Recent commissions including, yes, more dogs and a new subject for me, a client's parents.

Enjoying some Autumn sun with a week on Lanzarote.

The fine folks at Carré d'Artistes have given me an opportunity to show my paintings in their gallery at Bourges. During our trip to France this September, we visited the gallery and met the charming Jerome who runs it. Bourges is a beautiful medieval city and well worth a look if you're in the area.

Walking around Bourges

Paintings of Bourges and other scenes from our trip

Another visit to France, just over two weeks visiting amongst other places, Bourges, the Lot, Cahors, Montpazier, the Dordogne and Blois, mostly camping with a few B&B.

In addition to my work being shown with the Carré d'Artistes gallery at Bourges, I have work in the Bonn gallery, both opened this year. Here is a selection of paintings I sent to Bonn.

Here is a small selection of the work I sent to the new Carre d'Artistes gallery at Bourges. Rather pleased that their first sale was one of my paintings.

Here is some of the work I did during a visit to the Bulgarian town of Zlatograd with Rhodope Art where I assisted with watercolour workshops.

It is often said that you shouldn't revisit a watercolour painting and alter it. Usually a good sentiment but occasionally it is worth having a go. Here I painted a subject for possibly the 30th time, it's a scene I like very much: St Martin's Lane in London. The initial work was too blue and hard so I warmed up the cool and softened the hard parts to create, what might be an improved version.

I was contacted late last year with a request for a painting of industrial Pittsburg. With some pleasant conversation and a few preliminary sketches, I produced this 22'x15" painting for my client.