Over the past year I have made occasional visits to paint trees in the commercial woods of Greenfield Farm near Christmas Common, Oxfordshire. The woods contain a range of trees including oak and ash. The ash grow straight and tall with branching occurring...

My sister and her son Jason visited from their home in America. Jason, who runs a local basketball league in Florida, asked me to design a T shirt motif which promotes, through the 'No Ball Hogs' message, a better attitude to the game on the basketball...

I began a project at the end of September to paint the commercial woods of Greenfield Farm near Christmas Common at the request of Jane and Andrew Ingram. The woods are managed to create a commercial crop so the planting and growth patterns will be...

In my bones bare branches echo Scaffolds of growth in seasonal exposure Stark fingers clinging to leaves that fall Breathing space emptied, vacated and spare. Putney Heath February 26 clear sky 12 centigrade and Putney Heath March 14 blue sky 18...

Promises could flower To grow purpose Possibly blossom Flourish and sow In ground more fertile For a following year More blooming promises

I have an interview with Guy Sangster Adams in the current issue of Plectrum magazine (issue 9 June/July 2011) in which we discuss early work, recent commissions and current work on tree portraits. The interview is accompanied by a centrefold image drawn...

I spent some weeks last summer painting daily portraits of trees by Frenchman’s Creek as artist in residence at the Kestle Barton Rural Centre for Contemporary Art. The daily portraits where then hung on the gallery walls to form part of a developing...

Another visit to the nature reserve just by Barnes Bridge. A hot day, 28 degrees centigrade. Blue Sky with occasional cloud. Floating seeds falling like snow over the three hours I spent on site. High pollen count. First signs of mosquitoes, bitten twice...

This is my first blog to accompany my new website. The blog will carry casual comment and opinion on events and issues to do with work in progress. Nobrow I have just completed a biro drawing for the next issue of Nobrow. The theme was topsyturvy. The...

I have been working on a proposal for a rock art workshop for the British Music Experience Museum at the 02 Arena. The workshop would be held under the title ‘Visual Attitude’ and will explore the idea of using simple visual means to express opinion,...

Roger Beckett, former publishing director of both Creative Review and Design Week, brought an art event discovered in Spain and named Pintar Rapido to the streets of central London on Saturday July 13 2013. The title means painting rapidly and on a hot...

A request came in from Morgan Nicholls to produce a T shirt design for one of the songs from his new album. The website launch of the album would coincide with his appearance at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics 2012 as band member with both Muse...

Viewing the A3 Kingston Road from Putney Heath on a warm and cloudy day. The only thing missing is the constant noise of traffic.

The hand painted Tommy artwork on the Gibson SG Special was finally completed and dispatched to the Your Music Memory Rock Collection in Toronto at the end of November. The photographs show completed work before controls, pickups, bridge, pegs and strings...

I have been commissioned by a Toronto based company yourmusicmemory.com to adapt the Tommy album cover artwork for painting onto the front and back of a Gibson SG Special (the guitar Pete Townshend used for the 1969 American tour of Tommy). These are the...

A recent move to a house in Putney creates opportunities for tree portraits in new locations including Barnes Common and Barnes Elms river path in SW13 and Bishops Park Fulham SW6.

On Saturday May 22 I held a three hour workshop with Dinah Lone in the British Music Experience at the 02 Arena. The workshop explored drawing and doodling as a visual shorthand to communicate ideas. The workshop began by drawing visual hints to popular...

Painting on Wednesday May 26 in a secret little Nature reserve called Duke's Landing adjacent to Barnes Bridge. The ground was like a switchback ride with trees clinging for dear life. The day was overcast with temperatures around 16 degrees...

My Spring came last Monday March 15. I was able to get into Chiswick Park to produce two gouache sketches of trees before my feet froze. later in the week I managed to get out to Chiswick roundabout and sketch a single silver birch set against one of the...