Pastel worked in to alkyd resin and earth pigments. A detail from 'Field Tracings' #abstractoil #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting...

A short film of 'Boat Glass and Mist' 120 x 110cm The title suggests something specific. A thick and aged viewing glass on a sea vessel....

Colour applied in a variety of ways. Folds and cuts create a rough cross section of lamination. Kind of resembles an old ledger. A useful...

A short film of 'Field Tracings' 200 x 100cm Pastel, oil, pencil and mediums. An imagined history of lodes and veins or trails and...

A much enjoyed trip back to some draughting and drawing on this piece. On a wood panel prepared to make it as drawing friendly as...

A short tour of 'Snicks and Reeds' 100 x 80cm Oil, pastel and mediums on wood. A piece with a soft, open space. Reflection and diffused...

Digging or prodding the pastel. Not dragging or drawing. Definitely not painting. Pastel is a unique tool for mark making and creates a...

A short film passing round 'Corridor Spirit' 100x80cm There is figure here but perhaps not present. Echo, suspension or residual...

A short film of 'Shaped in Readiness' Oil, pastel, pencil and mediums on wood 100x80cm. This is figurative but without the solid...

More pastel work. A bit of scraping or digging in the clay. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartuk #artwork ...

Fitting 'Shaped in Readiness' in to its timber L frame. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartuk #artwork ...

Deepening or highlighting some existing marks. Just pressing or pushing the pastel in. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting #abstractart...

Brushing detail in to a wet surface. I wanted to work from above so a bit of clearance (bamboo) is rigged up. #pastels #pastelart...

Pastel and pencil going first on the board. A draw before the paints. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartuk...

‘Paper 2420’ Oil paint, pastel and pencil on paper with a thin wax finish 49x44cm. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart...

A new piece with pastels, pencil, oils and resin mediums on paper. 49x44cm ‘Paper 2421’ a dance and a musical moment with a concertina....

Pastel work on a large panel. Tapping in the smaller marks. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting #abstractart #ukart #fineartuk #artwork ...

Angles light catching the topography of ‘As Sure as Daylight’. A lot of picking, scraping and gouging back through the thick layers....

‘After the Plume’ 100x80cm on wood panel. A suspension of line and fragments settling back down. #pastels #pastelart #oilpainting...

'Circling the Hard Road’ 100x80cm Oil, resin, wax mediums on wood panel. Limestone tones layered and dug away. Once verdant colours under...