Portfolio

Below are some examples of my work. Please click on the thumbnails to see further information on each project.

• Hares About Town ‘Sunrise’

  My commissioned hare design named 'Sunrise' was sponsored by Sunrise of Southend Borough Council. Sunrise was one of 30 giant hare sculpture... View Project →
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• Crazy Cow

  An abstract portrait with a bright pink background, painted on a deep edged canvas. I wanted to achieve a fun, lively and characterful imag... View Project →
  Miscellaneous Work

• Amelia

  A commissioned portrait for a surprise birthday gift painted in System 3 acrylics on a deep edged canvas. A number of reference photographs ... View Project →
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• Leigh RBL Poppy Art Trail

  With the assistance of Leigh-on-Sea Town Council and renowned local artist Kerry Doyland the Leigh-on-Sea branch of the Royal British Legion... View Project →
  Miscellaneous Work

• Bumble Bee Box

  The second free little library in Hadleigh, Essex and the concept of Kate Pagram, who approached me with the initial idea of creating a lo... View Project →
  Miscellaneous Work

• Geoffrey the giraffe

  The first free little library in Hadleigh, Essex and the concept of Kate Pagram, who approached me with the initial idea of creating a loc... View Project →
  Miscellaneous Work

• Orangutan and baby

  A commissioned portrait for a surprise birthday gift painted on a deep edged canvas. Firstly, the preliminary drawing was transferred to a l... View Project →
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• Mystical Wolf

  Painted by a Year 6 student during tuition sessions at the studio. Acrylic on a black mount board.... View Project →
  Tuition

• Siberian Tiger

  Painted by one of my teenage students at weekly lessons in the studio. Acrylics on canvas over an ultramarine base colour.... View Project →
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• Horace

  A commissioned portrait of a Cinnamon Oriental cat painted in System 3 acrylics on canvas. Particular attention was paid to the facial feat... View Project →
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• Sunflowers

  This was produced by one of my students, aged only six. It was painted on acrylic paper using acrylic paints in the style of Vincent Van Gog... View Project →
  Tuition

• Life drawing

  Experimental pastel portrait produced during a life drawing class in 2005. A mixture of bright coloured Inscibe pastels was applied roughly ... View Project →
  Miscellaneous Work

• Frankie

  My client's request was for a black and white portrait of their pet Shih Tzu, Frankie. I used System 3 acrylics on canvas with a range o... View Project →
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• Daisies

  Originally started in November 2019 as a demonstration for the members of Southend Art Club, at the Beecroft Art Gallery. The initial co... View Project →
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• T.C.

  This acrylic painting on canvas was produced as a commissioned portrait to celebrate the life of a very handsome cat named T.C. I used Sy... View Project →
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• Digby

  An acrylic portrait using System 3 acrylics on A3 acrylic paper and finished with matt varnish. My clients saw this piece of work in its ... View Project →
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• Sonny

  This portrait was completed on A3 acrylic paper using System 3 acrylics with an orange base colour and painted in an abstract style. The fra... View Project →
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• Ruby

  Another commissioned portrait of a Border Terrier from supplied photographic reference.  The soft pastels used were; Inscribe and Daler R... View Project →
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• Issy

  Cocker Spaniel commission produced on Sennelier pastel board, in the colour sand. A range of hard pastels, soft handmade pastels and pastel ... View Project →
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• Alba

  This commissioned portrait, of a Cocker Spaniel, was produced on Sennelier pastel board in the colour sand. It was built up using hard Inscr... View Project →
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• Raccoons

  This pastel portrait was started as a demonstration piece for Thurrock Art Society. I worked on the raccoon on the right for the majority of... View Project →
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• Lion

  An acrylic demonstration for Southend Art Club, held in the gardens of their cottage premises in Rochford. I started with a white primed can... View Project →
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• Butterfly ship

  This work was produced by a teenage student, at my studio, as part of their GCSE studies. It was based on Salvador Dali's oil painting title... View Project →
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• New York subway

  This piece of work was produced by one of my young teenage students during lessons held at my studio. A romantic subject drawn out with pas... View Project →
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• Indian riverboat

  An acrylic painting on canvas produced at the studio by one of my teenage students. Firstly, the drawing was planned out and then transferre... View Project →
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• Room with a view

  An acrylic painting by a teenage student, under my tuition, at the studio. Painted with Royal and Langnickel acrylic paints on SAA acrylic p... View Project →
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• Horse portrait

  One of my Year 6 student's work produced while attending lessons at my studio. A range of soft grade graphite pencils on fine cartridge pape... View Project →
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• Billy

  A returning client from five years ago, who originally commissioned me to paint a portrait of their previous rabbit, titled 'Steve'. This ne... View Project →
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• White cat

  Completed in the studio by a teenage student using traditional oils. This portrait was constructed from photographic evidence, but the base ... View Project →
  Tuition

• Still life shells

  A still life study of shells on smooth cartridge paper using a range of 'B' grade graphite pencils. This demonstration was held in Danbury, ... View Project →
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• Stanley

  A commissioned portrait of a Border Terrier from photographic reference.  Hard and soft pastels and pastel pencils were used on sand colour... View Project →
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• Pastel workshops

  Learn how to construct an animal pastel portrait drawing using photographic reference. Discover the techniques involved to successfully buil... View Project →
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• Copper and Alfie

  Commissioned family pet portrait in graphite pencil grades, produced on A3 cartridge paper with an arctic white double mount and dark grey t... View Project →
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• RAG pastel demo

  Pastel demonstration at Rayleigh Art Group produced on peach colour Sennelier pastel card using Inscribe pastels, with added highlights in a... View Project →
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• British Blue Cat

  Year 5 student's drawing in a range of graphite pencil grades on smooth cartridge paper.... View Project →
  Tuition

• Monsoon

  Adult student's portrait of an orangutan in oils on canvas effect paper.... View Project →
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• Day Dreaming

  Produced on charcoal coloured Sennelier textured board in hard and soft pastels. I completed this portrait in front of visiting members of t... View Project →
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• Brandy

  A commissioned piece  requested by a close friend and produced in a range of hard and soft pastels, with finer details added using pastel p... View Project →
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• Flint

  A commissioned pastel portrait of a wire haired Jack Russell, produced on charcoal coloured Sennelier pastel board. Both hard and soft paste... View Project →
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• Tiger demo

  A pastel portrait started as a short demonstration at St. Edith's care home in Leigh-on-sea. Produced on salmon coloured Sennelier pastel bo... View Project →
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• Octopus Mural

  Firstly my octopus design was submitted and accepted by the Friends of Concord Beach in Canvey Island, Essex headed by Colin Letchford. Day ... View Project →
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• Westwood Art Group demo

  A pastel demonstration during April 2015 of an Amur Leopard produced on a bluish grey Sennelier pastel board using a limited palette of hard... View Project →
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• Hadleigh Art Trail 2014

  Collage demonstration delivered at Hadleigh Old Fire Station during the Hadleigh Art Trail week.  Fun was had by all that participated in m... View Project →
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• Shell

  Still life study of a shell produced by a teenage student using a range of graphite pencils from a B to an 8B.  An exercise produced on car... View Project →
  Tuition

• Eye study

  Graphite pencil sketch produced by one of my teenage students on cartridge paper.  An exercise in learning how to develop drawing skills by... View Project →
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• Mythical figure

  Produced by one of my teenage students  as part of her school work, exploring mythical figures, on orange sugar paper.  The initial sketch... View Project →
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• Abstract sunset

  A pastel sunset study on orange sugar paper produced by one of my teenage students.  Completed with a mixture of both hard and soft pastel ... View Project →
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• Mountain scene

  A seascape produced on canvas using a limited palette, developing the purple tones throughout the painting. Clouds were blended at the base ... View Project →
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• Textured collage

  Planning work produced by one of my young students in preparation for his mock GCSE art exam.  A3 acrylic paper was prepared with a thick l... View Project →
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• Male portrait

  A portrait produced by one of my adult students in pastel on rose grey Daler Rowney Murano pastel paper.  Hard pastels were used for the ma... View Project →
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• Water scene

  An oil painting on canvas completed by one of my adult students, working on a limited palette of colours to produce a harmonious scene.  Wa... View Project →
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• Alfie

  A portrait produced by one of my adult students of her pet dog in hard pastel, graduating to soft pastel, with final details added with past... View Project →
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• Dahlias

  A flower study with a centre piece of dahlias, produced in oil on canvas by one of my adult students.  Using a limited palette gives unity ... View Project →
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• Templewood Court Mural

  A commissioned mural from the trustees of Templewood Court, Hadleigh.  Alan Hockett and I worked with Year 4 children at Hadleigh Junior Sc... View Project →
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• Cartoon collage

  A collage of cartoons produced in coloured pencils on cartridge paper by one of my teenage students.... View Project →
  Tuition

• Fern

  An acrylic portrait painted on canvas by one of my teenage students.  The subject was from the imagination, except for reference to assist ... View Project →
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• Mad March Hare

  This portrait was first started as a demonstration piece, I then completed it to be included in the Aubrey Art Gallery's 'Fur, Fin and Feath... View Project →
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• Ginger Tom

  I started this portrait while delivering a pastel demonstration in the Hobbycraft store in Basildon, during January 2014.  It remained unfi... View Project →
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• Romanian dog

  Oil on acrylic paper painted by one of my teenage students.  The subject is a Romanian dog that often gets into scrapes, on this occasion c... View Project →
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• Shipwreck

  An acrylic painting produced on white mount board by one of my teenage students.  This image started as a basic wash then the sky was stren... View Project →
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• Danbury workshop 2014

  During May 2014 I was invited to give a demonstration and workshop for an art group in the picturesque location of Danbury.  I chose to dra... View Project →
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• Bengal Tiger

  I began this pastel  portrait while demonstrating at the Hobbycraft store in Basildon, Essex.  The majority of the work was completed usin... View Project →
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• Remembrance

  A flower portrait started at a demo/workshop which was subsequently completed at the studio.  The canvas was  previously prepared with a t... View Project →
  Miscellaneous Work

• Paglesham Cottage

  After spending a leisurely afternoon having lunch in the village of Paglesham, I happened upon this charming cottage.  The challenge of pro... View Project →
  Miscellaneous Work

• Summer’s Day

  This painting was inspired by a photograph of an old shed, I then set about finding reference material for the collected junk forming the fo... View Project →
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• Silhouetted giraffes

  Acrylic on canvas produced by one of my young teenage students.  The image was painted across three canvases which were primed with diluted... View Project →
  Tuition

• Child’s portrait

  Pastel portrait, by one of my adult students of their granddaughter, produced on yellow ochre  sugar paper.... View Project →
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• Orchid

  Having been bought a beautiful orchid I decided to immortalise the flower heads in a painting.  I was fascinated by the inner details of th... View Project →
  Miscellaneous Work

• Sunflower

  This flower portrait was inspired by a bunch of sunflowers that I  purchased from the Hadleigh Farmer's market on a beautiful summer's day.... View Project →
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• Wild Leeks

  This watercolour portrait was started by adding the background first.  Masking fluid was flicked randomly, then strong washes of colour wer... View Project →
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• Purple Poppy

  This portrait was produced to compliment 'Poppy Heads' and as before I used a heavy handmade unbleached watercolour paper which contained ir... View Project →
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• Cyclamen

  A watercolour portrait using wet in wet to create soft focus.  Masking fluid was also used to imitate the patterning on the leaves and stro... View Project →
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• Poppy Heads

  This portrait was inspired after receiving a bunch of dried poppies from a friend's garden.  I decided to use a heavy handmade unbleached w... View Project →
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• Betsy Bear

  Once again I have used oils to complete this teddy bear portrait, another from my friend's large collection.  Raw Umber, Indian Yellow and ... View Project →
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• Daisy and Penny

  This pastel commission of the family dogs, Daisy and Penny, was produced for my client's son as a surprise 21st birthday present.  A salmon... View Project →
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• Hadleigh Art Trail 2013

  During the 2013 Hadleigh Art Trail I delivered an animal pastel workshop to the general public at Hadleigh Old Fire Station.  I chose to de... View Project →
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• Boots

  This oil portrait of old working boots was produced on paper by a teenage student as part of his school homework.  The study was based on V... View Project →
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• Female portrait

  A graphite pencil portrait of a young woman produced by an adult student .  The image was drawn on smooth cartridge paper by blending the ... View Project →
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• Still life

  An oil painting by a teenage student of a still life vegetable study on canvas board, with layered paint to create textures.... View Project →
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• Landscape

  A landscape portrait created by a teenage student using cuttings from various magazines. Colours were grouped together effectively giving th... View Project →
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• Colourful cat

  A coloured pencil portrait produced by a teenage student on cartridge paper.  The pencil work has been overlaid and blended.... View Project →
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• Mortuis MCC

  This was a commission for a member of the motorbike club, Mortuis MCC, who do a lot of voluntary work for charity.  I painted the portrait... View Project →
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• High Street

  This portrait was produced in the summer of 2013 when I attended a workshop delivered by Hashim Akib, a fellow artist based at Hadleigh Old ... View Project →
  Miscellaneous Work

• Giraffe and Penguin

  This commission was painted in acrylic on a Pébéo 3D Linen Naturel canvas, which I have favoured for my previous giraffe portraits.  My ... View Project →
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• Steve

  The commissioned portrait of Steve was ordered after his owners' sad loss and was presented to his partner for Christmas.  Steve was a resc... View Project →
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• Jungle

  This portrait was commissioned as a Christmas present for a young child's room.  After planning out the drawing it was painted in acrylic u... View Project →
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• Prince

  Whilst delivering a pastel demonstration in Basildon library, during the summer of 2013, I was approached by my client who was interested in... View Project →
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• The Stare

  This pastel portrait was produced for entry into the 2013 Hadleigh Art Trail and was displayed in the beautiful church of  St James the Les... View Project →
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• Fantasy Feline

  The concept behind this portrait was pop art based in regard to the bright colours. The portrait was painted in System 3 fluorescent acryli... View Project →
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• Ingagi Zo Mu Birunga

  I was inspired to paint this portrait after visiting Howlett's zoo in Kent with my daughter who kindly did a photo shoot for me. I decided t... View Project →
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• Zebra

  Having successfully gained studio space as a resident artist at HOFS (Hadleigh Old Fire Station) house in Hadleigh I wanted to personalise... View Project →
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• Star Spangled

  My inspiration for this oversize pastel portrait was to concentrate on the features at close range as the facial features of cats fascinat... View Project →
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• Fred Bear

  This portrait, although not an animal in the true sense, still lends itself to my painting technique.  I decided to use oil paint as it sui... View Project →
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• Alfie

  A previous client commissioned this pastel portrait for her daughter's Christmas present as she sadly lost her two year old pet cat 'Alfie'... View Project →
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• Waterhole

  I started this portrait, the second in the trilogy, while demonstrating at a local library shortly after beginning 'Observer'.  I then ... View Project →
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• Observer

  I was inspired to produce this portrait after viewing a  photograph taken by my talented brother once again! After planning out the prelimi... View Project →
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• Vulnerable

  This Giraffe portrait titled 'Vulnerable' is the last in a trilogy using the same support and colour hues. Even though I had previously pain... View Project →
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• Meg

  While I was exhibiting my work and demonstrating  animal portraiture at Brentwood library this  summer, a customer  purchased a cat portr... View Project →
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• Tiggy

  The portrait of Tiggy was a Mother's day present for my mum as she had sadly lost him to old age.  I was in my late teens when my father br... View Project →
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• Max

  I was asked to do this commission of a West Highland Terrier for the son of  a previous client for whom I had produced a portrait by the n... View Project →
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• Dylan

  Dylan is a portrait of our family pet painted for my son.  The advantage of producing a portrait of your own pet is that you have a living... View Project →
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• Kharn

  I was approached by a colleague to produce a portrait for one of their friends who had recently lost her German Shepherd cross-breed,  Khar... View Project →
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• Jordanian camel

  This camel portrait was produced while on a painting holiday in Devon.  The painting trip was dependent on the weather which unfortunately... View Project →
  Miscellaneous Work

• Endangered

  A personal project produced in pastel on salmon coloured textured board.   As seen in the initial stages this portrait was created by usin... View Project →
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• Star Gazer

  This coloured pencil portrait was created on 140lb rough watercolour paper, keeping the image textured and light in tone.  Soft drawing pen... View Project →
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• Mesmerise 2

  This coloured pencil portrait was produced on dark yellow tinted linear effect paper.  A limited palette of soft drawing pencils were used ... View Project →
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• Lucky

  The story attached to this commissioned pastel portrait is a sad tale. I was approached by the clients who wanted a gift for their close... View Project →
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• Snail

  The textures and the challenge of  how to achieve them were the main incentive for painting this snail portrait.  Firstly I applied a subt... View Project →
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• Penguin

  This watercolour and coloured pencil portrait was inspired after a visit to Benidorm zoo in Spain.  Textures were produced by sprinkling ro... View Project →
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• Miffy

  This commission was created in hard and soft pastels on peach textured pastel board.  Details were added with pastel pencils to create the ... View Project →
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• Churchill’s cat

  This portrait was inspired by a photograph of a descendant of Sir Winston Churchill's Marmalade cat.  I have always been fascinated by ging... View Project →
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• Kittiwakes

  The main challenge in creating this portrait was to produce a scene from within a scene.  By developing a key section from a photograph of ... View Project →
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• Lazy day in Rhodes

  The idea for this portrait of a white dog came after viewing my brother's holiday photographs.  While in Rhodes he had captured this image ... View Project →
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• Donald

  I was commissioned by my client to produce an image of Donald the cat as a Christmas gift for her husband.  It actually transpired that Don... View Project →
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• Mesmerise

  This portrait was a personal project rendered using only black, grey and white pastels therefore creating a monochrome effect. The image ... View Project →
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• Monty

  A commissioned pastel portrait of Monty the horse who unfortunately had to be put down shortly after the painting was completed due to a ... View Project →
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• Leopard

  This coloured pencil portrait was a personal project.  The image was drawn on a dark yellow shade of Canson paper which gives the portrait ... View Project →
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• Brendon

  A commissioned portrait in pastel.  The client wanted this portrait painted of her much loved and cherished pet who had unfortunately passe... View Project →
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• Tilly

  My client commissioned me to produce this pastel portrait of their Scottish Terrier named Tilly as a Christmas present to her husband. ... View Project →
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• Siberian Tiger

  This personal portrait of a Siberian Tiger was painted for the successful entry into the Essex Open Exhibition at the Beecroft Gallery in S... View Project →
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• Jaguar

  This portrait in graphite using 2b and 4b pencils was produced as a personal project.   Highlights were brought out by using shaped piece... View Project →
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• Brown Hare

  This portrait was a personal project which was accepted by the Essex Open Exhibition at the Beecroft Gallery in Southend-on-Sea and sold a... View Project →
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• Jeannie

  Jeannie was a commission requested by a fellow artist who wanted a portrait of his young Labrador in her prime.  His specialist field is ... View Project →
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• Red Admiral Butterfly

  Unusually this portrait was inspired while walking my dog in the local park one summer's day and happening upon a dead Red Admiral butterfly... View Project →
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• Sea Otter

  This pastel was produced for entry into a local exhibition.  Indigo coloured linear textured paper was used to give an effect sympathetic ... View Project →
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• Tabby Cat

  This coloured pencil portrait was developed from a small image taken from a magazine for my own interest.  I wanted to develop the cont... View Project →
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• Monty

  This is a commissioned portrait in pastels of a Staffordshire Terrier.  I worked from an 7" X 5" photograph and produced a far larger imag... View Project →
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• Savannah Sunset

  This was a personal project produced in oil on canvas.  The inspiration was taken from a photograph that my brother took at the zoo, he the... View Project →
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• The Awakening

  This portrait was produced as a personal project in watercolour.  Effects were created by using masking fluid to retain white areas, cling ... View Project →
  Miscellaneous Work