Tag: Classical

• Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in ‘Castle Ruin’ Doddington Castle Doddington Hall Doddington Cheshire

  Doddington Castle Doddington Hall Cheshire ‘Castle Ruin’ the title of this painting is of Doddington Castle (Delves Hall) Part of the Doddington Hall Estate. Doddington is situated only a few miles from my house which lies on the A51, an old coaching road which runs from Chester to London. You can see the hall which […]

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  Animals, Landscape, sheep

  castle, Cheshire, Classical, Delves Hall, Doddington Hall, light, oil painting, Peaceful, realism, ruin, rural, sheep, space, traditional, tranquil

• Still Life Fruit Study of an apple called, ‘Blenheim Orange’ (2)

  There are well over 1200 varieties of English Apple and they all have enchanting names These small fruit studies make charming paintings and have proven to be popular amongst collectors all over. Acklam Russets, Barnack Beauty, Nutmeg Pippin, Knobby Russet, to name a few, there are to many to mention. The inspiration for these paintings […]

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  Apples, Still Life

  Apple, apple painting, blackberries, Classical, fruit, natural, oil on panel, oil painting, realism, traditional

• ‘Into the Mist’

  Selected by the Royal Society of Marine Artists This painting of HMS Trenchant is of a Trafalgar-class nuclear powered submarine. Sometime ago, I painted the flagship to this submarine HMS Trafalgar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar-class_submarine (now decommissioned) which was entered into a Navy Days exhibition in Plymouth, the exhibition was given over entirely to submarine pictures and the […]

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  Seascape

  atmosphere, Classical, Faslane, HMS Trenchant, light, maritime, mist, oil on canvas, realism, seascape, submarine, trials

• ‘Llyn Gwynant and The Glyders’

  A landscape painting from one of my favorite haunts which depicts a view looking across Llyn Gwynant to the Glyder Mountains in the distance. Llyn Gwynant is situated in the Snowdonia National Park Gwynedd North Wales. Across the lake you can camp in Ddôl Fach which is an ideal place for canoeing and kayaking as […]

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  Landscape, water

  atmosphere, Classical, landscape painting, North Wales, oil on canvas, oiloncanvas, painting, realism, traditional, Wales

• ‘Late Afternoon’ Twixt Rain and Shine’.

  This painting was inspired whilst out walking in North Wales and depicts a stretch of the River Lledr (The Afon Lledr pronounced in Welsh) and is situated in the north-west in the Conwy valley. As the title of the painting suggests, it came onto rain during a lovely sunny day and for a brief moment […]

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  Landscape

  atmosphere, Classical, lldre, oil on panel, rain, realism, river, Wales, water

• An English Country House

  A past commission of a painting I did which typifies the English country house. Set in a dry late summer, note the sunburnt banks in front of the house and the field where the owners horses graze happily in the paddock.As I don’t paint to flatter and try to paint what I see, hence the […]

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  Animals, Commissions, country house, Horses, Landscape, Select Past Works

  atmosphere, canvas, Classical, commission, fine art, horses, landscape, realism, traditional, trees

• ‘Hattie’

  This drawing is of Hattie, short for Harriet, to be presented to my youngest daughter and partner Steve on Christmas day. Earlier on I decided to revive my dormant drawing skills and have included this picture of Harriet to my drawings page https://wp.me/P2Ijh6-1O1 , hope you like it.   Commissions welcome, any subject, contact me […]

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  Commissions, Drawings, Figurative

  Classical, drawing, figurative, fine art, head study, portrait, realism, traditional

• ‘The Song Thrush’ Turdus Philomelos

  I used to see and here these lovely songsters in my garden frequently. Sadly they are now in serious decline, especially on farm land, and according to the R S P B it is now a  Red List species and globally threatened.   Oil on panel 8 x 6 ins Available to purchase :: Click here […]

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  Birds

  bird art, bird painting, Classical, hawthorn, realism, Song Thrush, traditional

• ‘The Spotted Flycatcher’ (Muscicapa Striata)

  Oil on panel 8 x 6 ins Available to purchase :: Click here    

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  Birds

  bird, bird art, bird painting, Classical, realism, Spotted Flycatcher, traditional

• ‘Life Study’ 5 Oil on paper

  Miniature oil on paper Framed size 7 1/4 x 6 3/4 in Without frame Oval Mounted 4 1/4 x 3 3/4 in Actual painting measures 3 1/8 x 2 1/2 in   Commissioned by a client who collects miniature paintings. Paintings classed as miniatures should measure no more than 4.50 in x 6 in including […]

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  Commissions, Figurative

  Classical, life model, nude, oil, paper, traditional