Ancient weather carved rocks stand as lookouts in a bed of purple heather. The sky and background reflect the textures found in the rocks. Painted using layers of different texture creating techniques and diamond after diamond of intensely coloured acrylic.

Country lane cuts a path along hedges and under trees. This is a road that although used for centuries is quite new everyday. Everything is changing and moving: The animals and birds, the seasons, the weather, the light. The painting … Continue reading →

This unpaved country lane travels steeply up through newly ploughed farmland. Wild flowers and Ladies Smock nuzzle up against its edges. One of those rare days with perfect light that you want to remember. Painted used bold patches of colour … Continue reading →

Sunlight through trees exaggerates the colour of the flowers and forces itself stubbornly through the thick canopy of leaves. Layers are built up using a cut out collage of images, thick diamonds of paint and thin washes of colour.

Combining foreboding weather with brighter shades of green sums up a vision of the quiet joys and rugged endurance that surround country life. Painted with light washes of colour and texture and great drips of cascading acrylic.

This butterfly’s world is fitted onto a 50x50cm canvas. The smell of roses, bright swathes of grass and bluebells. Painted with the use of a collage of cut out images and loose flowing acrylic colour.

This patchwork of sunlight and pebbles evokes childhood memories of time spent skimming flat stones and dipping toes in water hidden away under the cover of woodland trees. This is one of Derbyshire’s ‘secret steams’ that cannot be found deliberately, … Continue reading →

This is a tree which exists in the landscape of imagination. Is it the tree or yourself who stands tall and independent to face the world and her reflection? Painted in bold swathes of red and orange.

Just over a mile east of Hathersage, Higger Tor overlooks the hill fort of Carl Wark. These rocks are usually unaccompanied when they watch the sun come up, but for once we join them in their peaceful vigil. Painted using … Continue reading →

Girl sleeps protected by, and protective of, her golden sun. Painted with use of a patterned collage of papers (one of them inspired by Klimt) and with a lavish amount of Gold paint.

The evening light casts deep coloured shadows across the remains of the day as the lane travels, guided home by the embrace of its stone walls. Painted with a bright yet gentle selection of acrylics.