These 2 look like kids playing musical chairs at a party…you know how one kid has the chair and the other manages to wedge their bum on the side and try to claim that they were there first!

I really enjoy painting in the eyes and making them come alive, it’s usually the first thing I do in the portrait. They can look quite simple close up yet sparkle from further away.

I try, where possible not to blend the colours, but to consciously place them, building up the shapes till the jigsaw puzzle is complete!

A new challenge - combining the body of one photo with the more ‘in-focus’ face of another!

I’m loving this little guy with his toy Elephant! Wishing i could have kept this one!

This one was a challenge, partly because it was a black animal (always tricky) but mainly because I really wanted to catch the beautiful ‘golden hour’ light.  

‘Discover Gather Give’ is an arts fair that is usually held in Stratford-upon-Avon Town Hall. This year, due to COVID restrictions they have taken it online.

Raffy’s favourite place to sleep is on Molly’s chair in the spare room, sunbathing and looking out over the garden.  The chair took as long to paint as the cat did - but it makes it extra special as it once belonged to Molly.

I wanted to experiment with painting bubbles! I started by using acrylic inks on the surface of the board, sprayed with water, blew the mixture around with a straw then let it dry. Then I used a circle template to pick out the best bubbles!

menagerie (noun)

1. a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition

I do love painting profiles...I used flat synthetic brushes for the face and courser oil painting brushes for the background to give more texture and allow the tonal ground to show through.

Aren’t these just the best Christmas cards you could ever wish for ??! My sister has a dog walking business and every year she designs her own card to give to her customers!

I wanted to try and paint a backlit animal. I found this image on ‘Pixabay’ but i’ve changed the background to include some flowers.

I loved painting Ted and setting him in this beautiful bluebell wood. Ted has a ‘squirrel’ addiction so its hard to get him to sit still like this for long. He has his very own sidecar which attaches to his owners Motorbike!

Sometimes the silhouette of an animal can say just as much about it as a portrait.  It can speak more of their body shape, muscle tone, posture and the way they move.

Linocut twists your mind somewhat as the lines that you carve out will be white once printed, the areas left uncarved will be black, not only that but the print will be a mirror image of what you are carving and if you make a wrong mark there is no going back!

He is pretty big, as rabbits go. he has a diet of green beans, carrots and fingers!! 🤣👈

I was really excited to be offered a commission to paint this amazing greyhound. He can be seen here (left) winning the ‘Coral Champion Stakes Final’ in 2016 by a fraction of a nose equating to 0.01 of a second!

I’ve been looking forward to painting Otis for a while now... not only is he handsome - he has an unusual hobby…

This painting took 10 hours... I absolutely love the composition and the chance to include 3 big paws!