Mar 10, 2016
Prints have arrived for my painting of the beautiful giraffe calf I’ve entitled ‘Lashes’. A couple of people have asked me where the idea came from. Well the answer is simple. I was sourcing images of giraffes because I thought the wonderful golden...
Mar 7, 2016
Prints of my three wolves, ‘Packing Up’, have arrived so I can start sending out to customers from today. I couldn’t believe my baby giraffe calf I’ve called ‘Lashes’, because of its beautiful long eye lashes, sold within half an...
Mar 3, 2016
In my recent blog I talked about being invited to exhibit a similar piece to ‘Amber’ (far left) at the Himalayan Gardens ‘Festival of Bluebells’ (20th to 24th April), near Sevenoaks in Kent. The organisers are also allowing...
Mar 1, 2016
I recently, well, end of last year joined Artfinder as another avenue to sell my paintings. It is not so much of the pet portrait angle, but wildlife art. If you are interested you can view some of my recent works for sale here: Deadly Intent is on special offer,...
Feb 24, 2016
I’ve been invited to enter a piece of work similar to Amber (left) for the Riverhill Himalayan Gardens ‘Festival of Bluebells’ which is being staged between Wednesday 20th and Sunday 24th April (10.30am – 5pm). The festival celebrates bluebells...
Feb 21, 2016
I often get asked how I make the fur so realistic. The most important think I have learnt; – always make your pencil strokes follow the direction of the fur – layer, lots of fine layers. Don’t go to heavy with the pastel pencils otherwise it will...
Feb 18, 2016
Lines Of Love has arrived safely in Paris! So exciting. I actually really miss them. All my art is like a baby to me. I put so much love into it, there is part of me in that piece. So much more than something mass produced in China or that you see in Sainsbury or...
Feb 10, 2016
Over the moon today as I’ve just sold my ‘Lines of Love’ original to a property dealer in Paris. Albeit in sad circumstances he wants it as a gift for a friend who recently lost his son. It’s always difficult to know what to say...
Feb 5, 2016
I’m really amazed how well my limited edition prints are selling and enquires seem to have rocketed since I published images of my work ‘framed’. It is very interesting but I’ve noticed that people react to my pieces differently...
Feb 1, 2016
I’ve just finished and immediately sold ‘Amber’ (pictured) which is a bit of a diversion from my usual approach to creating my wildlife artwork. Here ‘Amber’ is a beautiful tame fox that visits her adopted human family every day...