Sunday, February 18, 2007

Craigievar Castle



Craigievar Castle, Grampian, Scotland.

Quintessentially Scottish!

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Bolland House



This is a watercolour of the house in Morpeth, Northumberland of some friends of mine.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

House in Zarra, Ayora valley



This is a house in the village of Zarra, in the Ayora valley in Spain

Rory Gallagher



This is a old scraperboard done in the early seventies of the excellent blues guitarist Rory Gallagher, one-time lead guitarist of "Taste". It was inspired by a high contrast photo in a music paper, probably New Musical Express

Reichstag, Berlin



This is an ink and watercolour wash of the Reichstag, from a photograph I took while visiting in October 2006 with my family, celebrating my son's birthday.

The Blagdon Arms

This is a watercolour painting of The Blagdon Arms in Cramlington, Northumberland. It was done as a present for some friends who moved from Cramlington to the Ayora valley in Spain.


Woden Law, North Northumberland

Steve McQueen



A gouache painting of another screen icon, Steve McQueen. Sold.

Ian Anderson



This is an early scraper board that I did in about 1972/3 of Ian Anderson from the group Jethro Tull

Zum Nussbaum, Berlin

This is an ink and watercolour wash of "Zum Nussbaum" (The Nut Tree), one of the oldest pubs (Kneipe) in Berlin, in the Nikolaiviertel in what was part of Communist East Berlin. Tiny rooms with great traditional Berlin food. Taken from a photograph taken in October 2006

Marlene Dietrich

This is a painting of screen icon Marlene Dietrich done in gouache

Wednesday, February 14, 2007



Hills and Lake

Watercolour