fruits of the fields and trees…

banana…in spicy chocolate…
oil on canvas 70 x 113 cm

banana in soft dark chocolate…
oil on canvas 70 x 100 cm
revelation…

banana in raspberry coulis…
oil on canvas 90 x 130 cm
back to the garden…

The garden of Acorn Cottage summer 2016
i found a beautiful pastel-pink poppy
in the garden… Blake’s “heaven”…


Study for the ‘Poppy’ series
Digital painting made using Affinity software, 2022
then thought maybe i’d paint a portrait in oil…

listening, a poppy blooms, sugar pink…
oil on canvas 75 x 100 cm

of mango and the regatta and of the pleasures that live in houses…
oil on canvas 90 x 130 cm
sensuality is the subject… after the banana, I thought it important to paint a mango
the voluptuousness of its shape and colour inspired this portrait… i’ve started getting pleasure from writing on the canvas…
Mattisse made a painting called “the silence that lives in houses” i adapted my title from his…


study for the “daisy” series
digital painting made using Affinity Publisher software, 2022
i had a deep fascination for this daisy… spent weeks looking at its visual story… playing with its possibilities in digital sketches, trying to de-construct its endless, beautiful variations…
then i began with this small painting on board…

in the small world be, sweet daisy…
oil on board 46 x 61 cm
and moved on to this larger scale…

i’m half crazy, oh for the love of you…
oil on canvas 90 x 120 cm