How to tell the difference between original paintings and giclée art prints
Is this an original or a print?
How I Created My New Mixed Media Still Lives
My new mixed media paintings have been through quite a process! They started out last summer as six squares on a sheet of 100% rag art paper (the good quality archival stuff used by professionals). I used only three acrylic paint colours (a blue, a red and […]
Art Exhibition at Fountains Hall
A few months ago I joined forces with four fellow artists to explore the idea of making new artwork in response to historic locations around Yorkshire. This was a bold experiment for me but I couldn’t resist because Lorna Barrowclough, Hondartza Fraga, […]
What I’m Working on Now #5
Here’s the way I paint in acrylics..
Things are flying here in the studio, even horses. I am busy writing the Next Book, but over the weekend I took a few hours off to work on some exclusive and top […]
What I’m Working On Now #2
More Magic Mirrors
I’ve been busy this past few days with new mirrors, and here are the fruits of my labours. Mariposa is the Spanish word for butterfly and I thought it made a nice motif and name for this lady. As with […]
What I’m Working On Now
Magic Mirrors
One of the themes I love working with is “enchantment”, both in my writing and artwork. One tends to feed the other. While I am painting something, bits of story ideas float around somewhere in my unconscious mind. Sometimes I just have […]
