This is an ink and watercolour drawing I did in a break from working on the Stepladder oil painting. #art #drawing #plants #oillamp

This oil on canvas showing the garden at the front of the studio was finished in 2024 and hung in the autumn exhibition of the Cambridge Drawing Society where it found a buyer. I called it "The Stepladder" (size 30" X 34"). #art #oilpainting #cambridgegarden #oillamp

Another fairly recent garden oil on canvas where I managed to maintain a degree of freshness.This was shown and found a buyer at the Cambridge Drawing Society spring exhibition 2023. #art #oilpainting #cambridgegarden #beeftomatoes

A recent oil on canvas painted in my garden size 61cmX86cm "Two women at a garden table". It was one of my entries to the Cambridge Drawing Society 2024. Needs to be a bit more subtle in its tone I think looking back on it. #art #oiloncanvas #summergarden

Someone asked if I could post some more recent work. I have lately been browsing through older paintings but I'll see if I can choose a few more recent ones. 2021 isn't too long ago I suppose. This one sold at a Cambridge drawing soc. exhibition (info in alt txt). #art #oil #Cambridge

A street scene from the '90s (see Alt txt for more info). This detailed watercolour drawing of mine from >30 yrs ago of King's Parade, #Cambridge was completed on the spot in about 3 hours. I was sitting on a metal box that controlled the rising bollards. Sold ages ago. #watercolour #enpleinair

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Reading on the banks of the Cam. Pastel (not recent, sold a long time ago). #art #pastel #books #Cambridge #rivercam

I posted this on Threads in a reply but that site is a dead zone for me (was it something I said?) Anyway here's a screen shot because characters are limited here: AI can't create art...

Another of my watercolour drawings of Winchester from 1997 (still in my possession). I sat by some railings with my back to the cathedral and completed this on the spot even though light rain came on (I had an umbrella). #art #Winchester #enpleinair #watercolour

Here's another watercolour from a sketching visit back to Winchester where I spent a year at the art school in the '60s. I had a particularly productive stay in the late '90s and this is favourite from then. It was bought by a friend and I'm sure she's looking after it. #art #watercolour #Winchester

Quite a large oil on canvas showing the view across the river Cam from the Jesus Green side. I think this big tree is completely gone now. I might still have this one in the attic with other old paintings but put off sorting them out. The image is scanned from a photo. #art #oilpainting #cambridge

A couple of mixed flower watercolours from five years ago. I rather like them because they haven't been over-finished: just studies without any thought of exhibiting them. There's a lot of these in sketch pads and folders from over the years. #art #watercolour #botanical

To keep with the music theme here's a pastel showing my fiddle lying on the bed with a very sweet little cat that shared our lives for a long time before passing away quietly at home from old age. Her name was Kitty. This one was sold but I have others of her. #art #pastel #violin #fiddle #cat

Fiddle players in the pub, mixed media on lightly primed card #art #pubmusic #fiddles #violins #Irishmusic #guinness

This is a watercolour from a sketching visit in 2021 to Burwash Manor, Barton (near Cambridge). A lovely picturesque venue with lots of independent shops to explore www.burwashmanor.com #art #watercolour

I painted this watercolour in an orchard in Comberton in 1977 plus a drawing of the same bow top caravan. I now regret selling it but someone (since deceased) wanted it and I don't know who has it now. The caravan itself was later stolen (see alt text for info) #art #pleinair #watercolour

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Sketched in a riverside garden in Hemingford Abbots, Cambs, a collection of garden objects with a creative display of plants (see alt text for more description). Watercolour and Indian ink done on the spot with no later reworking. #art #watercolour #Cambridgeshire #pleinair

I've been browsing through my Flickr store of images for more old flower paintings and here's a last one for today (daffodils, hellebore, anemone) from 1990 (or is it 1980 - can't make out the date). Sold some while ago. #art #watercolour #botanical

Another more recent one (need to take a better photo of the original) #art #botanical #watercolour

One of many past watercolour compositions featuring flowers and plants from my garden. There will be new paintings when things start growing. I don't know what happened to the Chinese Lanterns (Physalis). They don't seem to come up now (must try again). #art #watercolour #flowerpainting

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It's Christmas Eve and painting in the garden in the summer sunshine seems a long way off so here's a reminder. Happy Christmas everyone! #art #oilpainting #garden #sunshine

Mixed media drawing of musicians playing at a wedding reception at Anstey Hall, Trumpington, near Cambridge UK. The bride is shown in yellow but the dress was more white than yellow. I hope she didn't mind but the picture is on their wall so probably not. #Irishmusic #art #wedding #mixedmedia

A couple of my atmospheric views of Cambridge. The first shows Gonville and Caius and the second is a degree day at the Senate house. See Alt text for description of technique. These both found buyers. #art #mixedmedia #Cambridge

This watercolour drawing is of the Cam at Duxford, at Temple Farmhouse which is a site that dates back to the Knights Templar. I gave this one to the lady of the house as the property was being sold. I stil have some others done on different visits #art #watercolour #rivercam #knightstemplar

A woman writing on Eastbourne beach with the pier in the background. Some large-looking gulls are looking disappointed she hasn't got a bag of chips for them to steal. it was great to explore Eastbourne and bring a sketch home. #art #pleinair #watercolour #Eastbourne

Mixed media painting of dancers in front of the Cambridge Mill Road library at the winter fair (this picture sold at a Cambridge Drawing Society exhibition). #art #dance #mixedmedia #Cambridge

Busy Cambridge street scene during May Week, watercolour and Indian ink, original signed and dated 2007. #art #watercolour #Cambridge #streetscene

Two of my watercolour drawings of the Warrior, Portsmouth. These were both done (plus others) sitting on the shore near the dockyard entrance in the early '90s. The first one was sold and the second one is a rather dull photo of the original #art #watercolour #Portsmouth #Warrior #pleinair

I produced many paintings and drawings of Portsmouth and Southsea but I won't put loads of them on here all at once. Here's a watercolour that was done on a little beach at Sally Port, Old Portsmouth and you can see the masts of the Warrior in the distance #art #watercolour #Portsmouth

One of my film photos from art school days in 1960's Portsmouth. I haven't been back for a long time and it has changed massively. That's the long-gone Verrecchia cafe in the distance on the left - a favourite haunt for me and my arty friends at the time. #Portsmouth

Two portraits of G from the '70s #art #pastel #portrait #drawnfromlife

Here's a quite large pastel drawing done sitting on the river bank at Byron's Pool, Trumpington Cambridge. Byron is said to have swum here. Perhaps his anarchic spirit was at work. #art #lordbyron #pastel #byronspool

Photos of the studio at the end of the garden but these can give a false impression that it is moderately large. It isn't and I keep tripping over things and failing to keep it tidy. However I wouldn't want to be without it (the 2nd photo is before I painted the walls white) #art #studio #music

Ink and watercolour sketch of the Backwater, St Ives, Cambs. #art #StIvesCambs #theBackWater

The ice creams on Silver Street Bridge, Cambridge, watercolour and Indian ink. #art #icecream #Cambridge

Musicians playing Irish music in a Cambridge pub (mixed media) #art #guinness #fiddles #jigsandreels

Life-drawn portrait of Lorna, a frequent sitter in the '90s who lived nearby, pastel on Ingres paper. I still have this one hanging on the wall and others are in her possession. Unfortunately she is now too far away now to add to the collection. #art #pastel #drawfromlife #portrait

No-one is giving an indication that they want to be on camera acknowledging him or engaging with him. There is a long future stretching ahead when he won't be there. It might start tomorrow for all anyone knows.

Here's the quite large watercolour of Chichester cathedral from the grounds that I was looking for. This is from a visit in 1998 and painted on the spot (seems like yesterday to me). Stored in a portfolio. #art #watercolour #pleinair #ChichesterCathedral

This watercolour of a pond at Lolworth became even more impressionistic because I went away from my easel and the wind blew it face down into the water. A brave lady rescued it and it was propped up in the sunshine to dry. I started another one leaving this one as it was. #art #pleinair #ponds

Watercolour with Indian ink pen work showing a summer view of Newnham Mill Pond in Cambridge #art #punting #Cambridge #watercolour

Profile portrait in pastel of Lizzie, one of our best and most frequent models at the regular life drawing group I regularly attended. #art #lifedrawing #pastel

Watercolour painting in a woodland, with an interesting wooden footbridge over a stream. This is the second version: I gave the first version to the person who owned these grounds but she has since moved. I hope it's a nice reminder for her. #art #watercolour #woodland

All one needs is a quick look at Twitter to realise it is a toxic hellhole now. Therefore I have deactivated my account (hardly used since Musk). Bluesky is great and I've had so much response here just lately that I've overtaken the number of followers I had on X (thanks everyone!)

Sketchpad watercolour drawing made on a visit to Chichester. The structure is the ancient Chichester cross (more info in Alt Text) #Chichester #pleinair #watercolour

Not very seasonal but a mixed media Cambridge May Week scene which I think sold at an exhibition (I'm forever sorting out and tidying up all the hundreds of photos of paintings on usb hard drives) #art #mixedmedia