Award winning Artist!

I was surprised and delighted to win ‘The James Fletcher Watson Award’   for best use of watercolour in the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London  in March 2025. The award was presented  for my painting ‘Woodland...

International Watercolour Masters 2026

13-22 May 2026 Lilleshall Hall, TF10 9AT, UK “IWM was on a scale and quality which we have previously seen only in major cities overseas.” Tianya Zhou, China “It was fantastic to exhibit with so many of the world watercolour masters at Lilleshall Hall.” Alvaro...

How time flies!

I am amazed how quickly time flies by and I realise I have neglected my website journal. It’s  rainy here today and a perfect opportunity to catch up with recent events.  My new book ‘Poetic Woods’ was published in September last year and I am thrilled to say that it...

New book – ‘Poetic Woods: Experimental watercolour and collage’

 Published by Batsford on September 14th 2023 Available to order at :   https://amzn.to/41RaW6O Excerpt from back Jacket: ‘Through tangled copse and mysterious thicket, to glorious autumn leaves and dazzling summer glades, discover how to capture the secrets of the...

Our Magical Garden

Our Magical Garden Our garden is a nature reserve and is kept just this side of wildness.  I am still uncovering small stone walls and steps, peeling back years of ivy to make discoveries, even though we have lived here for over two years. The seasonal flowering of...