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“Most of all I would like people to come away from looking at my work feeling in some way uplifted. Painting for me is a self-reinforcing cycle of noticing the beauty around us, then looking more to find it. ”
 

2020

 
 

HEAT ARTIST, 2019

 
 

2018, 2019

 
 

ATMOSPHERIC ACRYLICS WINNER, 2017

I love a shed. I walk around the countryside peering over hedges and making lewd grunts of appreciation at outbuildings. ‘All that space! What a studio that would make... imagine all the junk I could put in there! Phoaaarrr’ This part
As yet untitled (as usual) 12 x 12” acrylic on Ply. The beautiful photo of the bookshelves at @cottagebytheloch got stuck in my eyes and I had to paint it. My own bookshelves just haven’t done it for me in the same way, as inspiring as t
Absolutely love seeing where my pictures end up! This was painted from photos I took while walking around the grounds at Castle Howard. The breeze across the open expanse down from the house across the pond set the reeds dancing. It’s hard to s
Gosh it has felt like a long time since I have sat down to paint in the studio! I’ve been faffing about all day acclimatising to the idea of finishing this, which I had left partially started before going into the pop up. As usual I can’t
✨New work now available on the @hobbyhorseart website✨ #madeinyorkshire #artcollectors #livingwithart #art #artistsoninstagram #instaart #northyorkshire #pictureoftheday #painting
Orchids #watercolor #flowers #handmade #madeinyorkshire #instaart #instagood #artistsoninstagram #gouache #paintingoftheday #plants
Tickets have gone on sale for @art.and.york Please see their website for details. Friday 23rd, Saturday 24th and Sunday 25th of October at the Knavesmire in York. There is a phenomenal range of artists and makers exhibiting, from ceramics to jeweller
Watercolour and Gouache. Last days of Summer #madeinyorkshire #watercolor #gouache #instaart #paintingoftheday #artistsoninstagram #color #figurativeart
Don’t mind the rain when it’s an excuse to get this out! 😍 #nyorkshire #yorkshire #northyorkshire #walking #rain
Light and frothy! Little watercolour and gouache number. I have a tendency to overwork things so I’m going to forcibly walk away from this... in half an hour. #madeinyorkshire #mixedmedia #watercolor #instaart #artistoninstagram #paintingofthed
Blackberries, 12” x 12” #pictureoftheday #instaart #artistoninstagram #contemporaryart #paintingoftheday #madeinyorkshire #blackberries #nature
🔴 SOLD Just for fun: laughing in pyjamas. Almost laughing at salad (google it if this gem has passed you by) This mixed media mini is probably only twice the size it looks on your phone screen. I’ve spent the last couple of weeks having a resh
Carrying on with my friendship theme, another little 5” x 7” #instaart #paintingoftheday #artistoninstagram #contemporaryart #friends #friendship #cheers #bottomsup #madeinyorkshire #figurativeart #painting
Just dropped some more prints off with @mcbainart at Nunnington Studios. He’s a friendly sort if you want to say hello! #madeinyorkshire #northyorkshire #howardianhills #gallery #studio Oh and there’s a coffee shop ✨
🔴 SOLD Thanking @hobbyhorseart It is one of the best feelings sending a work off to its new home. When I sit down to paint, it’s such an internal personal thing. It still blows my mind that something can go into my eyes, come out through my h
The last few months have been a strange time for most of us. Friendships have gotten me through. I have never been as grateful as over the last year for the incredible, hilarious, intelligent, gentle and resilient people I’m lucky to have in my
Hmm. Too many things on the go at once #instaart #art #studio #wip #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #madeinyorkshire #northyorkshire #york #artistsofinstagram oh and but of course: it’s @yorkshiretea what else
Painting outdoors... not my forte! But nothing like getting some view eyes after being in the studio for a stint! Definitely not going to run out of view here #yorkshire #landscape #lurcher #dogsofinstagram #yorkopenstudios #walking

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