Paintings

Kintsugi

Kintsugi is the centuries old Japanese practice of repairing broken ceramics, often using gold.

The object may have been in pieces, or the repair may be to a hairline crack. There is no attempt to disguise the repair; rather the repairs beautify and show the history of the object.

This series is an attempt to represent this idea in paint, as a metaphor for human life. The backgrounds are dark and heavily textured, reflecting our Biblical origins from clay, and the dust from which we come and will return. Gold metallic paint and gold leaf are used for the scars we all bear, which make us what we are.

Kintsugi 2

Acrylic and gold metallic paint on textured wood panel.
Hand painted grey frame.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

Kintsugi 6

Acrylic and gold leaf on textured wood panel.
Natural wood frame.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

Kintsugi16

Acrylic and gold metallic paint on textured wood panel.
Hand painted grey wood frame.

59cm x 49cm (inc frame)

Available

Kintsugi 10

Acrylic and gold metallic paint on textured wood panel.
Natural wood frame.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

abstract painting gold leaf on dark background

Kintsugi 4

Acrylic and gold leaf on textured wood panel.
Natural wood frame.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

Kintsugi 12

Acrylic and gold metallic paint on textured wood panel.
Natural wood frame.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

Kintsugi 19

Acrylic and gold metallic paint on textured wood panel.
Choice of natural or painted frame

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

abstract painting with gold leaf on dark textured background

Kintsugi 14

Acrylic and gold leaf on textured wood panel.
Hand painted wood frame.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

Kintsugi 8

Acrylic, gold leaf and gold metallic paint on textured wood panel.
Hand painted grey wood frame.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

Vessels

Vessels of different types are a subject to which I often return, as an interesting subject for semi-abstract works.

They may sometimes stand in for people, or provide interesting shapes to contrast with abstract backgrounds.

Red Urn

Acrylic and collage on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

SOLD at the RA Summer Exhibition 2024

Red beaker

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

SOLD

Blue bowl

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

SOLD

Glass bowl

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

SOLD

Blue patchwork vase

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

AVAILABLE

Poetical spaces

Acrylic on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

SOLD

Letting in the light

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

Contained Emptiness

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

AVAILABLE

Painting of a yellow jug on blue background

I loved you

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

I gave you roses

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

Painting of blue vase on pale background

I left my mark

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

AVAILABLE

Abstract

Purely abstract paintings exploring colour, shape and texture.

Some have interlocking shapes; the shape between each becoming a shape in itself, connecting the whole. Each shape is different. Some are more immediately noticeable than others, but each is equally important to the overall painting.

Texture is a perpetual love, whether through the ‘ghost’ shapes from earlier layers of these many-layered works, from scraping through to different colours underneath, or through paint applied thickly with a palette knife.

Some of the paintings have a stillness and sense of calm. Others might wake you up! All re intended to have a certain mystery, and a sense that there is more to them than what lies on the surface.

A Blue true dream of sky

Acrylic and mixed media on cradled wood panel.

41cm x 41cm

Available

One hour was sunlit

Acrylic and mixed media on cradled wood panel.

41cm x 41cm

Available

Ice cream sundae

Acrylic and mixed media on cradled wood panel.

41cm x 41cm

Available

Abstract acrylic painting in turquoise, black, gold and cream

Enigma

Acrylic and mixed media on cradled wood panel.

41cm x 41cm

Available

And all that jazz

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

SOLD

Balancing act

Acrylic and mixed media on cradled wood panel.

41cm x 41cm

Available

Picking up the pieces

Acrylic and mixed media on cradled wood panel.

41cm x 41cm

Available

Once upon a time

Acrylic and mixed media on cradled wood panel.

41cm x 41cm

Available

The wheels keep turning

Acrylic and mixed media on cradled wood panel.

41cm x 41cm

Available

Abstract painting. Red painting. Covid inspired painting.

All in the same water, but not all in the same boat

Acrylic and mixed media on cradled wood panel.

41cm x 41cm

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

AVAILABLE

English Patchwork

Paintings inspired by the beautiful English landscape and field patterns.

English Patchwork

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

As the crow flies

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

Golden days

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

Available

Emergence

This series explores the seen and the unseen. What is clearly visible, and what is just out of sight or at the corner of one’s eye.

Emergence ll

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

SOLD

Daydream believer

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

SOLD

Out of the mist

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

SOLD

Fragments

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

SOLD

Bumping along together

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame)

SOLD

Abstract painting in calming neutral and blue colours

Emergence

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame).

SOLD

Two-tone

Striking two-colour paintings. Flowers, often seen as gentle, appear powerful. Everyday objects take on a new dimension.

Like a red red... tulip

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

41cm x 41cm (inc. frame)

SOLD

In black and white

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame)

Available

White ladies

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame)

Available

Can you smell the coffee?

Acrylic and mixed media on wood panel.

34cm x 34cm (inc. frame)

Available

Abstract floral

Who doesn’t love flowers? In between other series, I sometimes like to work on loose floral paintings. These are in fact often quite abstract, allowing the viewer to see the flowers they wish to see.