Scottish Gallery Website

I have been a bit lethargic since I got back from Chichester and have not been very productive this week. I am not being too hard on myself as I have been burning the candles at both ends now for over two months. Anyway just a quickie to let you know that my work is...
Return of the Cats

Return of the Cats

Another extremely busy week teaching, in the studio as well as fitting in an evening of Nick Drake at the Phoenix Cinema with a live band. I have been plugging away on my small Oxford ‘Jungle’ paintings which are becoming infested with cats. I am loving...

Opera to Punk Karaoke

In between teaching and making art, I had time to squeeze in a couple of mad social engagements this weekend. On Friday went to see a production of Carmen by Chisinau National Opera at the New Theatre Oxford with my friend Lucy. When I was about ten, I was once in a...
Painting for my Life…

Painting for my Life…

Being quite on the blog usually means one of two things: either I am very down and don’t want to write anything, or I am extraordinarily busy. Fortunately, it is the latter and in the last week or so I managed to spent a good deal of my spare time down the...
spinning the plates

spinning the plates

You know that old caberet routine where a guy in a tux tries to spin loads of plates on rods? He has to keep checking them all and giving each one a wee spin to keep them all going and stop them from falling off and breaking. Last week’s teaching at Brookes has...

moving again

This week i moved out of student halls and into my new room in a house share with Rachel and Michael. Rachel is the rowing correspondent for the Daily Telegraph and has been very welcoming to me as I settle in. I have done a fair bit of socialising of late and it is...