Aberdeenshire!
It has been quite a while since I last wrote my blog and I'm excited to tell all. After four wonderful years in Stavanger I said goodbye to my perfect…
Going Public ‘Lysefjord’ in Oil & Cold Wax on YouTube
In the last blogpost I published I showed the first four paintings in a series of twelve that I am painting to mark my last few months here in Norway.…
Impasto Painting on Cradled Panels ~ March 2021
Rennesøy, oil on 60 x 60 cm cradled panel Last year I produced a series of ten abstract paintings in oil, you could say mixed media really because I used…
January and February, Winter Snow in Norway
Snow on Sverd I Fjell 70 x 50cm oil on linen. Snow started falling here a few weeks ago - in mid January, it's unusual for this to happen in…
Sky TV Landscape Artist of the Year 2020… Episode one is on Wednesday 13th January at 8pm.
Happy New Year subscribers. What better way to start back into blogging than to let you know something I have had to keep quiet about. Back in July 2020 I…
Rogaland, Norway in line, wash and gouache.
It's been a while since I posted and that's down to projects that are ongoing. So, rather than ignore my blog, here is a new area for me- acrylic gouache!…
The birth of the YouTube Rookie
At Space 2.0, three artists were due to lay on a weekend of exhibited work. For various reasons, not all, but mainly down to COVID 19 this didn't happen. I…
The making of Fjøløy Lighthouse on a Bright Clear Day
Fjøløy Lighthouse on a Bright Clear Day, Oil on linen 80 x 100cm Many times I’ve visited this beautiful coastal peninsula in the coast of southwest Norway. Often I sketch…
Abandoned guns at Fjøløy Fort
Fjøløy is a magical part of Norway for me and I have painted and taken photos there so often in our two years here. When I discovered the abandoned German…
From a watercolour, plein air, sketch to a studio painting in oil
Fjøløy Lighthouse Oil on canvas 60 x 40 cm Last Friday, with what felt like most of south west Norway in quarantine, I drove with Tanzie and half my studio…