Hello and welcome to my web-site,
You will see from my profile page that I am a self-taught Artist, and have been for many years,
I paint with Acrylic paints nowadays because they suit the way I like to work and the effects I want to achieve, though I sometimes use watercolours when I feel the subject is right for that medium.
I really enjoy painting seascapes ! having lived in the northern Isles and walking my old (now late) dog Bill along many beaches and headlands I spent a lot of time watching the sea in all it’s varied moods and light - you will see several paintings on the gallery pages of my old Border collie friend,
Pet and animal paintings , and drawings in pencil have become a bit of a specialty also, I usually work from photos e-mailed to me by clients, though I often visit clients to take the photographs myself, One commission I got in Orkney was to paint a prize bull ! thankfully the farmer accompanied me on that particular photo-shoot.
I still do quite a lot of pen and ink line drawings of private houses and businesses, something I did a lot of 30, years ago they seem to becoming more fashionable again nowadays, for distinctive personalized stationery . Line drawings do reproduce and print well though, especially reduced in size for adverts, there is clever computer software that does produce a similar result from photographs but the results are poor in comparison.
I have a few paintings and limited edition prints for sale on the gallery page but I can supply Giclee prints from all the images you will see on this web-site.
Please contact me for prices of prints and commissions for paintings and drawings, and please leave your comments on my blog page.
I hope you enjoy looking at my paintings as much as I have enjoyed painting them and visiting some lovely parts of the country and meeting some lovely people.
ENJOY !
Latest work and details of special offers can be seen on the blog page.