Hampshire Open Studios 2022 - Basingstoke Yes, it's that time of the year again! Hampshire Open Studios 2022 is happening now! This year, in addition to my composition [...]
Eype Beach Art to support London Action for Children I ran across this quote from Pablo Picasso the other day: -"The meaning of life is to find your [...]
Watership Down Oil on Canvas On a beautiful sunny frosty morning last winter I was driving through Watership Down and had to pull off the road to capture [...]
Butterfly Meadow at Highclere Castle The inspiration for my latest painting comes from the flowering meadows surrounding Highclere Castle in Hampshire (known to many as Downton Abbey). During [...]
Jelly Beans from the Garden Yes, you can grow Jelly Beans in your garden! These beautiful double flowered California poppies with splashes of bubblegum pink, lemon yellow, raspberry [...]
Hampton Court Garden Festival - world's largest flower show What a great day out at the RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival. The grounds of Hampton Court Palace were [...]
Foraging, Wild Garlic Butter and Pesto One of my favourite pastimes is foraging in the woods in the heart of Watership Down for wild garlic. Spring is a [...]
In My English Country Garden The English have always been keen gardeners and nothing demonstrates this better than a traditional English country garden. So what makes a garden [...]
Hampshire Open Studios 2021 It’s that time of year again for artists of all genres throughout the Hampshire region to prepare for the upcoming annual Hampshire Open Studios [...]
Spring of New Hope Spring always brings with it a sense of new birth and regeneration and I don’t think this could be more meaningful or more welcoming [...]