I make landscape and botanical paintings, often En plein air in a variety of mediums using oils, acrylics, watercolour, and water soluble wax pastel.

What I'm drawn to initially is colour, light and interesting shapes in nature. But more specifically is the the feeling you get when peeking through to a scene that's naturally framed by looking beyond what's in the foreground, nosing beyond a bush, or noticing the play of light reflecting on or through something. I enjoy showing how beautiful flowers are when they're dying. When the colours melt, often becoming more translucent, the shapes contort into something new and unexpected.

I hope people will take away a childlike wonder and a sense of magic in nature from seeing my work. Like a scene from a fairy-tale.

Painted En plein air in Plymouth. After walking around for an hour looking for the best spot to paint, I came right back to next to the car park, to the first view I saw as I arrived at Mount Wise for the first time. I was mesmerised by the view of the opposite shore whilst walking through the shaded tree arch and watching the play of light in the shadows of the leaves on the ground.

This was painted in 4 hours. This will be appropriately framed for hanging

Oil on Canvas Board

20x25cm

 Framed