Map of Stratford-upon-Avon
“I like this place and willingly could spend time in it” – William Shakespeare in As you Like It Stratford-upon-Avon is world famous as the birthplace of the English language’s most famous son: William Shakespeare. I too was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. And I have just finished drawing a map of the town; it’s [...]
My favourite things
I began painting My favourite things last January and it has been hanging around waiting for me to complete it ever since. I finally managed it yesterday. It’s very simple picture really: an A to Z of some of the things I love best in the world from aardvark to zebra. Before I painted in [...]
Sketches of Chile
We returned from our travels in Chile yesterday. I made lots and lots of sketches. Here are just three. If you want to see more, check out my Facebook page, you don’t need to be a Facebook user to see them. If you are a FB user, don’t forget to ‘like’ me – I’ll be [...]
Pre-Christmas 2011 sale on Facebook
I’ve been digging around in boxes, draws and folders and found a load of original paintings in need of good homes. And so I’ve put together this eclectic collection of unframed, originals on my Facebook page, and I’ve kept the prices as low as possible. If you’d like one, please email me before 3 Nov [...]
Chalk Hill Blues – a card for Christmas
What with one thing and another this year I have been unable to produce a brand new 2011 Christmas card design for you. I know some of you have been sending my cards out for many years now and I don’t want to disappoint you, so I offer you a verdant and lively alternative! As [...]
Avebury map on sale in The Henge Shop
My map of Avebury, pictured here with me at the stones, is now on sale in The Henge Shop, Avebury. Or, if you’re not in Avebury, you can get one right here … folded in a cover, as shown, or flat and signed for framing.
Map of Avebury
I’m delighted to announce the publication – at long last – of my newest hand-drawn map; of the unique and ancient village of Avebury in Wiltshire. Click on the image to enlarge it. It shows all the features you’d expect – the henge, stones, shops, houses, pubs and roads – and some you wouldn’t expect! [...]
The suicide of Vincent van Gogh – 29 July 1890
This post also appears on Dorian Cope’s blog On This Deity. On 27 July 1890, Vincent van Gogh, an unkempt, unknown 37-year-old Dutchman, walked out of his lodgings in the village of Auvers-sur-Oise, just north of Paris, where he had been living and working since May. That day instead of his usual easel and paints, [...]
The death of Frida Kahlo – 13 July 1954
“They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.” …and Frida’s reality was a lifetime of extreme physical pain and tortuous suffering, punctuated with a tempestuous emotional turbulence. Artist Frida Kahlo was born in 1907, the daughter of Hungarian Jewish father and indigenous Mexican mother. She [...]
Map of Avebury – progress so far
After I made hand-drawn maps of Eynsham, Woodstock and Stanton Harcourt last year, I didn’t want to draw another map. But my map-making mojo returned this spring and I’m currently about 75% of the way through my latest hand-drawn map, of the tiny village of Avebury in Wiltshire. Avebury is unique in that it is [...]
