A few days ago I felt like a change from using guache and acrylic paint, and decided to work purely with watercolour on Arches rough paper using a looser technique and a restricted palette.
I chose two Italian subjects...a street in Rome and a Venetian canal scene.

London, my birthplace, has an astonishing variety of sites from Theatreland to the mighty Thames.
There are four theatres in this picture of lively Shaftesbury Avenue, which contrasts well with the view of HMS Belfast and the magnificent Tower Bridge

The races make a wonderful subject with their action and colour.
These paintings were fun to paint and
I did a large series of them, of which these four are a sample

Women are a source of inspiration for me to paint. From the seductive to the maternal there is a mystery about them which I try to covey in my work.

Here are some nude studies
of three models I painted a few
years ago. One decided that she felt uncomfortable being ogled in here, so she disappeared.

CAFES always fascinate me and I have painted cafe scenes many times in varying styles

VENICE is my theme in this blog, and here are several paintings in acrylic and watercolour which I have made in the past year.

This is a still life collage I made by cutting out the shapes in card, sticking them to a card surface and then painting them in acrylic paint and varnishing the result. It is a small collage, just 3" x 4".

I drew these three small pictures about 25 years ago, using an empty ballpoint pen to make the drawing by pressing hard on shoebox card, and then applying wax crayons over the indented sketch, starting with a yellow followed by progressively darker colours. As far as I know, nobody has ever tried this method of work before, probably because its size is limited and the end result is unpredictable.

In common with all Londoners I love the River Thames in all its variety, These paintings are of the river near St Pauls and the Tower. I went there one day and made copious sketches which I finished at home in my studio.

Some time ago I went through
a phase of painting brightly
coloured exotic-looking women,
using acrylic and watercolour paint.
Here are three examples.

Women always make fascinating subjects to paint and here are three portraits I painted in acrylics, each with its own character.
The composition and colour are very important to me, and when I drew the figures I made them fill the painting area and touch the edges of the picture.

Who isn't fascinated by antique cars? I certainly am, and as a result I painted these three models. It was a labour of love as they were quite complicated.

Flowers are a favorite subject of mine as they lend themselves to liberal composition and colour.

These are watercolours of London streets in the Piccadilly area that I painted some years ago. They were popular with tourists who wanted souvenirs to remind them of the sights they had seen.

And now for something completely different, (for me, anyway). This abstract painting was inspired by my sofa, which, frankly is not as colourful as depicted here. I aimed for a good colour balance as well as a semi-representational subject

I painted this 12"x14" pastel portrait of a girl way back in 1992. She lived in a cupboard hidden away because I had no room left on my walls to display her. I have decided to put her on auction and maybe she'll find a new home.