Recent work from my favourite spots in the Chiltern Hills and around Britain, and from members' reference photos in the Landscape Art Club.
Hibiscus, 2025
Reference photo by Cindy Briggs
Watercolour on Canson cold press 300gsm
Artwork 15 x 11 in.
Chiltern Sky, near Sarratt, 2025.
Watercolour on Baohong rough
Artwork 11 x 15 in.
Estuary, 2025
Watercolour on Fabriano Artistico
Artwork 11 x 15 in.
Snowdon, Tryfan, Y Garn, and the Carnedds, 2025
Reference photo by Dominic Turner
Watercolour, chalk, and charcoal pencil on Canson cold press 300gsm
Artwork 11 x 15 in.
Crestyl Cottage, Hertfordshire, Chess Valley, 2025
Gouache on Baohong 1/8 imperial
Landscape, 2025
Watercolour on Baohong rough
1/8 imperial (cropped)
Llangollen Castle, 2025
From my own reference photos and onsite sketches
Watercolour on Baohong rough
Artwork 11 x 15 in.
On Hastings Beach
Watercolour on Arches
Artwork 7 x 10 in.
'Day Trippers' plein air paint-out in Hastings, England, October 2024
Reference image by Landscape Art Club, used with permission.
Watercolour on Jackson’s Eco Rough
Artwork 11x15 in.
Painting en plein air with the London Plein Air Painters in September, 2024. Two small works in progress (left) and my finished works (right) at the throw-down, St James's Park, London.
From the artist’s reference photo taken during a Wildlife Trust volunteer work party at Pitstone Fen, Tring.
Watercolour and gouache, Arches cold press
Artwork 13 x 20 in.
'I have been committed to environmental protection for my entire adult life. For the last ten years, I have been an active volunteer for the Wildlife Trusts in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, and Oxfordshire, in England. The days I spend volunteering to maintain our wildlife reserves are some of most rewarding work that I do. We have a great team, the work is important to conserving endangered species, and it's great exercise! The meadow at one of our reserves has grown tall with flowers and grasses, and the scene of one of our volunteers working in the meadow surrounded by it all was irresistible. I took a photo and made some sketches on the spot, and painting this the next day. English skies are often cloudy and dramatic even on what would be considered 'nice' days. My colour choices for this painting are a split-complimentary limited palette of violet, green, and yellow.'
Based on the artist’s reference photo taken from the kayak
Watercolour and gouache, Arches cold press
Watercolour and gouache, Arches cold press
Artwork 9.5 x 12.5 in.
'Some of my favourite adventures are on the water. My husband and I love to sea kayak on the beautiful coastlines that we have here in the United Kingdom. I was out kayaking with my husband and two of our friends this summer on the coast of Dorset, England, and snapped a photo from my boat of the beautiful Bat's Head cliff and Bat's Cave. The person on the kayak in the foreground is my husband who is taking in the whole scene before padding through the Cave. This painting was intended as a complimentary colour study, however having already done a couple single-colour studies, I felt I was ready to commit to my favourite paper, Arches 140lb rough. I'm glad I did: the resulting 'study' worked really well as a dramatic interpretation of the day. I painting it in two colours: Cobalt Blue and Indian Yellow, and added clouds in white gouache to increase the drama and keep viewers moving around the composition.'
Vanuatu
Landscape Art Club
Watercolour, W&N Cotman paper
August 2024
Based on a photo by Landscape Art Club, July 2024
Watercolour and gouache, Saunders Waterford 425gsm
Artwork 14 x 10 in.
Port Isaac, Cornwall, June 2024
Watercolour and gouache, Arches rough
Artwork 7 x 10 in.
Roscarrock, Cornwall, June 2024
Watercolour and gouache, Arches rough
Artwork 15 x 30 cm.
Based on a photo by Landscape Art Club
Watercolour and gouache, Arches cold press
Artwork 22 x 20.5 cm.
Broadway Cottage, the Cotswolds, England
Painted during the Broadway Plein Air competition
Watercolour and fineliner, Saunders Waterford 425gsm
Artwork 38 x 29 cm.
Secret Garden (No. 2)
Based on a reference photo by Judith Crowley via Landscape Art Club
Watercolour and coloured pencil, Bockingford
Artwork 15x11 in.
Pembrokeshire Coast
Watercolour pencil, Arches rough
Artwork 15 x 30 cm.
Wood Rose
Reference photo by dougwaylett. Originally uploaded to Flickr as Rosa woodsii ‘Wood’s Rose’, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9670501
Coloured pencil, W&N Cotman paper
Artwork 16.5 x 16.5 cm.
Colourful Character (Bullfinch)
Based on a photo by Dominic Turner
Watercolour and coloured pencil, Daler Rowney Langton 300gsm
1/4 imperial approx.
Grey Wagtail
Based on a photo by Dominic Turner
Watercolour and coloured pencil, Arches cold press
Artwork 15.7 x 23.5 cm
Secret Garden
Based on a photo from Landscape Art Club
Coloured pencil, Winsor and Newton Cotman paper
Artwork 27 x 33.5 cm
Cold (No. 2)
Based on a photo from Landscape Art Club
Watercolour, Arches rough
Artwork 15 x 30 cm
London Plane
Based on a photo by Fay Ballard via Royal Academy.
Watercolour, Arches cold press
Artwork 10x7 in.
Cold (No. 1). Based on a photo by Catherine Gill via NWWS
Watercolour and gouache, Winsor and Newton cold press
Artwork 14 x 10 in.
View from the Meadowlands. Based on a photo in Conversations in Paint by Charles Dunn
Watercolour and gouache, Arches cold press
7 x 10 inches
Fuchsia. Based on a photo by Gal Senderowitsch via O’Keeffe Museum
Watercolour and coloured pencil on Winsor & Newton cold press 300gsm
Landscape
Watercolour
Arches cold press
Artwork 10 x 14 in.