The Big Art Show 2025

22 x 19 cm unframed (Framed 29 x 26 cm)

Oil and gesso on board.

My friends have found leafy lemons for me this Summer. They call out in their celebration of warmer climes. They are, heat, sun, happiness and joy! In my simple medieval pewter bowl in this contemplative space they feel emblematic.

61.5 w x 41.5 h cm (Framed size 75 w x 63 h cm)

Raw pigment, oil paint and encaustic wax on board in antique frame.

Still life composition or 'Opus'. The bowl is a pottery Roman bowl, simply and freely made, feels like its barely been touched by hand. But it still remains, illuminated by light, holding precious once-rare lemons. Its existence is incredible...how it is still with us after all the time past..I think of all the shifting sands and ebbing tides.

60 x 51 cm ( Framed 88 x 78 cm )

Oil, graphite and gesso on board in antique frame.

Study for "Sagrada Familia" capturing the energy of growth.

Oil, Indian ink and mixed media on antique Japanese parchment paper 79 x 79 cm

Cera meaning 'wax' in latin.

The wax surfaced medieval Spanish huge scale offering bowl tells a tale. It has been overpainted, stapled and re-waxed and glazed throughout its lifetime. Rumour has it that whenever there was an illness within the monastery, because the bowl was so revered and such an essential part of every day (being the main bowl on the communal table), it was thrown into the nearby river until washed clean by the currents - each time rescued and mended and brought back into the monastic space.

Cera is full of changing light, of history and energy.

76 w x 66 h cm (Framed size 96 w x 85 h cm)

Oil, raw pigment and encaustic wax on board in antique frame from The Palace of Versailles.

Oil, raw pigment and gesso on board. Unframed size 51 cm w x 39 cm h. Framed size 61 cm w x 48 cm h.