Alders and other stuff (en plein air)

oil on canvas, 24 x 24″, Dec 6 2020 Too cold to continue with this… sunny morning, frosty too, thick … More

Boundary

Oil on canvas, 18 x 16″, Nov 28 2020 This piece is about the experience, the performance, of a poor … More

View from my window

Of the big sycamore and other lesser terrestrial stuff. Why was I trying to paint a nice picture when my … More

October view across the garden

Two versions. The original oil on linen canvas, 8 x 9″, plus a digitally modified copy of same. Oct 21 … More

Storm damaged beech, Drumshanbo, Ireland

Photo updated. But I should say that it is extremely difficult to get a photo that accurately maps the colour … More

The bluebell wood, down the hill

      An impression, oil on canvas, 18 x 18″, April 30 2020 [WIP]

At long last, the arrival of Spring

A study for Primavera. Graphite aquarelle pencil, watercolour, acrylic primer, on A3 watercolour paper, Mar 22 2020

Working things out

  Graphite aquarelle pencils, watercolour, white acrylic primer, on A3 watercolour paper, Mar 22 2020

The woods, late winter

    Pencil and watercolour drawing on 12 x 12″ paper, Mar 15-16 2020

Nature (beech trees) in late winter

Steel pen, oak gall ink, and watercolour drawing on 12 x 12″ sheet of rag paper, March 1 2020