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My first exhibition took place at Macclesfield Library at the begiining of June and received numerous positive comments. A video showing the content of the exhibition is available on YouTube here: Exhibition. Josh the Herdwick Ram was by far the most popular painting, followed by the Zebras Drinking and Wilson the Spaniel.

My first exhibition will be taking place in Macclesfield library from 29th May until 9th June 2018. On show will be a mixture of work, including pastel animal portraits, watercolours of local scenes and a few extras including a couple of sketches of Macclesfield. I will be in the Library on Wednesday 30th May, Saturday 2nd and Thursday 7th of June. See you there!

I have two Christmas Cards available this year, both limited editions. They come in pack of 10 for £15 each. Check out the cards and gifts for sale tab to see the pictures.

My work is featured in the upcoming MaccSketchers Exhibition which is taking place at Jack Sevens Gallery in Macclesfield from 18th November to 30th December. I have been going out sketching with the Maccsketchers for a few months now and really enjoy sketching the buildings and streets in the town and surrounding areas. MaccSketchers are part of a global organisation called Ueban Sketchers, see their work at www.urbansketchers.org.

I spent Wednesday with Phil Hobbs at his home in the Lake District, getting some one-to-one watercolour painting tuition. It was invaluable in helping me to address some specific concerns that I had about my approach, and his help and guidance was superb. You can see Phil's work at www.plhobbs.co.uk

I am off to Venice tomorrow on a painting course. This is a trip organised by Painting in Italy, and the tutor is Phil Hobbs. His style is very different from mine and the course involves painting outside, which is something I don't do very often. This should be a good one! See www.paintinginitaly.com for more information.

Now that summer appears to have had it's last gasp (although you never know!) Autumn is now approaching fast. Christmas will not be long in coming either, and already people are thinking about and even buying their Christmas cards.
I have two exclusive cards available for sale, one that was produced in 2015 that I sent out to my friends and family, and this year's card. Both are printed on high quality gloss card, 5" by 7" with a plain white envelope and are sold in packs of 10 for £15 a pack.
Get ahead of the game and get yours now!

Last month I completed a commission for four watercolour paintings of local sights. Two were of Alderley Mill, and the other two were of the Wizard at Nether Alderley. All four have now gone to their recipients, and are available as prints in the Gallery for Local Scenes.

Over the last couple of days I have been working with Michael Moore, an artist resident in the Peak District. We were working on advanced watercolour techniques, and Micheal uses acrylic paper rather than watercolour paper for some of his images. This allows paint to be 'pushed' around on the paper. We worked on two seascape pictures, which I may be brave enough to post on Facebook!
Check out Michael's website.
http://www.michaelmooreart.co.uk

From the beginning of March, Christmas cards will be available for sale. Last year's card, 'Dusk on Christmas Day', proved popular, and so a limited number will be available for purchase.

The new limited edition card for this year will be available too, in packs of 10. This one features the 'Deer in the Woods', a watercolour that can be viewed in this website. The original watercolour is available for purchase.

My latest picture is an ink drawing of Nether Alderley Mill, which is now owned by the National Trust. More information is available here: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/nether-alderley-mill/

The mill operated from the 1500s through to the 1930s, when the advances in technology and the cost of wheat meant that it became difficult to operate profitably.

I've just started on a new series of ink and watercolour wash pictures. These will feature local scenes in Cheshire and will have their own gallery. The first one has been posted today, take a look!

The Wilmslow Guild exhibition is happening next week, and I have two exhibits in it; the 'Shire Horse' and 'Dusk on Christmas Day'. If you want to see my work for real come along and take a look! There will be a number of displays by the Guild's arts and crafts groups, so something of interest for everyone.Exhibition open to the public on The opening times are:
Friday 3rd July 1-3.30pm & 7.30-9pm.
Saturday 4th July 10am -3.30pm

I've just added an image of a new watercolour that's just been completed. The picture shows two dogs looking out to sea from their beach house decking, admiring the view! This was a commission for a couple in the USA.

The commission picture of Josh the Hardwick Ram has now been posted to the website. He's a handsome example of the Hardwick breed and very gentle. Now on to the next one!

I've recently completed a commission which will be shared on the website in due course. As it's a surprise gift, this will happen later in the year.

I've recently finished a watercolour based on a photograph I took in the Lake District. Again, David Bellamy's style was what I was aiming for with this. I'll be using this picture as my 2015 Christmas card. Nothing wrong with planning ahead!

I've just completed a pastel picture of a snow leopard cub. It was based on a photograph I took at the Lakeland Wildlife Oasis and is one of the cubs that was born there last year. it's going to be scanned ready for printing, and the picture will appear on the website soon.

I'be been asked to complete a pastel portrait of a herdwick ram. I'll be taking his photo in few weeks time and then producing the picture. He should be posted on the website some time around end of May.