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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Pet Portrait: Pepe the Bolognese Dog (commission)
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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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SOLD The Illuminator's Garden: II ,
24 x 32 cm
M for Marie (commission, sold)
13 x 13 cm
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Moggy I: On the Watch SOLD
24 x 20cm (framed)
Sample of framing
SOLD Moggy II: Sunbather,
24 x 20 cm
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The Minister's Cat 26 cm x 36 cm £655
Minister's Cat framing
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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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