Death and the Maiden – Oil on Canvas -24″ x 22″ – 2011. Death and the Maiden has been a popular theme throughout the history of art. In my picture the young women is gazing into a mirror admiring her body and wondering what to wear for the evening. Behind her the figure of Death [...]

Enigmatic Still-Life – Oil on Panel – 23″ x 14″ – 2011. This painting began as a studio still-like. I was never quite sure what to do with it then i had the idea of putting in a coastal setting. The peacefulness of the sea offsets the tension between the hardness of the bronze and [...]

Re-enactment – 31” x 36” Oil on Canvas 1996. Many artists when painting the story of Christ have used contemporary settings and clothes, for example ‘The Adoration of the Magi’ as painted by Giorgione and Bruegel from Italy and Flanders (Belgium) respectively. I have carried on this tradition. I got some friends of mine to [...]

Portrait of Sue – 12” x 16” Oil on Panel 2000. This portrait was begun in a crowded life room and finished in my studio, some time later I added a background.

The Three Graces – 19” x 19” Oil on Panel 2006. This picture is derived from Raphael’s famous painting that hangs in the National Gallery, London. Raphael’s design is based on a Roman motif. This picture is painted from a series of life drawings I made using the same model. It was my intention to [...]

Sunbathing – 14” x 24” Oil on Panel 2007. This picture was painted from life drawings and photographs. A beautiful woman is sunbathing naked on a deserted beach.

Black Mermaid – 30” x 22” Oil on Canvas 2006. For some reason negro women are rarely painted as mermaids. This picture was painted to be a companion piece to the blond haired mermaid.

The Mermaid – 30” x 22’ Oil on Canvas 2005. A mermaid sits on a rock combing her hair. This picture was painted for the collector, Roy Clegg.

The Message – 20” x 22” Oil on Panel 2008. A naked young woman has been meditating in the lotus position; something has distracted her and to her surprise she finds herself seated on the seashore, a bottle containing a message is blown in by the tide whilst an albatross circles in the sky behind [...]

Floating – 20” x 84” Oil on Panel, 1993. This picture began as a painting from life, later I extended it using imagery from the ruined temples at Angkor Wat.