection on water like this is mind bending. Some sketches..
#landscape
#landscapepainting
#oilpainting
#rivertees
It has been a very busy year! Here are some of the paintings I’ve done or shown here over the last 12 months. Thank you for such kind support, it’s always so appreciated. Have the very best Christmas and New Year! See you in 2024 if not before! 🎉🎉🎊🎊
What a treat this fabulous woman was to paint, both a lovely person and also a recently retired principal ballerina to boot, with such a fascinating career and a manner of presentation that boggles the artists mind. /1
Delighted to say that my portrait of Gillian is The Burkes Peerage Foundation Award winner at this years Royal Society of Portrait Painters. Very proud of this one, so I’m thrilled. Do go along! 5th May to 14th May
@mallgalleries
@RP_portraits
These wonderful brothers (and sister in a previous post) were such a dreamy set of kids to draw, for their equally wonderful family. Hopefully the drawings are skimming across the sea to the states as we speak.
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#portraiture
#charcoaldrawing
#nitramcharcoal
Sometimes you have to wheel back to a piece and adjust some things, so it has been here. My dear friend and his divine fiancé sat for me in the summer (and whippet Mucha too), and I’ve been tickling it since then.
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#portraitpaintingartist
#doubleportrait
The 2nd I’ve painted of 2 brothers and their dogs. Anyone lucky enough to grow up with a dog knows how formative they are, contributing so much to your adult self, giving principles to carry through a life time.
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#oilportrait
#portraiture
#commissionedportrait
Hera, queen of the gods. Not someone to meet in a dark alley late at night.
How flawed the Greeks had their gods - not a paragon of virtue among them.
Today, I’d like Hera behind bars, but I’m glad that I persuaded my mate to pull up her imperious face and sit as the queen!
A sitter was called abroad leaving a little gap in the diary, the sun came out in ridiculous strength and the big mirror appeared back in the studio. The upshot is a little delve into a long standing interest of mine - The Rule of Thirds, or Golden Ratio or Fibonacci sequence. 🧵
#internationalwomensday
an opportunity to think of how millions of women around the world would give their back teeth for a whiff of the rights, opportunity and security I enjoy. Millions fleeing war and privation. Millions denied basic rights of autonomy over their lives. 1/2
I took enormous enjoyment in doing this recent commission of this brother and sister in
#charcoal
to go along side another I did for the same family way back in the mists of time. They will hang together now, reminding me of how portraiture sometimes twines through a family.
I paint humans mainly, but so many people wouldn’t be quite themselves without their dogs, and by that logic dogs are often in a portraits. They are individuals in their own right and bring a special dynamic to a painting.
#mansbestfriend
It’s nearly 20 years since I left my training, and I’m looking at the themes my brushes have taken me through. A major one is water!
#oilpainting
#paintingwater
Unveiling of Prof Richard Penty at
@SidneySussex
last night. Richard is near the end of his time as master of the college, inspiring the commission. Great to see it go up in a beautiful hall, 2 down from Oliver Cromwell, as you do…
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#oilpainting
#commissionedart
Simple head studies. The anvil upon which portraiture beats out its practitioners. There’s no straighter gate than 40cm or so of canvas and a model’s life size countenance. Surely no more various triumph and disaster available in art at such small scale.
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#oldone