City & Town

Down Town is the painting I produced in my Painting Along with Anne Newman videos posted on Facebook at Anne-Newman-Artist. Its a fun painting featuring a village and the life that goes on with the residents.

The second painting in my series of Windows on a Time. The image is based on an old building near the Bendigo Art Gallery, Victoria, Australia. I have endeavoured to show an earlier life beyond the ruined building as seen through the windows and doorways.

The painting represents the first of my more sophisicated genre paintings of people engaged in their daily lives. Certainly one of my best paintings and very popular as a print. Originally it was exhibited as a pair with Night Developments. Available as a print.

The painting represents one of my first more sophisticated genre paintings of people engaged in their daily lives. The subjects here are the "night people". The painting incorporates my interest in bricks and texture in buildings. Available as a print.

Inspired by the rooftops of Paris I added the evening light for effect. It worked and I was very satisfied with the end result. I could have sold the painting several times so must produce some more in this style. Again my love of the texture on buildings is featured. Available as a print.

The subject matter came from my travels in Italy where the ancient walls offer a wonderful opportunity to recreate the textures on buildings that time has produced. Anything Italian is very popular with the art audience. Available as a print.

The product of a glorious day spent in the gardens at a painting workshop. All the different greens were a great challenge as was trying to get all the different shaped trees. Available as a print.

The idea for the painting came from my interest in Italian buildings and the wonderful play between light and texture. This painting has been very popular as a print. Available as a print.

A fun painting of Malvern done in the genre style which I enjoy so much. A commission work for a friend whose son was moving house across the street. Unfortunately I painted them moving into the wrong house!!

A cityscape genre painting belonging to the series on Docklands. One of a pair with “The Dekk” being its pair. Yes I do know how to spell “studio” but enjoyed the humour of “stud dio” arising from the dance scene in the window.

A cityscape genre painting belonging to the series on Docklands. One of a pair with “The Studdio” being its past. Yes, I can spell deck but enjoyed the pretentious idea of having a restaurant called the “Dekk”.

There is a wonderful beauty in the Italian buildings with the centuries of ageing on the stones. I love painting them and implying the stories the buildings could tell. Available as a print.

Inspired by a photo of some cats on a wall in an Italian village visited whilst travelling in Europe. It was one of my first attempts to render the rich texture found on European buildings and walls. Available as a print.

An experiment in perspective and rooftops. The composition was easy but the colours were a challenge.