Bridge at Burgui

In late afternoon the Goat Man brings his flock down from the hills to Burgui to drink at the river. Nearby meadows host clouds of butterflies. In the morning, great flocks of vultures swoop down into the plains.

When I started painting I was advised that shadows should be cool colours. But mine use warm colours (oranges) and the sunlight is in cooler shades.

Frost at Midnight

Plas Brondanw, in Snowdonia, was the childhood home of Clough Williams-Ellis. He went on to design and built Portmerion.

The grand house stands on the slope of a hill, its

garden full of topiary that is sillhouetted against the cold moon. The frost turns the grass to a frozen blue.

Lost Village - 2

In the small area of la Taha in Southern Spain, the old white villages cling to the mountainsides like mushrooms. Many of the houses stand where the Moors built them, centuries ago.

Depopulation has left the small terraces fallow for the goats to roam freely.

Skeins of Winter

One of a series of Prague in the Winter snow.

A skein of migrating swans flies up-river in the darkening sky, skimming over the icy waters and many bridges that cross the river Vitava.

Vincent's Grief

Sunflowers are such iconic beauties, always reminding me of Van Gogh's paintings. Seeing the film "Loving Vincent" left me feeling so sad at his misfortunes.

I was prompted to paint my own sunflowers, tears of grief falling from their petals. The sad woman's head was taken from his picture, "Memory of the Garden at Etten".

Wedding Flowers with Lemons

Weddings are such festive and happy times: flowers and bubbly filling the day.

Some fruit are not so sweet.