I’m really enjoying painting en plein air. I’ve found I can no longer settle to studio painting quite so easily – now that I have the taste for painting in the great outdoors! Discovering plein air painting Having really made a real effort to get out and about with painting, so far in 2024, I…
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I was delighted to present Mr and Mrs Morgan with their commissioned painting, ‘Clavell Tower – the original’ at the weekend. Kimmeridge Bay holds special memories for Mrs Morgan, who asked me to paint this piece having seen my pen & ink drawing of the tower at my recent solo exhibition at the Hatch Gallery…
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What a glorious day for a painting outdoors! Our group had planned to paint at the Isle of Purbeck golf course, but too many restrictions were imposed and we were unable to access any suitable viewpoints. So most of us headed off elsewhere. I opted for South Beach at Studland. It was positively tropical there…
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Really pleased to have been accepted to join Broadstone Art Society (BAS) as a full member. Having just missed the winter programme, which is held indoors, the Panel were kind enough to invite me along to their first plein air trip of this summer’s programme and conduct our official meeting over a pot of tea…
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What a wonderful day it was – the inaugural Wimborne Plein Air event, hosted by the Otter Gallery, Wimborne. I had a great day painting my ‘Minster from East Street’ piece, which I entered into the Otter Gallery Wimborne 2024 Plein Air event – and was sold on the Sunday, during the post-event public exhibition.…
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