'Submarine' — Painting the Submerged Fenland Landscape The title of this painting refers to the geological and historical reality of the Cambridgeshire Fenlands: a landscape that was, for most of its history, submerged beneath water. The Fens were drained over several centuries, beginning in earnest in the seventeenth century, and the land that was reclaimed from the sea and the marsh has been in a state of slow subsidence ever since. Much of the Fenland is now below sea leve

Just completed setting up the exhibition last night at the Locker Cafe. Many thanks to John, the owner of the Locker art cafe for his...

Saint Bartholomew (Matthew 10:3, Mark 3:18, Luke 6:14, Acts 1:13) never set foot in Milan but his statue has been the talk of the town...

New Forest Residency — First Week of Paintings The first week of the New Forest residency produced a group of paintings that were, in many ways, a departure from my usual practice. Working in an unfamiliar landscape, without the accumulated familiarity of the Fenlands, required a different kind of attention — a willingness to look without preconception, to respond to what was actually there rather than to what I expected to find. The New Forest Landscape The New Forest is a l