and a lot has happened. An awful lot, most of it awful too. The first half of 2024 was spent caring for my wife Sarah as she became...

It's been a few weeks now since our exhibition closed. Overall I think it was pretty successful - Carrie sold quite a few pieces, we had...

Once Carrie and I had decided to leave Fire Monkeys, the question of what we do next, together or individually obviously loomed large....

I am still having some problems with this site since its migration to Yell/Wix - the shop still doesn't work and I'm writing this on my...

So, the day came and Carrie and I have left Fire Monkeys, the collective project we were involved in starting seven long years ago....

Many years ago, when I was but a callow youth, I designed a few posters for Portents, the Portsmouth Poly entertainment team. This one...

Once upon a time Portsmouth City Council had the very bright idea of organising an open art exhibition at the city museum. Sadly, it...

Things have been happening that meant art taking something of a back seat for a while. All is well now and I'm back thinking about and...

A while ago I watched two programmes on gambling, one of which was presented by Pompey hero and self-confessed addict, Paul Merson. Both...

A week away was much needed so to Clifton we went. A lovely time was had; Bristol museum and gallery, the Arnofini with an interesting,...

I wanted to experiment with glass again and came up with the idea based on the continuing lies, cover-ups and gaslighting surrounding the...

First up, I've had covid. Thankfully mildly - I'm fully vaccinated - but it's still very debilitating as you really don't feel up to...

It's a bit of a trek by car to Gosport but it has to be done when the only contemporary gallery in the area that takes work by all sorts...

Every so often, particularly if I haven't had a specific idea for a while, I'll go through my "used canvasses" and see which I can reuse;...

I have, on and off, been working on "A Big Thing" - multiple canvasses, complicated. Part of that is to use encaustic paint to create...

Just the varnishing to do now and this will be ready for the exhibition at Yellow Edge gallery in April (more details later). The frame...

A cat has just wandered in but otherwise it's been a quiet day, as most Tuesdays are. Carrie popped in for a while but I've been mostly...

Today has been quite a day all being told, but I did manage to get some more of this piece done, even if my first lot of blossom was less...

I'd like to encourage more people to donate to the DEC appeal to help those fleeing Putin's war on Ukraine, so I'm offering this small...

This is what I'm currently working on. A very gold triptych inspired by Japanese art featuring a cherry tree (which will be in blossom)...