Oxford Paintings

Here are some of my new paintings that are now in the beautiful Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford.

Deer and Magpie 24 x 30 cm

Two Deer and Magdalen College, 24 x 30 cm

Oxford Park, 40 x 40 cm

Sheldonian Theatre, 40 x 40 cm

The Dreaming Spires, 20 x 50 cm

The Church and Flowers, 35 x 40 cm

I love painting Oxford, it is such an inspiring city. I have also sent these screen prints as I thought they fitted well with the paintings.

Screen prints on canvas: Deers and Hearts, Little Squirrels, 25 x 25 cm

Have a good weekend!

Heart Gallery, Hebden Bridge

I'm really pleased to have some new paintings in the gorgeous Heart Gallery, Hebden Bridge.

Kite Flying, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 cm.

Little Gestures, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 cm.

If you have never visited its well worth it. The gallery has beautiful jewellery, ceramics, paintings, prints and textiles to name but a few of the lovely things.

Screenprinting at home

I am still trying to perfect the art of screenprinting at home, using a screen and stencils. I wanted to do something based on my hometown of Hebden Bridge, in the hope that I will get a little collection together.

I mixed my inks and made lots of stencils. However I always struggle with exactness of printing and instead of tracing each stencil from a master drawing...I kind of guessed (bad move). So my print was a bit all over the place. Here is the redeemed version, with some hand painting over the top (to fill in the gaps!). Which I do like.

So maybe printing and painting combined is the solution for me!

Emley Show

Yesterday I was a judge at the Emley Show. I judged the childrens' art category with illustrator and photographer Mike Barrett. It was much harder than we thought as the work was so good!

I felt very official with my badge.

This was one of the first prize pictures.

I loved this collection of animals, which was called 'Animal Magic'.

A first prize sculpture.

I also had a good look around the show and drew lots of animals..

as always the birds were my favourite to draw.

I loved the collections of eggs.

Overall a great day on Emley Moor!