A reworking or a ‘remix’ as one of my bandmates said the other day. I pulled out two moorland paintings from a number of years ago. They had escaped the gesso as I had been pleased with the compositions but not quiet satisfied with the finished paintings enough to put them out there. Here’s a painting of Rough Tor on Bodmin moors. Swipe to compare the before and after photo. I think I’ll leave be for now and come back next week. Maybe some glazing, maybe some even chunkier te

On the easel… work in progress Rame head from Whitsands. I am experimenting with ways of painting the same view using different approaches, at different scales. I have been wanting to revisit this particular colour palette of steely greys for some larger seascapes. It uses a two colour chords of warm greys and cooler, greener greys all mixed from Emerald Green, Indian Red and titanium white – bringing in just a touch of blue at the end. I wanted to capture the choppy sea, i

On the easel - reworking an old painting with fresh ideas