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It’s Not the Blues, 2025, Acrylic on Canvas, 40 x 50 x 4 cm

If I had to choose a favourite colour it would probably be blue. This blue is all the more intense thanks to the other colours around it using hue contrast and colour ratio principals

Lichen, 2023, Acrylic on Canvas. 70 x 100 cm.

I’ve always been drawn to the beauty of the humble lichen. They are several organisms; the fungus, the alga and the yeast. Worldwide there are about 17,000 different species of lichen. Here, I was

So glad that my painting “Joy as an Act of Resistance” (inspired by Nadine Ijewere) is part of the Visual Art Open this year. Looking forward to the results!

Acrylic on Canvas

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What a great show, delighted to have been a part of it. Lovely to see people enjoying my painting ‘Plenty’. Thanks again @mallgalleries and @royal_institute_watercolours

Plenty, 2023, Acrylic on Paper, 70 x 50 cm.

I’m really chuffed to have this work selected for the 213th Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London.

This painting was a bit of an experime

My son caught me in my old studio, deep in colour mixing thought. Thanks Felix. Photo: @felixmccabephotos

In the background: Untitled, 2001422 (posted earlier)

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Glimpse, 2025, Acrylic on Canvas, 50 x 50 cm.

If you’re like me, you countdown the days to the winter solstice, from which point the dawns are earlier and the sunsets later and spring is just round the corner. Phew!
This painting, called Glimp

Jelly Spring – Tulips, 2024, Acrylic on Canvas, 100 x 160cm.

One bright, crisp morning the sun was shining through the petals of spring flowers. They became translucent, like a child’s jelly. I’ve tried to capture this translucency