I dug these 2 blue bottles up from a bottle dump when I was a teenager and cleaned them up (I’m a sucker for coloured glass!).

Enjoying the shadow shapes and the combination of transparent and opaque paint in this simple floral still life.

I’ve been experimenting with different ways of painting this lilac arrangement…painting from life and seeing how thinly i can use the oil paint. This one is as subtle as a watercolour.

“I angled my brush and swept it round to make a mark…their instant observation was: “it’s almost calligraphic”… that’s exactly how it feels: deliberate, with intent, but also (I hope) style and flair.

I’ll be exhibiting my flower paintings @blenheimpalaceflowershow with @micklemsfarmflowers this summer…you’ll find me painting in their show garden!

I realised how much this vase looks like a lovely glass marble! I have to psyche myself up to paint those long sweeping strokes in the vase as you need to get them right first time for them to be effective.

I’m really enjoying setting up still life compositions where the shadow shape interacts with the main subject of the painting. I was super happy with how this one came together.

A chilly but enjoyable afternoon spent painting with ‘PALS’ @pleinairleamingtonspa. ’The Mill Suspension Bridge’ is an iconic landmark in Leamington, spanning the ‘River Leam’, built in 1900.

What a joy to see some spring flowers...it’s always lovely painting personal items, gifts from friends and family.

Spring is just around the corner and first to flower in the garden are ‘Molly’s Helleboures’…I decided to do one close up and one in a jug. Just love pink and green together!

Getting my monies worth! that’s 5 paintings from this £1 bunch of lovelies!

‍Some lovely results from the ‘Embroidered Moroccan Mosaics’ workshop that I taught on Monday @micklemsfarmcreativeworkshops

It’s so nice to see daffodils again - Bring on the Spring!

Floral reference images for a oil / acrylic painting workshop.

Fellow artist @Ednashart and I are teaming up to host regular Plein Air Meet Ups in and around Leamington Spa.

8” x 8” oil on board

Sometimes its really nice to forget about colour and just focus on tone and creating interesting brush marks…I really like it incomplete at stage 1 in the progress shots but couldn’t bring myself to stop there as I was enjoying it too much!

Reference images for pet portraits oil/acrylic painting workshop.

These orchids live on my kitchen windowsill. I went for harder edges this time as I wanted to see what I, and others, would prefer but i’m still undecided!