Category: Painting

Gently Out of Time

In 2021 I made a photobook titled ‘Gently Out of Time’ and had just one copy printed. It contained over fifty pairs of photographs selected from the 17000 stored on my laptop and phone. Each pair of photographs were chosen because, for one reason or another, they felt like they belonged together, despite being taken…
W3 Spring term lesson: Bacon

I’ve just delivered two painting classes in the studio, inspired by the Francis Bacon triptych portraits I saw recently at the National Portrait Gallery. I’ve included some photographs from the exhibition below, followed by a few links to Bacon and Soho things I’ve enjoyed watching in the past few days and finally, some of the…
W2 Spring term lesson: Horizons and Near and Far

Examples of artists work Also see Saatchi Art: Horizons Horizons in the studio
W1 Spring term lesson: Hatching

Wednesday 8th Janbuary 2025Morning and afternoon groups. Part 1:Having looked at six works by artists who had drawn using hatching techniques (bottom of page), students were asked to sketch a section of each, using a variety of pens and pencils. They were given just 6 minutes to investigate the technique used in each image. Part…
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum

Curve Gallery, Barbican CentreEnds Sunday 5th JanuaryVideo ‘In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.’
Monet and London. Views from the Thames

Courtauld GalleryUntil Janaury 19thSold out but click here for a virtual tour With general admission tickets no longer available to see Monet’s paintings of the Thames at the Courtauld Gallery, I decided to sign up for a years membership to be able to see it. And I’m glad I did. It’s a exhibition of 21…
Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers

Van Gogh: Poets and LoversNational Gallery, LondonUntil January 19th A big exhibition of bright, colourful paintings, oozing with thick brush marks of paint, as fresh as if they had just been applied, all displayed on a different coloured wall in each room, juxtaposed with well considered quotes. ‘The careful planning behind Van Gogh’s art extended…
Sladers Yard Gallery, Dorset

Sladers Yard is a lovely little gallery in West Bay, Dorset. Only a mile from the equally lovely town of Bridport.
Artwork produced by Wednesday students.

Painting and Drawing ClassesWednesdays 10.15am – 12.30pm and 1pm – 3.15pm1a Cadbury Close, Whetstone N20 9BD Send me an email to enquire. I teach two mixed ability painting classes each Wednesdays during term time. The content of each twelve week term is divided into two types of teaching: Weeks 1-3 and 7-9 are lively, fast…
Who are the Studio Fridays Artists?

If you visited my studio recently for the Studio Fridays Art Fair, you might have thought that the space had always been a gallery. Most of the time however, it’s a vibrant work space where I paint, mentor and teach. For example, every Friday, the studio becomes an industrious work space for up to fourteen…