I was awake at 3am and there was a very bright full moon shining in through the gap in the curtains. It was in the same position as in my winter painting of last year. Moon Over The Garden, St Margarets: watercolour and pencil

That cold walk to and from school in winter. I walked past these council houses (since demolished) every day for four long years in the late 1950s. Winter Morning, Ingram Crescent Hove (a memory): watercolour and pencil

A Memory Of Verennes, Summer: acrylic on canvas.

This is the old crab apple tree which shades my garden studio. I have often painted it. Here it is in midsummer back in the day during lockdown. The Tree In Summer, St Margarets: watercolour and pencil

Morning Shadows, The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on linen

Wake Up Another beautiful painting from Ian x

Bright Morning, Isleworth: watercolour and pencil. From The Light In Suburbia published 2022

The moment on a hot Summer afternoon when the sky darkens and you know it will rain (oh blessed relief) Before The Storm,The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on canvas

You have to imagine the distant sound of Del Shannon singing Runaway echoing over the water. The Ghost Of The West Pier, Brighton: watercolour and pencil

So apparently there is a thing called #FlowersonFriday seems churlish not to take part: Freesia Contre Jour: acrylic on linen

Cold Afternoon, Welbeck Avenue Hove: watercolour and pencil

the Garden St Margarets Early Morning, Summer: acrylic on linen

Approaching Storm Sky, St Margarets: acrylic on linen

After The Storm, The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on linen

House On Reynolds Road Hove: watercolour and pencil

Closed Ice Cream Kiosk, Hove Seafront: watercolour and pencil

Dressing Mirror Morning Light, And Louise Brooks: acrylic on canvas

Late Afternoon Light Autumn, Chiswick House Gardens: acrylic on canvas

Interior Brighton, Summer Afternoon: acrylic on linen

Sunlight On The Kitchen Dresser: watercolour and pencil

Summer Twilight, Dinard Brittany: acrylic on linen

From The Bedroom Window, Summer Afternoon: acrylic on linen

Carnations In A Blue And White Vase: watercolour and pencil

From the set of paintings of childhood places. This is my late sister's bungalow, small and slightly bleak. She lived there for many years with a difficult husband. In my adolescence I went there for baths as she had a bathroom and we didn't. Bungalow At Twilight, Hangleton: watercolour and pencil

Another from the set of paintings of childhood places. This is an old shop destined for demolition near my old school in Hove. When it was knocked down it briefly became a playground, plenty of things left to break. Abandoned Shop, Portslade: watercolour and pencil

Chalet Bungalow Seaford: watercolour and pencil

The Bedroom St Margarets, Summer Morning: acrylic on canvas

One of a set of paintings of my childhood places carried out under the title of Recollected Sunlight. Waterloo Street Brighton,July Morning: watercolour and pencil

Afternoon Light,The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on canvas

Roses In A White Jug: acrylic on linen

Between The Hedges,Summer: watercolour and pencil

Summer Afternoon In Suburbia: acrylic on linen

Summer Twilight, Isleworth: watercolour and pencil

The Tree On Rocks, Litton Cheney West Dorset Summer: acrylic on linen

Summer Rain Isleworth: acrylic on canvas.

Roses In A Beer Glass: acrylic on linen

Summer Light In The Garden St Margarets: watercolour and pencil

Another episode in my efforts to cool the nation one picture at a time. Settling Snow, The Garden St Margarets: ink and watercolour on vintage paper.

Early Snowfall Isleworth: acrylic on linen (cooling the nation one picture at a time) 😀

Snowfall Back Of The House St Margarets: acrylic on linen. A further episode in the online cooling service from Ian Archie Beck.

During this heatwave here in the UK, I feel empowered to offer a cooling service via my art. Profound Silence, From Fetes Galantes: watercolour and pencil

I am always delighted by, and have often tried to record the light hitting my kitchen window and vintage curtain in the early morning. Here is one of many attempts. Morning Light In The Kitchen, St Margarets: acrylic on linen

Nocturne, Night Lights In Suburbia: acrylic on canvas

Table Flowers At The Seaside Boarding House Dorset: acrylic on canvas

Crossing from my garden studio to the house on a cold winter evening I am often struck by the veiled beauty of the moon and have painted it several times, this possibly the best one? Winter Moon. Nocturne The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on linen

I understand it is #RoseWednesday. Garden Roses In A Glass: watercolour and pencil (2023)

Evening Light,The Garden St Margarets: acrylic on canvas

Patrick's Camellia: acrylic on linen

Morning Light In The Kitchen: watercolour and pencil

Freesia In A Glass: watercolour and pencil