“A New Film Captures the German Impasto Master at Work with His Squeegee. The notoriously secretive creative process of reclusive German artist Gerhard Richter is exposed in filmmaker Corinna Belz’s new fly-on-the-wall documentary, Gerhard Richter Painting. Belz spent three years as an observer in Richter’s Cologne studio capturing mesmerizing footage of the artist producing his radical [...]

I wanted something about the viewer and viewed: knowledge and innocence, old and young, knowing and not knowing. This is all complex lines and fine control of the pencil and mark making, knowing the undulations and pen control And pencil is the most rudimentary of drawing mediums. And this is a page torn out of [...]

The Bridges of Glendale 36x48x2 2010 I painted this. Then I sold it, which is great. But I missed it. I liked it as an object to hang in my house. The colors seemed to help tie together all the rooms I hung it in. I like the message, that even freeways and municipal water [...]

A very interesting talk by Elizabeth Gilbert about the challenges of creativity and the notion of creative ‘genius’. Does artistry automatically need to lead to anguish? See it here    

Here’s the second half of my post about making one of my small paintings.  You can read the first part here. 12.39 I paint in the background, which is white,  although it appears a violet grey blue in this light.  I try to paint it  a bit darker than it appears to leave ‘room’ for [...]

  Some photos of the sculptural drawing I am currently working on. As today is a sunny day, I have hung the “work in progress” in front of a white sheet of paper and played with how fig. and shadow can work so beautifully together.. I always get so inspired when I do experiments like [...]

I’m really pleased to be taking part in this year’s Royal Institute of Oil Painters annual exhibition.  The exhibition runs from Wednesday 7th to  Sunday 18th December 2011 at the Mall Galleries, London.  I will be exhibiting the following painting: Red and Blue Bowls with Cherries 9×6″  Oil on panel ‘The ROI is the  only [...]

I thought it might be interesting to show you what goes into making one of my small paintings. Firstly – why do I paint so many of these small alla prima studies? For one thing, I think I get a bit greedy and impatient – I see something and want to paint it, then I [...]

Last weekend I went to see my friend Iain Herdman’s studio over in Woolwich as Second Floor Studios where he is based were having Open Days. I hadn’t seen any of his new work and it was fascinating how the change of locale has brought in a difference in colour and subject matter. His new [...]