I've got this piece nearly to the line. It has a frame in pale walnut stain and it's signed but I want some deep green in there. Not...

Maybe time for the finishing wax. Having a moment of pause until I'm sure the painting is done. This always happens....

Original art needs to travel safe. Padded wooden cases are bespoke made for each original travelling by courier. Larger artworks can also...

When there's already a plan in hand, the first tonal layers can also map out the shapes to come. Worth keeping some of the underlying...

The first prints have arrived and already in new homes. Very happy with the rich colour tones and the Hahnemühle Pearl paper gives a...

A harmonised tone from frame to artwork. Pale soft walnut stain with this one. #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartuk #artwork  #abs...

A pause on the way downstairs for framing. Good daylight picks out the toil in this one. #oilpainting #comtemporaryart #ukart #abstract...

Working on some smaller areas #oilpainting #comtemporaryart #ukart #abstract #abstractart #abstractexpressionist #charcoal #charcoalart...

Still exploring different charcoals and the ways to use it. Seems endless for such a raw substance. #oilpainting #comtemporaryart #ukart...

A sharp autumn light filling the room. Artworks forming collections for The Affordable Arts Fair and a new winter exhibition. The seasons...

Revisiting some favourite earthy colours and blues. Quite a bit of sanding and scratching seemed in order. This one is linked closely to...

Charcoal fixed and sealed on these wooden panels. Ready for their frames and heading out. Been working in to the charcoals with mineral...

A really coarse bit of granite exposed to the weather and sea spray. A lot happening on the surface revealing how complex the structures...

These two pieces welcome in the dusk. A changing of day life moving aside for the night life. The mysteries of the life waking up as the...

Part of a collection in progress. Ready for the start of winter. Horizons, night skies and footfall impressions. #oilpainting...

The overall piece takes from looking down over tidal rock flats through shallow water. Deep eroded grooves and holes interrupt the...

I've been mooching around this area, very local to me. These historical maps reveal how much mining and subterranean exploration has...

The snail has gone but left a good looking shell. Very thin but the colour burning through with the sun is spectacular. #oilpainting...

One of my perches in the room. The piece in front of it is a simple movement of alluvium - floodwater sediment found in deltas or...

I like these nooks. There is so much mass and energy surrounding it but it remains alive and patient. Ancient, recent and brand new all...