About my art
I am very fortunate to live in the Arnside and Silverdale area. This quiet corner of the countryside straddles the border between Cumbria and Lancashire. It has stunning and varied scenery, estuary views and amazing wildlife.
I am very fortunate to live in the Arnside and Silverdale area. This quiet corner of the countryside straddles the border between Cumbria and Lancashire. It has stunning and varied scenery, estuary views and amazing wildlife.
I create art inspired by this natural world, the changing seasons and the ebb and flow of the tides.
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Digital paintings
I produce my digital paintings by hand using an iPad. I opt to paint in a very meticulous way. I like to work in extremely fine detail to create images that are almost, but not quite, photo-realistic.
It is an incredibly slow process and each of my pictures can take up to 70 hours of patient work. I find it totally absorbing.
The starting point for each of my digital artworks is always a photo that I have taken. Elements of digital painting are like traditional art in that I choose the size of canvas, decide on composition and which details I want to emphasise or leave out. I then select the brushes to use and the colours to paint with.
The main difference from traditional painting is that it is all done on a computer screen. The canvas starts out as a transparent layer which I very gradually cover with opaque colour.
The original photo is discarded at the end of the process, leaving just the digital painting that I have created.
Each and every brushstroke is done by hand.
I produce my digital paintings by hand using an iPad. I opt to paint in a very meticulous way. I like to work in extremely fine detail to create images that are almost, but not quite, photo-realistic.
It is an incredibly slow process and each of my pictures can take up to 70 hours of patient work. I find it totally absorbing.
The starting point for each of my digital artworks is always a photo that I have taken. Elements of digital painting are like traditional art in that I choose the size of canvas, decide on composition and which details I want to emphasise or leave out. I then select the brushes to use and the colours to paint with.
The main difference from traditional painting is that it is all done on a computer screen. The canvas starts out as a transparent layer which I very gradually cover with opaque colour.
The original photo is discarded at the end of the process, leaving just the digital painting that I have created.
Each and every brushstroke is done by hand.
Purchasing my digital paintings
If you are interested in purchasing my digital paintings, then please get in touch using the details on the CONTACT page of this website. I don’t hold stocks so there will be several days delay for printing, packaging and posting.
If you are interested in purchasing my digital paintings, then please get in touch using the details on the CONTACT page of this website. I don’t hold stocks so there will be several days delay for printing, packaging and posting.
Watercolours
I have also been painting with traditional media for several years. A selection from my portfolio of semi-abstract landscapes is included within the WATERCOLOURS page of this website.
Photography
A few of my latest digitally manipulated images are included in the PHOTOGRAPHY section.
Affiliations and exhibitions
I am a member of the Silverdale Art Group and exhibit a selection of my traditional media artwork at the annual exhibition at The Gaskell Hall in Silverdale, Lancashire at the end of June each year. I also participate in the Silverdale And Arnside Arts Festival.
I have recently joined the Green Door Artists’ network based in South Lakeland and will be exhibiting alongside other artists at future exhibitions.
I have also been painting with traditional media for several years. A selection from my portfolio of semi-abstract landscapes is included within the WATERCOLOURS page of this website.
Photography
A few of my latest digitally manipulated images are included in the PHOTOGRAPHY section.
Affiliations and exhibitions
I am a member of the Silverdale Art Group and exhibit a selection of my traditional media artwork at the annual exhibition at The Gaskell Hall in Silverdale, Lancashire at the end of June each year. I also participate in the Silverdale And Arnside Arts Festival.
I have recently joined the Green Door Artists’ network based in South Lakeland and will be exhibiting alongside other artists at future exhibitions.
Award
My digital painting “Autumn At The Beech Circle In Silverdale” was shortlisted from thousands of entries for the British Art Prize 2023 run by Artists & Illustrators magazine. It was exhibited alongside the other prize winning pictures at gallery@oxo on the London Southbank.
It was the first time I had entered an art competition and it was a proud moment for me. This endorsement by the art world gave me the confidence to set up this website.
I hope you enjoy looking at my work.
My digital painting “Autumn At The Beech Circle In Silverdale” was shortlisted from thousands of entries for the British Art Prize 2023 run by Artists & Illustrators magazine. It was exhibited alongside the other prize winning pictures at gallery@oxo on the London Southbank.
It was the first time I had entered an art competition and it was a proud moment for me. This endorsement by the art world gave me the confidence to set up this website.
I hope you enjoy looking at my work.
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