Sheffield Skyline

Sheffield Skyline looking up Fitzwilliam Street towards the University Arts Tower - that's where I spent the last 2 (of 5) years of my university career - a long way up (20 storeys) and a very very long time ago now!

Whitby boats

My latest boat painting - another from Whitby

Sheffield Canal Basin 2 - Finished

Excerpts of my finished work - ready for submission day - just 3 more paintings to complete before 13 April!

Canal Basin Sheffield - start

Canal Basin Sheffield - start of my mixed media/acrylic effort for the Great Sheffield Art Show - submission day April 13th - finished effort to follow.

Kaleidoscope -Whitby03

The good ship Gratitude at Whitby Harbour - in acrylic

Kaleidoscope -Whitby02

Another kaleidoscope image of Whitby - this was in pen and watercolour.

Kaleidoscope -Whitby01

Messing about with a friend's kaleidoscope feature on her iPad. She had just hung 3 of my original paintings which she bought from me last summer.

That's my acrylic painting of the Abbey at Whitby, North Yorkshire

 

3 spider webs

I was about to clean the window to our dining room on this bright sunlit autumn morn when I saw this structure of 3 overlapping webs..... the windows will have to stay slightly smeared for a while! See the spider on the left hand web.

 

Sheffield Canal Basin - with a bit of artistic licence on the narrow boats! I've painted this for Heeley Art Club's "Sheffield in the Frame" Exhibition at Sheffield Winter Garden 4th-13th October. Hope it gets selected next Tuesday.

This is one of my boat series images which I painted in the cold and snowy Spring we had earlier this year. My memory of Whitby - with a bit of artistic license. I seem the have produced more boat images than anything else this year... my "Boatspring"!

Whitby Harbour, North Yorkshire

Low resolution image of my painting (which was sold) - thanks buyer.

PEOPLES' CHOICE

BRAGGING RIGHTS. This is me winning the PEOPLES CHOICE prize at Sheffield's Art in the Gardens Open Art Competition this afternoon. That's Joe Scarborough Sheffield's most famous current artist on the right. Hope the handshake passed over some talent! The winning Artwork is of Whitby Harbour, North Yorkshire - one of my Urban Sketches.

England, Sheffield, Ringinglow

There's a small group of poppies in the cornfield opposite Firs Farm on Ringinglow Road. It's on my regular (3.5 mile) speed walk to buy the local paper. The painting is drawn from my memory/imagination - that's supposed to be Hangram Lane in the mid ground and Fulwood/Crimicar Lane in the background. The sheep have their own fields, trees are omitted for clarity! Can you tell I've bought myself some coloured inks.

Whitby Church, North Yorkshire

Come to my Art Club Exhibition (Heeley Art Club) at the Winter Gardens in Sheffield from now until 3 o'clock on Saturday 23rd July. The Winter Gardens never close! My Whitby Church is there.

England, Sheffield - Napoleons

Our local (Ecclesall Road) Casino and a very nice restaurant. I've been meaning to do a drawing of this building for some time now. A bit of artistic licence on the shadows! First time I've used silver ink - pity it doesn't sparkle on this image.

Mayfield Valley -01

My second "plein air" acrylic northwards across the valley from the field at the back of our home

Waterfall - Upper Porter Brook

Same view in watercolour

Waterfall - Upper Porter Brook

My first "plein air" acrylic - less than a mile from home

England,Sheffield, Mayfield Valley

Mayfield House - another Farm in our beautiful Mayfield Valley on the outskirts of Sheffield

England, Sheffield, Childrens' Hospital