Mixed media artwork

I suppose I have to call myself an artists but I have never been to art collage or had any kind of formal art training in any form, everything I have learnt I Have worked out for myself over the years. It’s been over 54 years since I first started to painted with oils and now I have started to work with Mixed Media to combine art forms that I am passionate about and to produce a form of art that reflects the fact that I have spent most of my life on the water and around the beach. My inspiration comes from nature, mostly from the ocean and the beach or when walking across the headlands and fields, I see designs and patterns everywhere in nature. Listen with care when out walking because sounds have patterns within them, even the wind and rain can be incredibly creative, if you train yourself you can learn to translate these elements to a point of almost understanding them. 
I have always loved the ocean and seeing the pleasure that people get from just being by the sea, the beach brings people together it’s a place of fun and games a place were anyone can experience all the raw elements of wind rain and of course wonderful sunshine.

Mixed Media on paper - From the other side they came

How I work

I tend to work in the first instance with a sketch pad and water colour to capture the moment in time – the colour – light – texture and the feel of the moment and then I use this to recreate in oil paint on canvas or in my more recent work mixed media including paper, wood, stone, glass and many more materials that I can use to get the effects I want.