Tag Archives: commissions
E7 #9 Purple Haze
So I been wanting to paint the face of an angel… (I say again… ‘careful what you wish for eh!’) So here we have it.. a 70th birthday… a famous chord…. and a face. E7 #9 Simple as….
Blackbirds
And the many colours they come in! Remember that lovely commission I had at Brantwood. Well, I have just completed another composition, similar, but different. It was so lovely to revisit this idea…. Similar but different. And this one is … Continue reading
Pure Goldie
And Ouli. Two. Well. Never had a commission quite like this before. My initial response was to say no, oh no, i don’t do folk. But when Laurie sent me her photos and i saw the wonderful glamour of Goldie … Continue reading
To hatch an idea..
Lapwings…. eggs…. feathers… landscape. Were the elements that the customer came to me with…. I have taken my time (i usually do!) to get from doodle to cutting board. I like the design.. the ‘thinky’ part of the process. The … Continue reading
Hung, drawn and coloured
(No pretense this time…) From this… To this…. To this…. and this. And finally. THIS…. I first drew bitterns years ago. I mosaicked bitterns. I made a sculpture that boomed. I read Bill Baileys book… discovered collective noun for bitterns … Continue reading
It’s 2019 – Happy New Year
ps…. I add these… Just because. Painted walls are beautiful. Gosh. What a busy year 2018 was… Here is what I got up to towards the latter end…. Sunflowers and swallows and Blackwell inspired this installation… (and lovely to get … Continue reading
A Landscape (in portrait!)
Yep…. a Morecambe Bay landscape. To be executed in portrait format. (Very tricky) As you can see, I took my design and research very seriously… The bay.. I started with the bay and the cliffs receding in layers to fill … Continue reading
Friendship
A gift to represent a lifetime of friendship… Two boys who grew up together and shared many happy memories… The family home and camaraderie in the garden… Fun on a quad bike and happy hours tinkering with first cars… Captured … Continue reading
Wedding Belles…
My most recent commission was for beautiful bride Kirsty and husband Tosh.. a gift from gorgeous bridesmaid Amy. A vintage inspired wedding…. a doodle of an idea… a ratch through the crock box again and… yards upon yards of coordinating … Continue reading
Roll on Spring……… and Autumn!
Just kidding – I love Winter but thought I would share my latest commissions that have just been fitted this week. My clients wanted a sylvan inspired theme based on their woodland garden. The two windows are upstairs on a … Continue reading