The Birth of the Gentle People

A beautiful day out in Springfield park; a chance discovery of a Victorian print sparks off all number of imagined biographies...




Work by my good friend Remlap

Recent studio shots

Sad Self-Portrait

The Haggertson

Politics

Whatever happened to Mark Latham?

The evolution of 'The Argument'

Here are some photo's that show the development of a painting that ended up being titled 'The Argument' and was shown in my recent show 'London Paintings' at Madame Lillie's in London.





I took the first two photos with a mobile phone camera; easy to do if one remembers and I think these photos came out quite well. I'm going to try to remember to do this in future whenever I'm doing a complex work. Sometimes I forget exactly how I did paint a picture, what pigments I used and so on. Perhaps in future the camera on my phone will help me to remember...

Collaboration

Charlotte, my 5 year old neice, posed for me and then coloured in her dress herself very nicely and added some flowers. A very successful collaboration I thought...