Tag: light
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‘Brody’ A Working English Springer Spaniel (1)
Portrait of a Working english springer spaniel I have an affinity with working spaniels. Some years ago I was involved in field sports and used to train and field trial the English Springer Spaniels. In my opinion there is nothing finer than a well trained sporting Springer for hunting and flushing game in the thickest […]
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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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An oil painting of the Avocet, the emblem bird of the RSPB and a schedule 1 species.
An oil painting on a panel of the Avocet, a wading bird and the emblem bird of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. This is one of my favourite birds which happens to have a schedule1rating and the emblem bird of the RSPB. One of the most important things with the painting of […]
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The historical village of Maer ‘St Peter’s Church’ (1)
St Peter’s Church is situated in a small rural village close to my gallery, the painting was commissioned by a lovely couple who sometime ago got married in the church. “Its main feature is the large 17th-century stone built country house, Maer Hall, built on a slope above a lake or “mere”, gave the house […]
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‘Early Morning Light’ Westzaan’ Netherlands
An early morning painting of a windmill set in Westzaan, a town in the Dutch province of North Holland in the municipality of Zaanstad. I had an exhibition of wild life paintings in Westzaan and did this painting sometime after back in my studio, the whole of the exhibition was devoted to wild life paintings. […]
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‘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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‘Still Life of a Brace of Pheasants a Country Chair and Shotgun’
After seeing my work on my website I received a contact form and was commissioned to paint this picture with the following brief. Hello We have often admired your paintings. We have two gold coloured ornate frames. The measurements being. Overall frame size 39cm H by 34cm W Canvas View size 29cm H by 24cm […]
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‘The Nuthatch’ (Sitta Europaea)
One of my favorite birds and a frequent visitor to my garden. I have an old pear tree in the middle of my garden and when ever they are about watch them on the pear tree going busily up and down hunting for insects hiding in the bark of the trunk. There just isn’t the […]
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‘Cottage at Osmaston’ Derbyshire
I discovered this cottage whilst out walking in the small hamlet of Osmaston which is situated between Uttoxeter and Ashbourne in the County of Derbyshire. Osmaston has numerous thatched cottages, some that I have painted before such as ‘Lane End’, which is around the corner from this painting. With the privilege of artists licence I renamed […]
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‘Gladiator’
An African Lion oil painting, this portrait of an alpha male in his prime, sits right at the top of the pecking order. I never title paintings until they are finished and thought the title of this one to be most appropriate,particularly with his battlescars. Painting available to purchase. Commissions invited, any subject.