Gold Eyed Cat

This was a Christmas Commission. It’s postcard sized, although it was delivered in person. This is a style that I really like right now – gold in a dark colour has a lot of impact. Black cats really do look

What I have on this week

This week’s schedule has been full up for some time. Monday: Oil painting – boat. Short tutorial session in the afternoon. Tuesday: Digitial painting/design, for poster. Creating digital assets from scratch. Evening: digital design for a Valentine’s present. Wednesday: Vector

Ely Cathedral

One of my commissions this year was a gift for a couple who live in Ely, and the Cathedral is the obvious choice. For those who don’t know, it’s an ancient gothic hulk that has been in danger of sinking

Portrait of A. – forming the features

I had a day to myself when everything else was drying, and I put the Portrait of A back onto the easel. I’d already done the hair and jacket, but not completed them – they were on the canvas to

All play and no work

It seems that everyone liked the things I made. Quotes like ‘awesome’ and ‘people have insisted I tell you how good it is’ came in over the Christmas period. January has a few things in, but I’ve been taking these

Gold Leaf Batman

Partly in preparation for a terrifyingly complex art work I have in mind, I made a gold leaf Batman. This was a gift, so it was not published until now, but I executed it a couple of months ago. I

Spotlight On: Sa’adiah Soul Arts

Spotlight on an artist I know in actual physical space, and have met! Sa’adiah Khan is very focused on what she can do with her art, and on helping people with it, far more than I can manage with fine