The Last Gardenia
oil on canvas, 20″ x 24″
Peaches In Syrup
oil on Arches Huile paper, 16″ x 16″, framed under glass
Fire King
oil on primed birch panel, 20″ x 20″
Amazon Delivered
18″ x 20″ charcoal and spray fixative on rag paper
Reflected Yellow
oil on canvas, 16″ x 16″ x 1.5″ For every year that I’ve been showing my work on the London Artists’ Studio Tour, my wife Daphne has baked her lemon bread. It follows that there are always lots of bright yellow lemons around the house as subject matter. It’s hard to resist the colour – […]
Model #2
charcoal on rag paper, 29″ x 22.5″ Another in the series of drawings of objects from the Museum London archives. The myriad scratches and marks are a subtle record of this meat grinder’s use. At one time, every household had one of these objects as an essential tool in the preparation of food. It would […]
Summer Porch (for Megan)
oil on canvas, 40″ x 30″ This work is part of my long farewell to a family cottage. The cottage was in my sister’s name and, after she died, it was sold as part of her estate. My sister Megan spent many an hour with a glass of wine in conversation with friends or simply […]
Kettle
charcoal on rag paper, 22″ x 29″ Another close examination of a simple household object to see what stories its bumps and scratches hold.
Espresso Reflection
oil on canvas, 24″ x 20″
McCLARY ENAMELWARE
Charcoal on rag paper, 19″ x 17″ (image size) This is another in a series of drawings from historical objects in the archives of Museum London. There is a story to be told by the marks of use on the cup.