The Sea, The Sea a new anthology of writing about the coast of Norfolk and Suffolk from www.waterlandbooks.co.uk , includes work by Henry Skipper, seen here in a rare photograph

Finished this recently, it is going to Kings Lynn in May to Woolmarket House for a show curated by Contemporary & Country, also known as ‘the Pauls.’ I enjoy the gradient a lot.

Always making. If I’m not making I’m thinking about making. Yes, even when I’m talking to you. It’s all lined up neat and pretty on my website, should you want a trawl.

The Realm Between 45.5 x 61cm Oil on wood 2025

Been drawing mountains. Not the snow capped pinnacles we are often fed, but the soft green giants of the West Highlands, tear streaked with countless waterfalls.

The last few days of World of Water at the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Art, closes the end of Sunday 3 August. What a wonderful time I’ve had, thank you everyone involved.

I sometimes look at others work, and wonder at their use of bright or clean colour, wonder if I ought to try it, mix things up a bit. Then I bump into a Sickert, and my heart pounds.

It’s coming on. I’m enjoying the colour palette. Work in progress, oil on board.

Bone Soup II, oil on wood, 61 x 45.5cm 2025 I think I could go big working this way. Trouble is I’ve nowhere to put it if I do.

Sent this baby off to the framers today. After framing work for Sainsbury Centre in black, at the curator’s request, I’m a convert. Looking forward to seeing it completed. It is off to Scotland in a few weeks.

More of this, broke in a brand spanking new sketchbook with this drawing. I like it, am going to do more. Been reading Iris Murdoch again where the serpent represents the main character’s dark psyche, loose morals and delusion.

Sea Serpent drawing and the beginnings of a painting of the same thing. Both works in progress.

Deeply satisfying painting to make as the colour gods were on my side. Skeletons have obvious connotations, but in this case, they are, of course, me. Me so in love with the sea I never want to get out. Never Knew Love Oil on wood 51 x 61cm 2025

Haar, oil on canvas, 2023 The largest painting I have ever made Haar, measures 176 x 293cm, and will be shown at Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts March 15 - August 3 2025 in World of Water as part of this season’s exhibition Can the Seas Survive Us?

Aphrodite Reborn, oil on canvas, 2023 This painting is the second to be exhibited at Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts March 15 - August 3 2025 in World of Water, part of this season’s exhibition at the institution Can The Seas Survive Us? which explores our relationship with the North Sea.

Scroby Sands, oil on canvas diptych, 2024. Its debut will be at Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts from March 15 - August 3 2025 in The World of Water, as part of Can The Seas Survive Us? exhibition exploring our relationship with the North Sea.