Which frames do you like? Your thoughts are appreciated!

Today, whilst working on an illustration, I was considering framing. So far I have always either gallery wrapped (which is where you paint around the edges of a box canvas), or taken a painting to the framers and picked something that suited that painting. However, with a series of work, choosing the same frame for…

Run, Red!

‘Run, Red!’ is becoming one of my favourites.  Even though I painted it myself, I still feel myself getting drawn into this painting every time I walk past it in my living room.  It is based on the originally gruesome tale of Little Red Riding Hood, but with no gore and instead a sort of…

Teaching Art

At the end of July 2018 I finished a full year teaching Art to children ages 4-11 years old at a large primary school in Coventry.  Teaching children with a range of ages and abilities doesn’t faze me; it is one of my favourite things about supply teaching when I do it.  However, coming up…

Laura’s Unicorn, (aka Laura’s Stables)

The second in the lore series is ‘Laura’s Unicorn’, inspired by stables, horses, and friends that I know.  The reason why this piece is categorised in the ‘Lore Art’ section, is because there is a unicorn hidden amongst the horses! In my experience, there are many youngsters enjoying riding stables on a weekend or holiday,…

Watching Mermaid

Watching Mermaid is the first in the ‘Lore Art’ series.  It was even my first oil painting!  You may be able to spot the progression of my style from then to later oil paintings such as ‘Kipling’s Jungle’, but despite this, Watching Mermaid has still been a favourite among people (ladies in particular) who love…

KAG 30th Anniversary

This year in 2018, my local art group turned 30 years old.  Kineton Art Group was set up by a group of ladies who used to meet in each others houses or in the ‘freezing Scout Hut’ for a spot of painting.  Kineton Art Group owes much of its thanks to Peggy Shiner and Rosalie…

Stand Out on the Road with Art

  Until I landed the biggest commission of my career thus far, I never realised just how attached people are to their vehicles.  As I progressed through a mural on my friend’s formerly bright orange, Volkswagen van, many neighbours and commuters paused on their journeys to watch, take photographs, and talk about their own beloved…