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  Small Kindnesses I've been thinking about the way, when you walk down a crowded aisle, people pull in their legs to let you by. Or how...

 Is Social Media the New Apple? Nearly all of us use Social Media these days don't we? For most it is a great way to connect with friend...

  unicorn The gap between the unseen and the seen is so small. 

Zen and painting This painting which I titled " Last leaves, first Snow " Just happened. It is nothing like the idea I originally ...

Does anyone feel concern about the proposed massive creation of data centres? Apparently they are needed to fuel the enormous demand caused ...

  I have returned to this blog after a number of years. I don't know if anyone will read it, especially with the proliferation of social...

  Art is very subjective. Ask anyone what they like in a painting and some will say they like paintings which depict the subject as closely ...

In Norfolk where I live now the salt marshes blaze with purple in August. The Sea Lavender ( Limonium carolinianum ) transforms the marshe...

Mist clings like lovers parting words The old houses emerge weather worn Branches of trees reach this way, and that Forever entwined...

Silently stalking. Tai chi movements.  Meditating on fish. Acrylic on canvas.

I went to see a wonderful interpretation of Julius Caesar by the Bridge Theatre last night. Today I painted Plockton on the ...

Did I channel this? This painting turned out completely different to the preconceived idea I set out to paint. I was complaining in a prev...

The space between inspiration. When my elder brother was a young boy ( before he went to art collage and became an accomplished artist ) h...

Is Social Media the New Apple? Nearly all of us use Social Media these days don't we? For most it is a great way to connect with frien...

This is a reworking of a painting I did a couple of years ago while staying at my brothers house in France. Is it better than the original...

I Just got back from an amazing couple of weeks in " The Lake District "  This painting is actually of Scotland ...

This is my painting of a horse being ridden through bonfires at Las Luminarias festival in San Bartolome de Pinares, Spain. In honour of S...

BURGERS AT THE BEACH in Happisburgh Norfolk sells the most mouth watering burgers I have ever tasted. Choice of three, steak, crab or vegg...

 What is this amazing insect? Any ideas anyone? I was sitting peacefully fishing when I felt something on my bare leg. It didn...

This is Jo's dog. She is called Socks because all four feet are white. However she has had an operation on her front paws and now has ...

Simon and I didn't really deserve to be put in The Stocks but our walking group thought we should be!These well preserved stocks are i...

The English Lake District is one of my most favourite places on this planet. This was a wonderful day out during my recent visit to my goo...

If you've ever laughed at Wallace and Gromit or The Last of the Summer Wine then you, like me, will be sad to hear of the death of Pet...

I delight in the contrast between light and shade. Early or late in the day the shadows thrown by the sun are always interesting. In thi...

My controversial painting ' Sitting on the Fence ' sold today. Why was it controversial? Because I made ( perhaps naiv...

This second Autumn Painting is broadly the same subject as the previous post but painted in a looser and less detailed way. Some people li...

In these contentious times I can't help wondering if political and religious differences are poisoning our humanity. These differences...

I was in Osmotherley North Yorkshire over the New Year and finished this painting. Staying just outside the village in a farm holiday cott...

 On my recent holiday in Portugal I spent one of the weeks with a splendid group of people. We walked mostly on the coast, and what a tr...

This is my friend Bryan captured painting one of his unique Tee Shirts and walking some of his dogs. Bryan is an artist and also a part ...

What is it about Posties? They are always cheerful as they buzz from door to door. Always ready with a smile and joke. Is it that they are...

Usually when someone says " I'm feeling blue " it means they are feeling down, depressed even. What is the origin of this ...

Sometimes when we look at flowers we see more than the flowers. There is a power, a life force, a certain manifestation of energy. You can...

Dust off those dampened dreams I've brought you Cornflowers Extending blue Beyond our tide. Fragment from a poem by Eileen Carney...

It's hot today and my master doesn't seem to want to leave this shady spot! This tranquil scene photographed at the end of Rockl...

 Over 50 years ago as a young boy with my friend Billy Mayhew we used to cycle the eight miles from Norwich to Rockland Broad. We used to ...

One day I left this place It seemed right then Beyond was calling Now I talk to the mountain Listen to the Curlews Beyond was here n...

This is the second of my small canvases for an upcoming exhibition. 20cm x 20cm Acrylic ink. Poppies capture summer, blue skies and hea...

Before he was famous Leonard Cohen met Marianne Ihlen on the Greek island of Hydra. She was the inspiration of songs such as So Long Maria...

The Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra ( Heart of Perfect Understanding ) is one of, if not the most important, Buddhist Sutra. If you are fed up w...

I often walk along the beach here in Norfolk, walking from Cart Gap to Happisburgh and then returning via the cliff top. This grow...