Portraits

When painting a portrait, I think it is imperative to produce the physical likeness and attributes of the subject but what is just as important is to capture the person's spirit, whether that person be an adult whose life story may be embedded in their facial feature or a very young child whose personality is less forthcoming We often talk about the notion of 'the aura' in the artworld and I think this is particularly applicable to portraiture; as cheesy as it may sound, the eyes really do need to come alive, follow you around the room, tell a thousand stories. Portraiture should be charmingly haunting.

Chris

50cm x 40cm. Oil on Canvas

Sheila Hancock

70cm x 50cm. Oil on Canvas.

Her Majesty (shortlisted for the Diamond Jubilee Portrait Competition)

70cm x 50cm. Oil on Canvas.

Dr. Vecht

60cm x 45cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Ian

50cm x 50cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Terry

170cm x 120cm. Oil on Canvas.

Pre-Raph 1

30cm x 20cm. Oil on canvas.

Pre-Raph 2

20cm x 20cm. Oil on Canvas.

Pre-Raph 3

20cm x 20cm. Oil on Canvas.

Arriving 1

70cm x 50cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Arriving 2

70cm x 50cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Self Portrait Triptych

Each 10cm x 10cm. Oil on Canvas.

Children's Portraits

When painting a child's portrait, I treat this the same as an adult's in that I want to capture the child's personality and not produce a generic smiley/happy 'child image' - I want to produce an image that is specific and unique to that child. What I love about children's portraiture is capturing them at a specific point in their development as a person and knowing that the family will have this memory forever.

Olivia

40cm x 30cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Christina

30cm x 20cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Harvey

30cm x 18cm. Oil on canvas. Sold.

Amber

40cm x 30cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Aiden

300cm x 200cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Jack and Noah

48cm x 40cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold

B&W 1970s Actress Series

This black and white series of actresses from the 1970s was based on the notion of non-celebrity. I wanted to take a look at producing images that represented the actress's work rather than just her beauty. I decided to make the images black and white to hint at an era past and make them large in scale to confront the viewer with this beautiful power.

Mia

150cm x 90cm. Oil on Canvas.

Shelley D

150cm x 90cm. Oil on Canvas.

Charlotte G

150cm x 90cm. Oil on Canvas.

Sissy Spacek

150cm x 90cm. Oil on Canvas.

Charlotte R

150cm x 90cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Jane

150cm x 90cm. Oil on Canvas.

Nudes

The nudes I paint are about bodily expression, unaffected by the possibility of an overidding facial expression. I like to juxtapose the detail and sumptuousness of the body with a simple monochromatic/ block coloured background or 'landscape'. The figure in the landscape represents the idea of finding yourself in a foreign, surreal environment (perhaps a dream) naked (physically, mentally and spiritually) and being willingly vulnerable.

Crouching

100cm x 100cm. Oil on Canvas.

Looking for Nakamura

120cm x 90cm. Oil on Canvas.

Left

120cm x 80cm. Oil on Canvas.

Tiny nude

15cm x 10cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Flip

170cm x 100cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Lain

20cm x 12cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Waiting

120cm x 80cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Open

120cm x 70cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Submitting

120cm x 50cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Asking

120cm x 90cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

100cm x 100cm. Oil and gold-leaf on Canvas. Sold.

In Ferrocene

90cm x 50cm. Oil ON Canvas. Sold.

Untitled Diptych.

110cm x 90cm (55 x 45cm each). Oil on Canvas.

Untitled Nude

120cm x 45cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold.

Sheltered

76cm x 76cm. Oil on Newspaper on Canvas.

Please

25cm x 25cm. Oil on Canvas.

Please

35cm x 45cm. Oil on Canvas.

Asking 1

25cm x 25cm. Charcoal/ Oil/ Marker/ Newspaper on Canvas. Sold.

Hand Study 1.

60cm x 60cm. Charcoal on Newspaper on Canvas. Sold.

Asking 2

25cm x 25cm. Charcoal/ Oil/ Marker/ Newspaper on Canvas.

Prayer

40cm x 30cm. Charocal/ Oil/ Acrylic/ Marker/ Newspaper on Canvas.

Pleading

60cm x 30cm. Oil/Marker/Charcoal on Newspaper on Linen. Sold.

Your Hand

60cm x 90cm. Oil/Acrylic on Canvas.

Hours Imagining Life Without You

60cm x 90cm. Oil on canvas.

One Cut and we are Done

20cm x 30cm. Oil on canvas,

Treat my Heart like a Small Animal

90cm x 90cm. Oil on canvas.

Returned From the Wilderness

110cm x 170cm x 5cm. Oil/Acrylic on Canvas.

Surrender

50cm x 167cm. Oil on Canvas.

They Hang Invisible from Invisible Hooks

60cm x 90cm. Oil on Canvas.

A Rebel from the Waist Down

50cm x 70cm. Oil on Canvas.

Into the Blue

60x50cm, Oil on Canvas

Mama is Always on Stage (I)

120cm x 90cm, Oil on Canvas

Mama is Always on Stage (II)

120cm x 90cm, Oil on Canvas

Mama is Always on Stage (III)

120cm x 90cm, Oil on Canvas.

Dance Away

150cm x 90cm, Oil/Charcoal/Acrylic/Newspaper on Canvas

Flower-scape

When asked to produce flower paintings for clients, I approach them in the same way I would a portrait or a nude- I want to bring the image to life, to create a composition with movement and vibrancy whether it be a close up or a wider shot and to give them the same detail as if painting the skin.

Fallen

100cm x 100cm. Oil on Canvas. Sold