The Versatility of Oil and Cold Wax — An Introduction to the Medium Oil and cold wax medium is one of the most versatile combinations available to the contemporary painter. The cold wax — a blend of beeswax, damar resin, and a small amount of solvent — modifies the oil paint in ways that open up a wide range of surface possibilities: it adds body, reduces drying time, increases transparency, and allows for the creation of textured effects that would be difficult or impossible

This is an acrylic painting on a 100 x 100 x 4 cm canvas. I based it on the landscape of Roswell Pits, an 8-hectare nature reserve near...

What do I mean by reverse archaeology? That archaeology may have something to offer painting is less complicated than you might imagine....

'Counterpoint' — A Painting Inspired by Music The title of this painting refers to the musical technique of counterpoint — the relationship between two or more melodic lines that are harmonically interdependent yet independent in rhythm and contour. It is a concept that has long interested me as a painter, because it describes something that painting can do: hold two or more visual elements in productive tension, each one modifying the other without either one dominating. Mus

‘Half Moon’ 60 x 60 x 4 cm on Canvas My painting ‘Half Moon’, currently on exhibition at the Babylon Gallery in Ely has just been...

Somersham Fen 40 x 40 x 4 cm This painting based on Somersham Fen has been created using oil and cold wax medium on a canvas stretcher....

‘Neu Wald’ This highly textured painting on a solid oak block has just been sold to a collector in Scotland. Oak has a very dense grain...

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...

I have just been working on a commission based on one of my recent New Forest paintings. It has taken over two months from start to completion, and I am genuinely pleased with outcome. For those of you who have worked on a commission before you will know that they can sometimes be problematic. I think it is extremely important to be clear about the nature of the painting process and to communicate this through discussion with the other party. Each painting is inevitably un