Fed up in Florence – oil on board. 18 x 24 cms / 7x10 ins This couple were surrounded by the beauty of Florence but looked so thoroughly fed up. Perhaps the ...

I seem to have a theme on orange and blue right now. As if all those apricots weren’t enough last summer, I realize I’ve continued it now with satsumas and ...

There has been a lot in the press about English Wines lately - and of course I noticed! UK vineyards are a lot closer than those in the South of France. Afte...

I was a bit carried away by apricots during the summer, producing no less than three paintings of them! Apricots always look so irresistible to me and the An...

Under swathes of pale blue and white voile, propped tent-like by thick wooden poles, crowds of people are sitting on cobalt blue benches and white rattan sof...

Knowing that our local gardening guru has a splendid vegetable patch, I asked if he had anything interesting that he could spare for me to paint. I think he...

I've been working on a bigger painting of strawberries for July as part of the calendar series and have done this little study that will be part of it. Time ...

Could this be a solution to the wage crisis in 21st Century? Can’t afford a salary increase for your employees? Supplement their pay packets with seasonal fo...

May’s painting is of a bunch of huge asparagus spears. They were given to me by a friend who has nurtured his asparagus bed for years and we are often reward...

Once forbidden to be worn by anyone other than royalty, purple historically was associated with wealth and power. Pity the poor spiny dye-murex snail whose s...

“Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet, But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.” These are lines from a popular folk song writte...

Wednesday, 10 August 2016 I started this painting of my friend Carol over a year ago. She came to sit for me several times and we had a nice time chatting w...

Wednesday, 18 January 2017 The 5th of January started as my favourite day of the New Year. With renewed energy I took down Xmas decorations, defrosted the fr...

Monday, 23 May 2016 Last week, in Florence we had lunch in Il Borro Bistro, a small restaurant close to Ponte Vecchio. The menu arrived and John chose Spag...