Painter and PrintmakerJun 21, 20234 min readQuiet Observation: Three East Anglian PaintersA blog post exploring the quiet beauty of the art of Elinor Bellingham-Smith, Elisabeth Vellacott and Mary Newcomb.
Painter and PrintmakerJun 30, 20222 min readMeadow ClocksA blog post about my love of the seed head of the wild flower Goat's Beard
Painter and PrintmakerJul 12, 20213 min readA Smaller WorldHow a change led to rediscovering poppies.
Painter and PrintmakerMay 13, 20213 min readCloser to homeI didn’t intend for there to be a pause here, but then I didn’t expect what would happen in the months that followed. In the first...
Painter and PrintmakerMay 24, 20203 min readThe Moth DiariesMoths are the perfect, obliging models, who sleep during the day. I take two or three into my studio to identify and draw, where they remai
Painter and PrintmakerJun 12, 20192 min readTulip FeverThis Spring I became smitten with tulips and here I explain how I became beguiled by these elegant beauties.
Painter and PrintmakerJun 4, 20192 min readThe Flowering of SpringMy new exhibition at Penny Morrison Interiors of botanically inspired paintings that chart the flowers of Spring.
Painter and PrintmakerNov 22, 20181 min readA Christmas Nature TableI have been beavering away these last few weeks and can now announce that a selection of my drawings and paintings are being shown at The...
Painter and PrintmakerOct 28, 20182 min readTurning Over a New LeafTo know fully even one field or one land is a lifetime's experience. In the world of poetic experience it is depth that counts, not...
Painter and PrintmakerJul 20, 20182 min readMoths and MoonshineThose of you who follow me on Instagram and Twitter will know that I am rather partial to moths. The hot, still summer days of the past...
Painter and PrintmakerNov 15, 20172 min readTrees Be CompanyI suppose it was inevitable that I should follow on from making prints of birds to making pictures of trees. Although they have featured...