Artist’s Statement
I am motivated to create environments that are complex, lucid, alive and fugitive as the landscapes I experience. For me these works are a celebration of, and a summary of, time spent chasing the most uplifting moments in nature. Like a surfer chasing the ultimate wave it becomes addictive watching these sublime events in the landscape. With weather systems and the seasons themselves being under threat I feel strongly that Artists working in the landscape or in the studio bringing the landscape inside is a worthy pursuit.
Some fireworks at Blenheim Palace tonight that made me imagine how terrifying war must be. Terrors are not that far away. And if we don’t stop Putin then this image could become reality. #stoptheviolence #stopputin
“Talk about dangling the carrot 🥕 “…… said the dog . #gorky
I knew it was on its way but when the storm arrived at midday it really was on full volume. A proper climb down into untouched Sand… Crashing waves, Gorky found a dead 🦭 🙈. Forced to retreat after 4 hours, I Navigated through the narrow and overgrown cliff paths in driving rain back to the barn. The combination of wind, rain and multiple plants made some marks in the oil paint that were way beyond my skill set ! All I could think about whilst painting was Putin and his cowardly existence. He must be stopped ! I heard this a.m a brilliant reminder that the sound of the sea, it’s existence is billions and billions of years old. Possibly the only consistent sound that we can listen to that has a direct link back to the start of earth 🌍. What a great and beautiful thought. #oilpainting on canvas with wind, rain and interaction of Cornish plants. September Exhibition @ Great Shefford, Hungerford, Marlborough
Working small, getting ready to work big for September exhibition.
Occasionally Gorky forgets the limits of his grippers ! 🙈🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
Very blustery but brilliantly cloudy. Looking towards Bass 🪨 and the Firth of Forth from the North. #oiloncanvas
Painting with brother @the_path_of_art (Thomas) !! #golf #standrews
About 7 years ago we had this old arm chair re covered with our friends material. Rebecca is involved in the day to day running of their business @raptureandwright and the practical processes and Peter is that too .. plus he congers up pattern designs; a long and hard won outcome produced after many hours of drawing ✍️ from his observations on nature. This design… They will remind me … cloud something??? .. is mesmerising and a great place to start if you need to relax and escape into a trance……. we stare at it daily! We love it ! Occasionally Gorky is allowed up on it when he can’t take the heat …. #raptureandwright #patterndesign #cuttingedge #timeless #modernfarmhouse
What a happy couple !! Their third attempt to get married… no Pandemic this time! A day full of love and laughter! Delicious eats/dinner Rachenda !! 🙏@charleslandless !!
I watched @silvia.eventing this a.m having a riding lesson. It was lovely seeing both him and her concentrate as they both tried to listen to one another. Perhaps Silvia trying harder than her horse Ben ! #drawing
Collection of paintings and objects as @archxexrvxne completes year 1 of 4 at The Slade UCL. #future #artist #respect #!
Ups and downs like a rollercoaster today! Up on the downs but about to go go down .. #lambourndowns #oiloncanvas
The weather wins today….. but I’ll be back …. #oiloncanvas
Dame Paula Rego will have fun making sense of the next world! What an incredible Artist. Scary darkness illuminated by her torch of bravery. Brave because she was prepared to draw and paint her fears and then comment on her take on the often warped world she saw. She met Artist Victor Willing at the Slade and they eventually married. Abortions and his affairs also eventually surfaced as subjects in her paintings. Stories often told by visual props from fairy tales. She drew like the best trained draughtsman did 200 years ago yet she depicted our world in all its horror. I wonder if she attended the Francis Bacon talk at the Slade that V Willing arranged? It would make sense. Anyway, what a genius that will no doubt go down as not only one of the great Artists in history but also a commentary on our social development … or lack of it. Thank you for the Art!! Somehow ‘rest in peace’ doesn’t seem will be your thing, So “ #respect !” 1935-2022
I left my coffee mug ☕️ out by the vegetable garden… 48 hours later and a little help from my pen …. an old friend appeared! #spaniel #coffee #dog
Equally happy working in the landscape with a canvas tied to the side of his wife’s horse lorry, or lying on the ground photographing the reflection in a puddle. Printmaking at the Curwen Press Cambridge or recently making a bronze sculpture, George seems to take an interdisciplinary approach to his work. Recent experiments with Photoshop and the fusing together of painted, drawn and photographic elements seem like an opening well worth pursuing.