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Custom Canine and Equine is a new body of work which I started in 2019.

I love dogs and I started to think about how they had often featured in my work. Then I had a look back at my old work and remembered that animals have been part of my practice virtually since the beginning. My BA thesis was about artists who used animal imagery, something I had completely forgotton about. 

So here is the stroy of how I have used animal imagery throughut my career.

Blue Jug, Downloadable Guided Painting November 2019

I first painted this image in early 2018. I love blue and white and as a child had loved the Cornish ware pottery we had at home. Cornish ware is blue and white striped earthenware.

On Saturday I ran this term’s Guided Painting class. This time I tried something different. I offered two images to choose from, my take of Van Gogh’s Starry Night and his Sunflowers.

I have been teaching adult classes on a weekly basis for around 9 years. The programme has developed over time

So, I don’t want my students to feel confused and I’m certainly not worried about you making work like me. You aren’t me. I aim to be completely transparent in my teaching. I do not claim to know everything, but I will tell you everything that I have picked up along the way. I teach many things which I was never told at art college.

Booking and paying on line for classes was my original plan for the new website. For the longest time that seemed too far fetched but here we are, finally.

A friend had suggested I sell classes on line. She is very enthusiastic and positive, she even thought I should supply the paint. Initially I wasn’t very keen, although I kept nodding and smiling, she is very hard to say no to.

I have been teaching term time art classes since 2014. Over time I developed a curriculum which I felt gave kid’s a good knowledge of the nuts and bolts of making art and an appreciation of art history.  I teach good technique and provide a solid understanding of the elements of art.