Tag: artist

  • Girl with a gold pendant (2023)

    Girl with a gold pendant (2023)

    My first finished piece for 2023 was inspired by a photograph used on the cover of Tess of the D’Urbervilles. Credited as a photographic portrait of Julie Manet, 1894, I loved the lighting, mood and composition! My portrait, measuring 28x41cm, was created using charcoal, pastel and gold leaf on paper.

  • Blood Roots (2022)

    Blood Roots (2022)

    I was asked to create a cover/poster for a local flower show. I’m not entirely sure this is what they had in mind, but I enjoyed myself. Maybe they were after something a little more “village craft fair”… 2D digital composition created in Procreate on iPad Limited edition of 10 available on Opensea

  • Self Portrait in the Red

    Self Portrait in the Red

    I try to paint a self-portrait every year, and as 2022 was quickly slipping away, I thought I’d better get a move on. Painted in 3 hours on my old iPad Pro (gen 2) using Procreate (acrylic brush).

  • STaTiONS collection

    STaTiONS collection

    A collection of 1/1 digital collages, hand-painted in Procreate on iPad, using AI assets generated by ArtBreeder’s Collage beta Even though my artwork is very formal in appearance, the creation process is largely based around embracing chance, accident and chaos. This element usually comes from doodling or photography (specifically stills from videos), but for this…

  • iPad painting workshop in Chelmsford

    Today I’ve been delivering a series of digital art workshops at New Hall School in Chelmsford. Focussing on both digital painting and 2D digital composition, we took a deep dive into what was possible using the award-winning Procreate app on Apple’s iPad. Previously a palace to Henry VIII, New Hall School was an incredible location…

  • #IWD2022

    This 1/1 NFT has been created to celebrate International Women’s Day 2022. It is available on Opensea More of my NFTs can be seen in my NFT gallery

  • Self portrait with ring (2021): iPad painting

    iPad painting self portrait for 2021. I try to do at least one each year. The NFT has been minted and it is available as a one-off on Opensea

  • Self portrait in lockdown (2020)

  • Spotlight – Lockdown Madonna (2020)

    During the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, frontline staff were still required to go to work to keep the country running, and risking their own safety. This portrait is of an NHS frontline worker, who was working directly with Covid-19 patients.

  • An evening drawing my mother

    I’ve made a start on a new portrait on self identity. This one is a charcoal portrait of my mother, to go alongside the portrait of my father.

  • Drawing feet

  • Portrait study from life