Architecture, art, illustration and more…

at the Matley Bog Inclosure and a view looking north east early pm. Hardly boggy in this dry spell so an opportunity to venture further in to the wood. Watercolour on 140Ib Saunders Waterford Cold Pressed block size 260x 360mm.

Posted on 30 June 2025

showing a view looking back to the car park. Watercolour on 140Ib Saunders Waterford Cold Pressed block size 260x 360mm.

Posted on 25 June 2025

and a sketch mainly done on location and completed in the studio. Watercolour on 140Ib Saunders Waterford Cold Pressed block size 260x 360mm.

Posted on 23 June 2025

with a view looking north east with sunlit trees below a threatening sky.

Posted on 13 June 2025

at Kirby Muxloe near Leicester showing the inside view of the gatehouse. The castle is a ruined fortified manor house the building of which started in 1480 but was never completed. Watercolour on 140Ib Saunders Waterford Cold Pressed block size 230x 310mm.

Posted on 09 June 2025

Yesterday's New Forest view #2. Watercolour on 140Ib Saunders Waterford Cold Pressed block size 230x 310mm.

Posted on 30 May 2025

Watercolour on 140Ib Saunders Waterford Cold Pressed block size 230x 310mm. 

Posted on 30 May 2025

gorse, silver birch and heathland  - a typical New Forest scene bathed in sunshine. Mainly done on location and finished in the studio. Watercolour on 140Ib Saunders Waterford Cold Pressed block size 230x 310mm. 

Posted on 23 May 2025

looking across the heathland towards Ashurst in the New Forest last Monday. Mainly done on location and finished in the studio. Watercolour on 140Ib Saunders Waterford Cold Pressed block size 230x 310mm. 

Posted on 21 May 2025

light and shade showing a line of trees near Matley Wood in the New Forest. Watercolour on 140Ib Saunders Waterford Cold Pressed block size 230x 310mm. 

Posted on 19 May 2025

at Bolderwood near Minstead in the New Forest. Watercolour with gouache highlights done mainly on location and completed in the studio. On 140Ib Saunders Waterford NOT block size 230x 310mm. 

Posted on 17 May 2025

and a quick 15 minute sketch on the way home. Watercolour in sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on hand-made rough paper from Wookey Hole paper mill. 

Posted on 17 May 2025

in the New Forest near Ashurst. Watercolour in sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on hand-made rough paper from Wookey Hole paper mill. 

Posted on 16 May 2025

in the New Forest at Woodgreen near Fordingbridge. Watercolour on 140Ib Saunders Waterford block size 230x 310mm 

Posted on 14 May 2025

looking north east across the Forest heathland towards Hale from Roger Penny Way. Watercolour on 140Ib Saunders Waterford block size 230x 310mm  

Posted on 06 May 2025

viewed from Bramble Hill Walk near Bramshaw. Watercolour on 140Ib Saunders Waterford block size 230x 310mm

Posted on 04 May 2025

Posted on 28 April 2025

Looking across Southampton Water to Marchwood power station. Watercolour on 140Ib Whatman NOT image size 320 x 520mm

Posted on 24 April 2025

Watercolour of the windmill at Bembridge Isle of Wight. The mill was built in the early 1700s when Bembridge was almost an island in its own right. Sketchbook bound by Katherine Anteney size 290 x 200mm on 140Ib rough handmade paper from Wookey Hole.

Posted on 16 April 2025

Posted on 10 April 2025

and a small sketch showing a sailing boat on its side.

Posted on 10 April 2025

Posted on 08 April 2025

A Conversation of Trees: Ashurst, New Forest on a crisp February morning.  Watercolour: image size 320 x 370mm on 140Ib Arches NOT surface.

Posted on 03 April 2025

and a bit misty in the New Forest yesterday but very still and atmospheric. Watercolour in sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on hand-made rough paper from Wookey Hole paper mill. 

Posted on 28 March 2025

always works no matter the time of year or weather - it's always there to help! Sketchbook size 290 x 390mm on hand-made rough paper from Wookey Hole Paper Mill.

Posted on 10 March 2025

Pleased to have my watercolour painting "Old Cemetery, Southampton" selected for this year's St Barbe Open Exhibition 2025 in Lymington. The exhibition runs from 22 March to 26 April @stbarbemuseum

Posted on 06 March 2025

Watercolour study showing part of a wooden shipwreck on the River Itchen by Northam Bridge in Southampton. The wreck, under water at high tide, stands proud in the sunshine against the low tide beyond. Image size 500 x 380mm on 140Ib Saunders Waterford Cold Pressed.

Posted on 04 March 2025

Posted on 02 March 2025

Posted on 02 March 2025

and another watercolour from 2008 this time a detailed study of part of the abbot's house at Netley Abbey near Southampton. The abbey is a ruined late medieval monastery founded in 1239 as a house for monks of the Cistercian order. My interest was in capturing the colour and texture of stonework and the way cast shadows were formed from the branches of adjacent trees. 

Posted on 26 February 2025

showing an elegantly leaning sweet chestnut (?) casting shadows across to the adjacent holly. In the background the silver birches add contrast to the wood beyond and, together with the dead tree stump, work well in creating a pleasing composition. Pencil completed on-site with colour added back in the studio. Watercolour over pencil in sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on Saunders Waterford 140Ib cold pressed.

Posted on 20 February 2025

Looking back to a more tranquil time canal boating on the Grand Union/Oxford Canal in April 2019. Watercolour over pencil in sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on Saunders Waterford 140Ib cold pressed.

Posted on 13 February 2025

and a typical view at Ashurst looking across the open wet and heathland to the trees beyond - statutory ponies included! Watercolour over pencil in sketchbook size 190 x 280mm on Saunders Waterford 140Ib cold pressed.

Posted on 08 February 2025

to have this watercolour back again after starting its journey as part of the Concrete Castles touring exhibition in 2021. My watercolour Type FW3/26 Pillbox at Napton on the Hill was one of two artworks celebrating Britain's war defences of 1940 included in the show, the other was Type FW3/22 Pillbox on Hayling Island. Thanks to Tim Craven for organising and curating the show. Image size 340 x 500mm on 140Ib Arches Cold Pressed. Now for sale at £395 framed.

Posted on 07 February 2025

This time it's from 2008 when the country was in a global recession due to over-zealous mortgage lending and excessive borrowing etc. A time when there were very few commissions coming in which allowed me the opportunity to self-indulge a little. 

King John's Palace is a ruined Norman merchant's house in Southampton, England, incorrectly believed for a period to have been used by King John resulting in its modern name. Showing the fireplace and chimney which was removed from another building in the city and relocated onto the east wall. Image size 51 x 39cms, watercolour with gouache highlights.

Posted on 03 February 2025

Here is the second of two artworks forming part of a touring exhibition entitled "A Post-Industrial Picturesque: the Art and History of Industrial Ruins" - more information soon. The original watercolour, by John Varley (1778-1842) shows a view of Mount Snowdon, North Wales. Image size 320 x 470mm on 140Ib Arches Cold Pressed.

Posted on 29 January 2025

A watercolour completed back in 2013. I took a photograph standing next to the coach driver on the way back from a student trip to the V&A. As I recall we were just passing a junction near Winchester on the M3. I call it Motorway Sunset. Image size 284 x 388mm on 140Ib Saunders Waterford.

Posted on 04 January 2025