The Royal Society of Portrait Painters
Annual Exhibition 2026
Great to be included in another annual exhibition. It has been about two decades now that I have been lucky to have had some involvement with this society. Every year the show takes on a great job of displaying a real range of approaches to portraiture.
The ROSA Botanical Art Fair
West Dean College
(near Chichester)
1-4 May 2026
Thanks to 155a Gallery for including my florals in this exhibition!
Anomie Collections 1 2022
This catalogue - link to amazon page by clicking on image - contains a series of still life paintings that I made as a commission in 2022. Other contemporary painters featured too. Thanks to Matt Price and Anneka French.
My book on painting - published by The Crowood Press in 2016
The advice to look more than paint is vital if it is the last sitting, and can be useful at other times too. When you know that there will be no more chances of painting this person from life, the difficulty becomes that of really seeing the subject as a whole…
This short extract is from page 116, in a chapter about the fifth day painting a portrait (Chapter 9). Clicking on the image will take you to The Crowood Press website page, from where it should be possible to order a copy of the book. It is also available outside the UK through Amazon - click to see.