The Cuckoos nest

A dear friend has beautifully framed up a few of my prints and kindly has them on show at his shop.
If you need any framing done or would like to pop along to see my prints and all the other beautiful paintings and jewelry he has on show, his gallery address is

The Cuckoo's nest
Cuckoo Ln, 
North Leigh, 
Witney 
OX29 6PW

Autumn walk

Autumn walk - watercolour

Based on a photo I took whilst walking the dog one morning last week.  Love the Autumn colours on my walks.

SAA Postcard Partners

SAA Postcard Partners

Had lots of fun painting this little old lady for the first half of the post card.  I handed the half finished card to Jason Port - another artist in our art group who then came up with the second half of the card. 
Absolutely loved what he painted! 

Mr Nutts - Pastel

Another test with my pastels. 
Love using these!  Perfect for painting the little creatures.

Tiger - Pastel

 Tiger - Pastel

More furry tests with my pastels. 

Drypoint and lino

Drypoint and lino experiments

Experimenting with combining lino cut with drypoint etchings.  I was really pleased with how these turned out. 
I was even more pleased when I saw how much better they looked when my friend Graham framed all the prints up for me. 

Drypoint experiments

 Blue tit

I have been experimenting with drypoint etching. 
You prepare a metal plate for printmaking by scratching lines directly into the plate.  The incised line or sunken area holds the ink.

Indian Runners

This is a plate I made based on a photo of our three lovely Indian runner ducks.

 Bee

I've been experimenting with the different marks I could make to get more shading in to the image.

Eagle Owl

Eagle Owl - pastel

I took a photo of this beautiful owl and thought I would try to capture those beautiful eyes and feathers in pastel.

Coming home

Coming home
Oil on linen canvas 30cm x 40cm

Lots of fun painting the sunlight coming through the trees in this.  I've got an old gold swept frame that I wanted to paint something for and I hope this will look good in the frame.  Waiting for a few days for the picture to dry before I try it out. 

Pastel bird of prey

Pastel bird of prey

Trying out pastels again.  They were such a joy to use with the leopard I thought I would try another beautiful creature.

Photo kindly provided by my good friend Franck Martin who's is a very talented photographer. 

Art group exhibition

Kidlington Art Group Exhibition

We're having our yearly art group exhibition this Saturday 31st October.
Please feel welcome to come along and see some of the wonderful paintings produced by our village art group and have a chat with some of the artists exhibiting.
Kidlington Band Hut on Kidlington High Street.
9:30 - 4:30

Sunrise

Sunrise Watercolour

Just finished off a little watercolour I started a couple of weeks ago. I wasn't sure about the strength of the colour in the sky at first, but I think it turned out nice in the end.
Based on an early morning photo I took whilst out walking our dog.