I'm an artist based in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, painting the Welsh coast and the towns of South Wales in oil, oil pastel, gouache, acrylic and graphite.
My work keeps returning to the same familiar places: the changing light of the Bristol Channel, local streets, small gardens, wet pavements, and the views people walk straight past every day.
Featured works
Welsh Reverie. Right panel of the Necessity or Desire diptych
Reflecting on tomorrow
Penarth Pier at Night
Festive Spirit
Studio window at night
Monochromatic Morning: Brews & Oils
Still life with white tulips
Where will we end up tomorrow?
Penarth Pier sketch
Summer
Alexandra Park Trees
Alexandra Park Tree
Birdcherry
Fforest Fawr
From the blog
In Sisley's Footsteps: an Impressionist Summer in Penarth
In 1897 Alfred Sisley spent a summer in Penarth, painting the cliffs, the Bristol Channel and the ships in the Roads — the only Welsh paintings by a leading Impressionist. Where he lived, what he wrote in his letters, his Cardiff wedding, and how to walk his views today.
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Penarth Clifftop Walk to Lavernock
A Penarth to Lavernock walk along the Wales Coast Path: the Penarth Clifftop Walk, sea views towards Flat Holm and Steep Holm, Jurassic cliffs and a Welsh dinosaur, Lavernock Battery, a tiny church, and the spot where Marconi's first radio message crossed open water in 1897.
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Cosmeston Lakes and the Medieval Village: a Walk with 900 Years in It
A walk around Cosmeston Lakes Country Park near Penarth, through reeds, woodland and a reconstructed medieval village, with a detour into what archaeologists learned from thousands of broken pots.
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