Gallery
Tadpole Catching
Acrylic on canvas board (2021)
This painting was created as a present for my partner for her birthday. I paint the children as characters of ourselves ( the bob- cap on the boy was crocheted by my partner Sue). Each year we go to a lake for the pleasure of tadpole catching, from which many a large and tiny frog populates the pond and garden.
I love to paint this style of image, as I can play with imagination and the sentiment of the scene and the elements therein.
Inspired by an image spotted in the window of a small gallery in the centre of Prague, this image was one of the first created as a keepsake for my partner.
I think she delighted in the movement and excitement of the composition, offering a sense of freedom and fun...and a touch of romance.
I am considering printing this image as a Limited Edition.
WHEEE!
Acrylic on canvas (2020)
"See you in the morning"
Acrylic on canvas board (2021)
Irmine
Acrylic on canvas board (2021)
LORD AND LADY OF THE MANOR
Acrylic on canvas board (2020)
A couple of fun images. The children on the seesaw is a depiction of my brother John and his partner Collette. It was originally to be titled 'The Telling Off!'
'Irmine' was a practice image that turned out quite sweet.
And ... I bet the duck will make you go "aaah!".
TUFTED HAIRED DUCK.
Acrylic on canvas board (2021)
Pear Blossom
Acrylic on canvas board (2021)
Pear Blossom is inspired by the pear tree outside my studio window, as well as the House Sparrows waiting for the suet pieces each morning.
Dusk
Acrylic on canvas board (2021)
I find it difficult to paint water ripples, so I invented my own 'language'. I enjoyed the abstract of this and the way it plays on the eyes.
Duckling Ripple 1 & 2
Acrylic on canvas board (2021)
Mother and ducklings ripple
Acrylic on canvas board (2021)
Summer Ripple
Acrylic on canvas board 2021
Spring chicks
Acrylic on canvas board 2022
Spring ripple
Acrylic on canvas board 2022
Not too far! To Explore
Acrylic on canvas board 2022. Acrylic on canvas board 2023
Evening at Taylor Park
Acrylic on canvas 2022
The 'SUNSHINE' paintings Below were an exploration of light and colour to create the atmosphere; worked in a looser, more impressionistic style.
A TASTE OF SUNSHINE 1
Acrylic on canvas board (2021)
A TASTE OF SUNSHINE 2
Acrylic on canvas board (2021)
A couple of landscapes invented one night.
Acrylic on canvas board 2021
Sunset over fields
Acrylic on canvas board 2022
PET PORTRAITURE
French Bulldog Puppy
Watercolour on 140lb Bockingford paper (2021)
Chewy
Acrylic on canvas board (2021)
FLECK
Acrylic on canvas board (2021)
'BEAR'
Acrylic on canvas board. (2021)
This was for one of my friends, Neil, as a birthday present for his daughter Lauren. Looks like butter wouldn't melt? Don't you believe it!
DEX - BICHON FRISE
Watercolour on 140lb Bockingford paper (2021)
BING BONG - Golden Retriever
Watercolour on 140lb Bockingford paper (2021)
WATERCOLOUR PORTRAITURE
Emily
Watercolour on 95lb paper (2012)
Nathan
Pencil (2018)
Nikki
Watercolour on 95lb paper (1998)
Clare
Watercolour on 95lb Bockingford paper (1998)
Jade
Watercolour on 90lb Bockingford (2015)
Michelle McHugh
Watercolour On 140lb paper (2021)
Christina McHugh (1947-2015)
Watercolour on 140lb paper (2021)
Kathleen Winifred Gould
Watercolour on 140lb paper (2021)
Sue
Ink on cartridge paper (2004)