Panel painting: egg tempera on gesso
In these whimsical pieces I have fun mixing up inspiration from medieval manuscripts with contemporary naturalism. They are snapshots of the view from my workroom window, celebrating the wildlife of the humble suburban garden: birds, rodents, critters and the infinite variety of domestic cats. I enlarge and adapt the techniques of medieval manuscript illumination to work on a bolder scale using my own gesso panels, a more robust support than vellum. I use historical pigments such as lapis lazuli and vermillion, real gold leaf, and raised or tooled gilding.
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The Sheltering Oak
A celebration of the great English Oak and the birds and creatures it houses
Sheltering Oak 2019, 87 x 117 cm. Egg tempera on gesso panel, integral frame. £2800/ €3200
Two on a branch: start of a new series
Two on a branch: long tailed tits 21 x 45 cm
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Two on a branch: coal tits 21 x 45 cm
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Two on a branch, series framing
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'Moggy': a series celebrating the great domestic tabby cat
Moggy III: Stalker 16.5 x 20 cm £285/ €315 (framed)
This painting is framed
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SOLD Moggy II: Sunbather,
24 x 20 cm
SOLD Moggy I: On the Watch
24 x 20cm
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Bird paintings currently at Norton Way Gallery, Herts.
21 x 21 cm, framed, £325 each
Cousins under the skin £475
Available from Norton Way Gallery
This painting is framed
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The Minister's Cat 26 cm x 36 cm £655
Minister's Cat framing
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Pet Portrait: Pepe the Bolognese Dog (commission)
M for Marie (commission, sold)
13 x 13 cm
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SOLD A Charm of Magpies, 15 x 26
Framing
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SOLD Melancholy Clown, 15 x 23cm
SOLD Faithful Couple, 15 x 26 cm
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Thief 15 x 23 cm SOLD
SOLD Cherry Picker 14.5 x 20 cm
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SOLD Seven Attitudes of Cat 26 x 36 cm
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Illuminated letters
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