28 June 2026 | Artist Studies
I recently discovered the painting “Cliff Walk at Pourville” by French Impressionist painter Claude Monet and was immediately drawn to it. We’ve been enjoying a heatwave here in the UK and so I’ve been wanting to paint something summery. In particular,...
28 February 2026 | My Artwork
I decided to continue with the mixed media frog paintings that I started last month (which you can read about here). I’d been experimenting with layering different mediums onto A4-sized substrates. These paintings proved to be a great way to relax and unwind on these...
29 December 2024 | My Artwork
It’s always nice to find time to create some Christmas art over the festive period. I’ve not actually had time for much art while I’ve been concentrating on getting my Frog’s Bucket List book published and so have been yearning to paint something for a while now. I...
26 October 2024 | Artist Studies, Mindfulness Art, My Artwork
Today I’ll be reminiscing on my visit to ‘Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience’ which was hosted in St Mary’s Church, York. This follows on from two previous posts about my York visit earlier this year – firstly, my York Sketches post and...
29 September 2024 | Artist Studies
A couple of months ago I was lucky enough to see one of Claude Monet’s water lily paintings, The Water-Lily Pond (1899), at the York Art Gallery. I wanted to share my experience and how it has inspired one of my own paintings. This blog follows on from my York blog:...