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Following ancient paths +SOLD+

Shadows across the Roman road in Eartham Wood

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 50cm x 68cm
Frame: 69cm x 87cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery , Petworth
One of a series of paintings as part of The Monarch's Way exhibition at Kevis House Gallery, July 12 - 30

Shining through +SOLD+

Walking in the beech woods near Cranham in the Cotswolds

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 44cm x 29cm
Frame: 53cm x 39cm

SOLD from Adrian Hill Fine Art Holt, Norfolk

326: Moonlit Chastleton oak (1020) +SOLD+

2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. There are 326 species that live solely on oak. This tree in Chastleton may have started growing around 1020

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

5ft x 4ft

SOLD

Pioneer +SOLD+

A pioneer tree trying to reforest Dartmoor

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

Artwork: 30cm x 46cm
Framed: 39cm x 53cm

SOLD from Adrian Hill Fine Art Holt, Norfolk

Ice at the top +SOLD+

Frozen puddles near the cross dykes in Charlton Forest

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 94cm
Frame: 90cm x 116cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery , Petworth
One of a series of paintings as part of The Monarch's Way exhibition at Kevis House Gallery, July 12 - 30

Top of the Downs +SOLD+

The climb towards Bignor Hill

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 24cm x 34cm
Frame: 30cm x 41cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery , Petworth
One of a series of paintings as part of The Monarch's Way exhibition at Kevis House Gallery, July 12 - 30

Straight above the spring +SOLD+

The woods near King Alfred's Tower where one of the five springs rise that become the River Stour. Silhouettes and names of species dependent on the river are painted and written into the painting

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 69cm x 94cm
Frame: 89cm x 116cm

SOLD from Adrian Hill Fine Art Holt, Norfolk

View to the farm +SOLD

Looking down towards Gumber Farm from the cambered, flinty Stane Street

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 24cm x 34cm
Frame: 30cm x 41cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery , Petworth
One of a series of paintings as part of The Monarch's Way exhibition at Kevis House Gallery, July 12 - 30

Shadows on Stane Street +SOLD+

Ash and hazel flank the flint built Stane Street

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 24cm x 34cm
Frame: 30cm x 41cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery , Petworth
One of a series of paintings as part of The Monarch's Way exhibition at Kevis House Gallery, July 12 - 30

Cycling Gold Hill +SOLD+

A recent commission for a lovely couple who live next to Gold Hill

SOLD

Beginnings +SOLD+

The start of the Stour. This amazing 500-year-old oak stands 750ft above sea level near St Peter's Pump, the monument that marks the beginning of the river's 61 mile journey from Stourhead to the sea. It's all downhill from here.

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm
Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD

Antarctica: precious and precarious +SOLD+

Flat calm seas as we passed the South Shetland Islands on my trip to Antarctica. The names of wildlife species I saw on the journey are written into the background of the watercolour along with sketches of gentoo penguins and a map of the Antarctic Peninsula

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on board framed in FSC wood

Image: 34cm x 24cm
Frame: 41cm x 30cm

Selected for the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours exhibition at The Mall Galleries from 30 March to 8 April
SOLD from Mall Galleries

Antarctica: solid but sliding +SOLD+

Katabatic winds whip up waves and push icebergs around as we sail past the Antarctic. The names of wildlife species I saw on the journey are written into the background of the watercolour along with sketches of cape petrels that followed our ship and a map of the Antarctic Peninsula. Sadly and shamefully the average temperatures at the Peninsula are 6C higher now than in 1950

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on board framed in FSC wood

Image: 34cm x 24cm
Frame: 41cm x 30cm

Selected for the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours exhibition at The Mall Galleries from 30 March to 8 April
SOLD from Mall Galleries

High path +SOLD+

There is evidence that people lived on Hambledon Hill 5,000 years ago, 1,000 years before Stonehenge was built. The worlwide human population in 3,000BC was around 7m. In 1964, when I was born, it was 3,250m, today there are 7,710m of us

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

30in x 41in / 77cm x 103cm
33in x 45in / 85cm x 115cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery

Muddy lane +SOLD+

This lane near home, leads steeply down to the stream and the mill. It is just past the point in the hedgerow where, each year, glowworms meet on warm summer evenings. In the hedges young oak trees are slowly stretching their limbs and filling out. There are 2,300 different species of bats to mammals, lichen to fungi dependent in some way on oak

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Dappled slope SOLD

Underlit ash and beech line a winding track as it leads deeper into the wood. Species dependent on the trees are written in the background of the watercolour

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on board framed in FSC wood

Image: 34cm x 24cm
Frame: 41cm x 30cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

See the painting in progress here:

Yew shade SOLD

A stand of dark yew giving cool shade from summer sun. Species dependent on the trees are written in the background of the watercolour

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on board framed in FSC wood

Image: 34cm x 24cm
Frame: 41cm x 30cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

See the painting in progress here:

Woodland path SOLD

Temperate rainforest like Horner Wood on Exmoor are very rare. Once, much of the country would have looked like this. The wood provides a diverse habitat for many species, like the Feathered thorn, depicted on the watercolour, which lives on oak trees that thrive here in this shaded valley

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from Adrian Hill Fine Art Holt, Norfolk

Watching SOLD

While I was yomping through @petworthnt looking for trees to paint I disturbed this deer standing in the shade. He kept an eye on me, as I did him: he had some impressive antlers on him

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth Sussex

View to Castlefreke

The view to Castlefreke in West Cork

Acrylic and mixed media on canvas
70 x 50cm
Not for sale

Eden Hall

Painting Eden Hall . A lovely recent 5ft x 3ft commission

Bright light +SOLD+

Among the trees on Hesworth Common. Species dependent on the trees are written in the background of the watercolour

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on board framed in FSC wood

Image: 34cm x 24cm
Frame: 41cm x 30cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth
One of a series of paintings in the Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness exhibition that opens Sept 8 - Nov 24

Two trees SOLD

There is evidence that people lived on Hambledon Hill 5,000 years ago, 1,000 years before Stonehenge was built. The worlwide human population in 3,000BC was around 7m. In 1964 it was 3,250m, today there are 7,710m of us

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from the Arts Stable

Upwaltham path SOLD

Following a track through the just-harvested fields near Upwaltham Church. Lovely big ash tree on the right providing shade. There are 1,058 species dependent on ash trees including the Angle barred pug in the bottom left.

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth, Sussex

Past the giant +SOLD+

Walking past the sweet chestnut at the top of the slope in Petworth Park before the path leads down to the valley and lakes. Species dependent on the trees are written in the background of the watercolour

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 94cm x 69cm
Frame: 116cm x 89cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery , Petworth
One of a series of paintings in the Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness exhibition that opens Sept 8 - Nov 24

Wooded track +SOLD+

Beech and yew lining a muddy track. Species dependent on the trees are written in the background of the watercolour

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on board framed in FSC wood

Image: 34cm x 24cm
Frame: 41cm x 30cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth
One of a series of paintings in the Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness exhibition that opens Sept 8 - Nov 24

Beech track +SOLD+

Beech trees lining a holloway near Bedham Church. Species dependent on the trees are written in the background of the watercolour

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 50cm x 68cm
Frame: 69cm x 87cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery , Petworth
One of a series of paintings in the Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness exhibition that opens Sept 8 - Nov 24

Autumn light +SOLD+

Among the beech trees on the hill in the centre of Petworth Park. Species dependent on the trees are written in the background of the watercolour

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 50cm x 68cm
Frame: 69cm x 87cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery , Petworth
One of a series of paintings in the Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness exhibition that opens Sept 8 - Nov 24

Silton oak (1018) SOLD

This incredible tree at Silton, Dorset could be 1,000 years old. It's trunk is 9.75m around and is also known as Wyndham's Oak. It is a boundary oak marking the border between the Selwood and Gillingham forests. During a revolt in 1685 it was also used as a hanging tree.

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper, unframed:

88cm x 73cm

SOLD

Ground Cloud II +SOLD+

Of the 2,300 species dependent in some way on oak trees, ranging from beetles to birds, lichens to mammals, 326 of them only live on oak trees. This is what makes every tree so important. Our once vast ancient woodlands now only cover 2% of the UK

Ink and watercolour on paper, framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm
Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from The Gallery Holt , Norfolk as part of Drawn to Nature exhibition, 3 June - 11 July

Summer at the millpond +SOLD+

Warm breeze amongst the reeds at Burton Millpond. Species dependent on the trees are written in the background of the watercolour

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 50cm x 68cm
Frame: 69cm x 87cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery , Petworth
One of a series of paintings in the Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness exhibition that opens Sept 8 - Nov 24

Summer cedar +SOLD+

A beautiful cedar tree near the north wall of Petworth Park. Species dependent on the trees are written in the background of the watercolour

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 50cm x 68cm
Frame: 69cm x 87cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth
One of a series of paintings in the Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness exhibition that opens Sept 8 - Nov 24

SOLD Summer mizzle

In the beech woods with low misty cloud

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

44cm x 29cm artwork 53cm x 39cm framed

SOLD from The Gallery, Lees Yard, Holt

Path through the trees +SOLD+

Walking in the shade of giant trees near Upperton Monument. Species dependent on the trees are written in the background of the watercolour

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on board framed in FSC wood

Image: 34cm x 24cm
Frame: 41cm x 30cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery , Petworth
One of a series of paintings in the Mists and Mellow Fruitfulness exhibition that opens Sept 8 - Nov 24

Sun worshipper SOLD

Part of the Into the Woods exhibition at the lovely Watts Gallery

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 67cm x 50cm
Frame: 87cm x 73cm
SOLD from Watts Gallery Surrey

Emerging SOLD

Long-listed for the Jackson's Painting Prize 2020

There is evidence that people lived on Hambledon Hill 5,000 years ago, 1,000 years before the Great pyramid at Giza was built. The worlwide human population in 3,000BC was around 7m. In 1964 it was 3,250m, today there are 7,710m of us

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from The Art Stable

Sun above the source +SOLD+

Winter sun though the trees of the woods that cloak the valley above Stourhead, the source of the River Stour

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on watercolour canvas ground

Artwork: 123 x 91cm
Framed: 127 x 95cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Winter water meadows +SOLD+

Selected for 2022 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London

An Ivy-clad willow on the water meadows. Names of species dependent in some way on the river are written into the painting as well as the silhouette of a kingfisher that sped across my view

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 24cm x 34cm
Framed: 31cm x 41cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Summer near the source +SOLD+

It's a strange feeling to be able to step over this spring which is one of the sources of the Stour at Gasper, just below Stourhead.

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 34cm x 24cm
Framed: 41cm x 31cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Winter willows +SOLD+

Selected for 2022 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London

Willows on the Stour. Names of species dependent in some way on the river are written into the painting as well as the silhouette of a kingfisher that sped across my view

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 24cm x 34cm
Framed: 31cm x 41cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Cloudbreak +SOLD+

A stretch of the Stour near Sturminster

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Rain at the Run +SOLD+

The Run at Hengistbury Head. The end of the River Stour's 61 mile journey to the sea from Stourhead

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm
Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Silton Oak (1018) Dawn SOLD

Unframed ink, watercolour and charcoal on watercolour paper

5ft x 4ft

SOLD from the Arts Stable

After the rain +SOLD+

Selected for 2022 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London

The Stour below Hod Hill after a day of rain. Names of species dependent in some way on the river are written into the painting as well as the footprint of an otter. I saw one on this stretch of the Stour recently

Ink and watercolour on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 34cm x 24cm
Framed: 41cm x 31cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Fiddleford footbridge +SOLD+

Just below the ancient mill at Fiddleford and the water turbine generator, looking towards the bridge that forms part of the North Dorset Trailway that runs from Sturminster Newton to Spetisbury

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 34cm x 24cm
Framed: 41cm x 31cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Sturkel bend +SOLD+

The River Sturkel, a small tributary of the River Stour, twists and turns through the valley a couple of fields down the the lane from us

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 20cm x 30cm
Framed: 29cm x 39cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Bed of reeds II +SOLD+

At Hengistbury Head looking across the reed bed to Christchurch Priory

Watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 34cm x 24cm
Framed: 41cm x 31cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Bed of reeds +SOLD+

At Hengistbury Head looking across the reed bed to Christchurch Priory

Watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 34cm x 24cm
Framed: 41cm x 31cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Winter sun at Sturminster +SOLD+

Where the River Stour divides to feed into Sturminster Mill

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm
Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Snow on the stream +SOLD+

Deep winter snow at the Sturkel River. One of the 48 tributaries of the Stour

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 34cm x 24cm
Framed: 41cm x 31cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Leaning into winter +SOLD+

Selected for 2022 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London

Near Bryanston. Names of species dependent in some way on the river are written into the painting as well as the footprint of an otter. I saw one on this stretch of the Stour recently

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 34cm x 24cm
Framed: 41cm x 31cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Meander +SOLD+

On the River Stour near Child Okeford. Trees drooping into the river with reeds and debris caught in their branches giving away the height of the floods

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

Artwork: 30cm x 19cm
Framed: 39cm x 28cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Above the source +SOLD+

Low winter sun through the trees of the woods that cloak the valley above Stourhead, the source of the River Stour

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on watercolour canvas ground

Artwork: 123 x 91cm
Framed: 127 x 95cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Kingfisher at Eye Bridge +SOLD+

The Stour at Eye Bridge near Wimborne Minster. There had been heavy rain the day before during Storm Eunice so the levels were high. Just before I set my easel up a kingfisher flashed past

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 34cm x 24cm
Framed: 41cm x 31cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset
One of 30 paintings in my solo exhibition Wend: the Stour from source to sea 11 June to 9 July. Private View Friday 17 June 6-8pm

Oil on the fire

Selected for the Society of Graphic Fine Art exhibition at The Mall Galleries , London from 17-21 May

COP26 has been, gone and been forgotten. The news cycle has moved on and the headlines it made have already become a sad and distant memory. To my mind, the oil companies, lobbyists and their friends have got away with it again. They gave us warm words about slow, long-term fossil-fuel reduction targets but we're still left with a heating planet.

If the oilmen in suits were physically setting fire to our forests there would be uproar and strenuous efforts made to stop them. But they are doing it more indirectly and subtly so that we hardly notice that it's happening. But it really is. Our woodlands are burning up and so are we. The shocking thing about the oil industry's actions is that it has known for years what the outcome of burning fossil fuels would be on the planet. Sadly, profits trump that knowledge.

These are the words written around the edges of the painting:
"BP intends investing £3bn in renewables by 2025. Over the same time period it will spend £53bn on fossil fuel exploration and production. Oil and gas contribute 19,000,000,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide to the planet each year. BP's revenue in 2019 was £208bn. It aims to increase oil and gas production by 20% over the next ten years, yet intends reaching net zero emissions by 2050. The world's oil companies invest 1% of their budgets in clean energy. They're knowingly burning us alive."

Sources: clientearth.org, The Guardian, ourworldindata.org

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 35cm x 25cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm

Morning in the lane +SOLD+

Selected for 2022 Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours exhibition at the Mall Galleries, London from 14 -23 April

This lane near home, leads down the steep hill to the stream and mill. It is just past the point in the hedgerow where, each year, glowworms meet on warm summer evenings. In the hedges young oak trees are slowly stretching their limbs and filling out. There are 2,300 different species of bats to mammals, lichen to fungi dependent in some way on oak

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm
Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from Mall Galleries

Recent commission NFS

A recent commission

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm
Frame: 87cm x 69cm

NFS

Hedgeline obscurity +SOLD+

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Oak in the water meadows +SOLD+

Chalk streams creating mist meander through the water meadows at Southrop in the Cotswolds. On an early morning walk, the sun burnt off the dampness revealing this lovely oak standing among the willows

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm,
Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from Adrian Hill Fine Art Holt, Norfolk

What I Have Seen (1318AD) +SOLD+

2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. This tree near Wardour Castle began growing around 1318. This tree has been sadly damaged. Read about it here

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 76cm x 121cm
Framed: 89cm x 134cm

SOLD

Hedgeline giant +SOLD+

At the back of a tangled hedge near Lord's Piece, near Petworth, stands this lovely 350-year-old oak tree

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

Artwork: 30cm x 46cm
Framed: 39cm x 53cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Upperton oak +SOLD+

A beautiful oak in the grounds near the north wall of Petworth Park

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth Sussex

Hilltop path +SOLD+

The beautiful stand of beech, pine and ash trees in Pine Walk up in the hilltop town of Shaftesbury

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on watercolour canvas ground

Artwork: 123 x 91cm

Framed: 127 x 95cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Highpoint +SOLD+

In Petworth Park among the ancient trees

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth, Sussex

Sunset in the back field +SOLD+

Sunset across the fields near home

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from Sea Pictures Gallery , Suffolk

Beech shade +SOLD+

Selected for Society of Graphic Fine Art Centenary exhibition at Mall Galleries, London 5 -10 July

Beech trees in the Cotswolds during the August 2020 heatwave

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 44cm x 29cm

Framed:53cm x 39cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Walk in the park +SOLD+

Beech trees near the wall at Fountains Abbey

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 44cm x 29cm Framed: 53cm x 39cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Selected for the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 209th Exhibition 2021 at Mall Galleries, London

Summer in the lane +SOLD+

Summer in the lane near Lord's Piece, Sussex. These young oaks will support 2,300 different species over their lifetime. From bats to beetles, lichen to fungi, they are all dependant on the trees in some way. Silhouettes and names of some of the species are hidden in the painting

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Image: 50cm x 68cm

Frame: 69cm x 87cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth, Sussex

Pond guardian +SOLD+

The ancient Sweet chestnut Petworth Park that stands near the Lower Pond

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth, Sussex

Upwaltham cornfields +SOLD+

This painting is from a lovely day spent around Petworth in the heatwave of August 2020. The Upwaltham church stands among cornfields on the South Downs

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

Artwork: 30cm x 19cm

Framed: 39cm x 28cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

SOLD High shelter, Petworth

These beech trees form a clump on top of Arbour Hill in Petworth Park. Only now are we seeing them at their best after being planned and panted by Capability Brown in the 1750s

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Icy puddles +SOLD+

From a skiddy walk up the lane to town on a beautiful frozen morning

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Selected for the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours 209th Exhibition 2021 at Mall Galleries, London

1058: Ashmore Woods No9 SOLD

Pre-selected for Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) exhibition at Mall Galleries

There are 1,058 UK species associated with ash trees, ranging from beetles to birds, lichens to mammals. All will be affected when we lose up to 90% of the UKs 70m ash trees from dieback disease. Research is ongoing into replanting these trees with ash bred with tolerance to the infection

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

Yew light SOLD

This yew wood on the southern slopes of Hambledon Hill is around 500-700 years old. Little grows under it as light struggles to penetrate the canopy

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm 15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from The Art Stable

Big oak in the lane +SOLD+

The lovely oak in the bank along Gascoignes Lane

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Ridgeline SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from the Arts Stable

Dock drift +SOLD+

Selected for exhibition at The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours exhibition at the Mall Galleries

The stalks of dock plants stand up to a windblown snow drift near Ashmore, the highest village in Dorset

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Val's oak +SOLD+

Coming down the hill with the big oak and ash on the left

Ink and watercolour on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 26cm x 15cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Melbury Beacon No6 +SOLD+

Watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 39cm x 28cm

SOLD From Sea Pictures Gallery

In the shade +SOLD+

Sheltering from the sun in French Mill Lane

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from Bruton Art Society

Barn Elms Copse +SOLD+

The Barn Elms Plane tree is the largest in London. Its trunk is 8.23m around and was planted in 1680. It is over 35m tall.

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Shaded oaks +SOLD+

Memories of a walk in the woods at Hesworth, Sussex. These young oaks will support up to 2,300 different species over their lifetime. From bats to beetles, lichen to fungi. The Heart moth in the painting is one of these dependent species

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth, Sussex

Hill mist +SOLD+

Selected for Society of Graphic Fine Art Centenary exhibition at Mall Galleries, London 5 -10 July

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

The path +SOLD+

This painting is from a lovely walk in the back of Ashmore Woods, Dorset

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

Artwork: 28cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Boundary sentinel +SOLD+

Oak trees spend 300 years growing, 300 years resting and 300 years gracefully declining. This younger, but declining tree has thankfully been left standing in the hedge line near Adlestrop in the Cotswolds

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

31cm x 20cm artwork 39cm x 28cm framed

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

West Melbury oak (1825) SOLD

2,200 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. This acorn was sown around 1825

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

88cm x 73cm

SOLD

The great wall +SOLD+

On French Mill Lane walking downhill under the shade of hazel and sycamore with the lovely old wall

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

What I Have Seen (1588AD) +SOLD+

This boundary tree near in Donhead, Wiltshire began growing around 1588. 2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 76cm x 121cm

Framed: 89 x 134cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Embankment winter +SOLD+

There are incredibly 8.4m trees in London. Every plane tree in the city is pruned, but I liked the interweaving branches of this one silhouetted against the low winter sun in the gardens next to the Victoria Embankment

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Gathered in +SOLD+

I do love a barn. This old one stands near Adlestrop in the Cotswolds

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

31cm x 20cm artwork 39cm x 28cm framed

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Twin oaks SOLD

These two magnificent oaks stand in Petworth Park. As they get older their lower branches are easing down to the ground forming their own walking sticks to lean on. There are 2,300 different species of birds to beetles, lichen to mammals dependent on oak trees. Some of the 2,300 are silhouetted and written into the background of the painting

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery , Petworth

I'm melting, melting. Oh what a world, what a world +SOLD+

Quickly melting snow on the lane

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm
Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset

Near the flooded ditch +SOLD+

Heading towards the mill, this part of the lane always has water on it. The ditch to the left can't take all the water flowing down the hill

Ink and watercolour on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 26cm x 15cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Long lane +SOLD+

Catching the winter sun along the long lane

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 44cm x 29cm
Framed: 53cm x 39cm

SOLD from The Art Stable Child Okeford, Dorset

The sycamore I planted +SOLD+

Opposite our house we're lucky enough to own a bit of land. We planted an orchard there nearly 20 years ago and now make rough cider from the apples. Along the hedge that lines the lane we've planted lots of trees including this leaning sycamore

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

In the holloway +SOLD+

On French Mill Lane walking downhill under the shade of hazel and sycamore.

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Past the potholes +SOLD+

Going downhill towards the mill just past the section of the lane has lots of potholes. They're great as they stop cars using the road

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Hidden ancient SOLD

Tucked away in the hedges next to Lord's Piece near Petworth, Sussex stand this lovely 350-year-old oak tree

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

Artwork: 30cm x 19cm

Framed: 39cm x 28cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Sentinels, Petworth SOLD

These beech trees form a clump on top of Arbour Hill in Petworth Park. Only now are we seeing them at their best after being planned and panted by Capability Brown in the 1750s

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

30in x 41in / 77cm x 103cm

33in x 45in / 85cm x 115cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Path to the top +SOLD+

Climbing to the high point at Hesworth, Sussex among the pine are beech trees. Silhouettes and names of some of the species dependent on these trees are hidden in the painting

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Image: 50cm x 68cm

Frame: 69cm x 87cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth, Sussex

Cotswold shade SOLD

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

44cm x 29cm artwork

53cm x 39cm framed

SOLD

Lockdown lane walks: Warming through the mist…SOLD

The sun just warming its way through the valley mist

Ink and watercolour on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 26cm x 15cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD

326: Gascoigne oak SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD from Bermondsey Project Space

Park nocturne SOLD

In relentless rain I spent a few hours in Petworth Park, Sussex one day. It was a terrible day for sketching and the skies were so dark it made me wonder what the parklands would look like at night. Here's the result

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

Artwork: 30cm x 19cm

Framed: 39cm x 28cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Lockdown lane walks: Near the gate SOLD

Along Gascoigne's Lane near the gate to the field that was cleared, grazed and is now empty

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 28cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD

Lockdown lane walks: Poor oak……SOLD

After standing ungrazed for over ten years the field on the left was recently rented out. The new farmer obviously loves kit and having a tidy up. The youngish (perhaps 80 years old) tangled oak in the foreground had a main limb hacked off as the new tenant wanted to be able to drive his digger beneath it. All the hedges and trees that had become lovely straggly wildlife havens could have been left or layed but were instead chainsawed back to a 'neat' box shape.

To allow stock to graze there, the whole area was cleared leaving a series of pyramids of hedge cuttings and tree branches that were eventually lit making massive bonfires that took days to burn down. The field and its funeral pyres of smouldering brush looked like the Dorset equivalent of rainforest clearance. After all this carnage and grubbing up of who-knows-what was establishing itself, the tenant has left this patch and moved to a field a little way down the valley. I know farming is tough and I'm sure he's doing his best while probably getting a small living from livestock, but this just isn’t right. I bet he'll be warming up his digger and chainsaw for another tidy up.

Ironically the hedgerows and trees he takes down all form part of the bucolic backdrop of the view from Gold Hill in nearby Shaftesbury, one of the most famous scenes in the country. Leaving aside all the environmental damage he's done, it amazes me that one man is allowed to change thousands of people's aspect with his out-of-date farming ideas.

Ink and watercolour on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 26cm x 15cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD

Loom SOLD

Selected for exhibition at The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours exhibition at the Mall Galleries

Ink and watercolour on paper, framed in FSC wood

Image: 70cm x 90cm

Frame: 90cm x 120m

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Lime shade SOLD

Memories of summer among the lovely stand of lime trees in parkland on the edge of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

31cm x 20cm artwork, 39cm x 28cm framed

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Winter lane SOLD

Oak trees silhouetted amongst the treeline on a Cotswold lane

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

44cm x 29cm artwork 53cm x 39cm framed

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Dover's Hill heatwave SOLD

Seeking the shade at the peak of summer at Dover's Hill on the edge of Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

31cm x 20cm artwork, 39cm x 28cm framed

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Backlight SOLD

Selected for the SGFA Draw20 exhibition at Mall Galleries

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash

Image: 29 x 20cm

Frame: 39 x 28cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

700 years in a field SOLD

2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. I measured this tree near Wardour Castle a couple of years ago and its trunk is 7 metres around. That means it is roughly 700 years old

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

Image: 29 x 20cm

Frame: 39 x 28cm

SOLD from Sea Pictures Gallery

Lord's Piece heatwave SOLD

On the heath of Lord's Piece, Sussex during the heatwave of August 2020

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

44cm x 29cm artwork, 53cm x 39cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Low cloud on the hill SOLD

Low cloud often smudges the hills around here in north Dorset.

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 28cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from The Art Stable , Child Okeford, Dorset

It's in the trees. It's coming SOLD

An old oak on a Cotswold lane

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

44cm x 29cm artwork53cm x 39cm framed

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Morning with the ancient SOLD

This oak in Chastelton is 1,000 years old. Up to 2,300 species of birds to bats, fungi to mammals are dependant in some way on oak trees

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm, frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Edge of the wood SOLD

Getting lost in the woods near Blockley in the Cotswolds

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

31cm x 20cm artwork, 39cm x 28cm framed

SOLD from John Davies Gallery Moreton-in-Marsh

Start of the hill SOLD

Through the ash wood at the bottom of the hill

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

Image: 29 x 20cm

Frame: 39 x 28cm

SOLD from Sea Pictures Gallery

SOLD Puddles to Hambledon

Cloudburst along the lane to Hambledon Hill

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

44cm x 29cm artwork, 53cm x 39cm framed

SOLD The Gallery, Lees Yard, Holt

SOLD Hesworth shade

This painting is from a lovely day spent on Hesworth Common, near Petworth Sussex in the heatwave of August 2020

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm 15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

The rise. Petworth SOLD

These ancient trees form part of a clump near the entrance in Petworth Park.

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

50cm x 69cm73cm x 88cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

SOLD Heat on Hesworth Common

This painting is from a lovely day spent on Hesworth Common in the heatwave of August 2020

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Petworth Arbour Hill SOLD

These beech trees form a clump on top of Arbour Hill in Petworth Park. Only now are we seeing them at their best after being planned and panted by Capability Brown in the 1750s

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Petworth hilltop winter sun SOLD

These beech trees form a clump on top of Arbour Hill in Petworth Park. Only now are we seeing them at their best after being planned and panted by Capability Brown in the 1750s

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

326: Daylesford oak (1620) SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Petworth still waters SOLD

The Lower Pond in Petworth Park designed by Capability Brown in the 1750s

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Low cloud on the hill SOLD

Low cloud often smudges the hills around here in north Dorset.

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 28cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from The Art Stable , Child Okeford, Dorset

Pine Walk No5 SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash

Artwork: 28cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from The Art Stable , Child Okeford, Dorset

Evening walk SOLD

This is the field behind my house. We get some great skyscapes and once in a while, somebody walking their dog

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 28cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD from The Art Stable , Child Okeford, Dorset

1058: Pine Walk No3 SOLD

Selected for exhibition at Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours competition at Mall Galleries

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash SOLD from The Mall Galleries

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

Ascent, Petworth SOLD

These beech trees form a clump on top of Arbour Hill in Petworth Park. Only now are we seeing them at their best after being planned and panted by Capability Brown in the 1750s

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

30in x 41in / 77cm x 103cm

33in x 45in / 85cm x 115cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Oak dawn SOLD

Visiting the split oak tree in the bottom field on a misty morning

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 28cm x 20cm

Framed: 39cm x 29cm

Sold from Adrian Hill Fine Art, Holt

Under the ancients SOLD

There is evidence that people lived on Hambledon Hill 5,000 years ago, 1,000 years before Stonehenge was built. The worldwide human population in 3,000BC was around 7m. In 1964 it was 3,250m, today there are 7,710m of us. This yew wood on the southern slopes of the hill is around 500-700 years old. Little grows under it as light struggles to penetrate the canopy

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from the Arts Stable

Petworth chimneys SOLD

A sketch of towering chimneys in Petworth, Sussex

Pencil, ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

326: Ground cloud SOLD

Ink and watercolour on paper, framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from The John Davies Gallery , Moreton-in-Marsh

SOLD The edge, Petworth

These beech trees form a clump on top of Arbour Hill in Petworth Park. Only now are we seeing them at their best after being planned and planted by Capability Brown in the 1750s

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

326: Gascoigne oak No2 SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery

Field fog SOLD

Fog in the fileds leading up to Hambledon Hill. There is evidence that people lived on the hill 5,000 years ago, 1,000 years before Stonehenge was built. The worlwide human population in 3,000BC was around 7m. In 1964 it was 3,250m, today there are 7,710m of us

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from the Arts Stable

Absorbing ash SOLD

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm 15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from the Arts Stable

The Issying wood SOLD

There is evidence that people lived on Hambledon Hill 5,000 years ago, 1,000 years before Stonehenge was built. This ash wood is gradually, naturally rewilding itself

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm 15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from the Arts Stable

Distant hill SOLD

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm 15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from the Arts Stable

Secret understory SOLD

This yew wood on the southern slopes of Hambledon Hill is around 500-700 years old. Little grows under it as light struggles to penetrate the canopy

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm 15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from the Arts Stable

Brume SOLD

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from the Arts Stable

Spreading shadows. Petworth SOLD

These ancient trees form part of a clump near the entrance in Petworth Park.

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm 15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Low sun. Petworth SOLD

The back garden of Petworth House

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm 15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

West Melbury oak (1903) SOLD

Pre-selected for Pastel Society exhibition at Mall Galleries

Oak trees are a haven for thousands of species from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens. This one started growing around 1903

Unframed

88cm x 73cm

SOLD

Rampart roaming SOLD

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from the Arts Stable

Off the hill II SOLD

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on prepared canvas, framed in FSC wood

48in x 36in /120cm x 90cm

SOLD from the Arts Stable

Gold Hill SOLD

The view of Hambledon Hill from Gold Hill Organic Farm

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm 15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from the Arts Stable

Pine Walk No4

The amazing beech trees in Pine Walk in Shaftesbury

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on board, framed in FSC wood

Artwork: 30cm x 20cm Framed: 39cm x 29cm

SOLD

Prints available £55

The climb SOLD

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm 15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from the Arts Stable

SOLD Standing tall

This stand of pine, beech and ash form part of Ashmore Woods in Dorset

Watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

39cm x 28cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery

326: Standing sisters SOLD

These two ancient trees form part of a line of oaks in Sezincote park in the Cotswolds

Watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

39cm x 28cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery

Hilltop mist SOLD

Ink and watercolour on paper, framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Petworth oak (1120) No6 SOLD

Up to 2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichen are dependent on oak. This amazing tree in the grounds of Petworth House started growing around 1120

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Among the giants, Petworth SOLD

These ancient trees form part of a clump on top of Arbour Hill in Petworth Park.

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Upperton monument, Petworth SOLD

Up to 2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichen are dependent on oak. This tree in the grounds of Petworth House is using its lower branches, that now touch the ground, to support itself

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Petworth twisted oak SOLD

Up to 2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichen are dependent on oak. I had already heard about the amazing trees in the grounds of Petworth House so was really excited to have the opportunity to paint them

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash, 11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

Petworth sisters SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash, 11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD from Kevis House Gallery Petworth

SOLD 326: Lifting mist

This tree has stood in Chastelton in the Cotswolds for 1,000 years.

Watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

39cm x 28cm

SOLD from John Davies Gallery

Pioneer SOLD

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper, framed in FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

15in x 9in / 39cm x 29cm framed

SOLD from the Arts Stable

1058: Melbury Beacon No8 SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

Sold from The Mall Galleries

West Melbury oak (1854)

Oak trees are a haven for thousands of species from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens. This one started growing around 1854

Unframed

88cm x 73cm

£450

Turning Path SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD from Kelly Ross Fine Art

Ten fifty eight: Bury Litton, Shaftesbury No2

Watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

£650

1058: Melbury Beacon summer SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Ashmore Woods No8 SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Ten fifty eight: Compton Abbas No3

'Highly Commended' at Ilminster Open

Ink on board, framed in FSC ash

34in x 26in / 86cm x 66cm

£495

326: Kingham Green SOLD

2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. This lovely tree is on Kingham Green

Watercolour on board, framed in waxed natural FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

1058: Orchid Meadow sheep drove SOLD

Selected and showing at RWA Bristol 167 Open Exhibition

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from RWA Bristol

326: Evenlode oak SOLD

This oak grows on the banks of the Evenlode river that passes through Daylesford farm. 2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees.

Watercolour on board, framed in waxed natural FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Daylesford sentry (1520) SOLD

2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. This tree in Daylesford began growing around 1520

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

30in x 48in, 76cm x 121cm

SOLD

1058: Pine Walk No8 SOLD

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

Sold from The Gallery , Holt

Petworth oak (1120) No4 SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash, Sold at Kevis House Gallery SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

326: Daylesford sentinel (1370) SOLD

2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. Of these, 326 species only live on oak . This tree in Daylesford began growing around 1370

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD

1058: Pine Walk No3 SOLD

Selected for exhibition at Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours competition at Mall Galleries

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash SOLD from The Mall Galleries

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

Daylesford oak (1520) SOLD

2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. This amazing tree is in the Dayelsford Estate

Watercolour on board, framed in waxed natural FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Bourton on the Water oak SOLD

2,300 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. This giant tree is 10m around

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD

1058: Pine walk No7 SOLD

SELECTED FOR EXHIBITING IN THE SUNDAY TIMES WATERCOLOUR COMPETITION

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD from Mall Galleries

Gascoigne sentinel SOLD

2,200 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. This tree is in the hedgerow of Gascoigne Lane, Shaftesbury

Watercolour on board, framed in waxed natural FSC ash SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

326: Blenheim oak (1450) SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Foxholes Wood No2 SOLD

Bluebells cover the forest floor of this wood near Kingham in spring. In summer the leaves of beech trees provide cool shade

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

1058: West Melbury. Winter No3 SOLD

Selected for exhibition at Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours competition at Mall Galleries

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash SOLD from The Mall Galleries

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

1058: Pine Walk No6 SOLD

Ink and watercolour on paper. Unframed SOLD

4ft x 5ft

Daylesford oak (1620) SOLD

2,200 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees.

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD

Donhead oak (1588) SOLD

This acorn found this fertile spot in Donhead, Wiltshire around 1588. 2,200 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees.

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood: SOLD

30in x 24in, 76cm x 62cm

1058: Ashmore snowfield SOLD

Ink, charcoal and watercolour on paper framed in FSC wood

Image: 68cm x 50cm

Frame: 87cm x 69cm

SOLD from The Gallery, Holt

Gascoigne Sentinel No2 SOLD

2,200 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. This tree is in the hedgerow of Gascoigne Lane, Shaftesbury

Ink, watercolour and charcoal on paper framed in FSC wood: SOLD

27in x 22in, 68cm x 57cm

1058: West Melbury. Winter No2 SOLD

Watercolour on board, framed in waxed natural FSC ash SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

Gascoigne sentinel No3 SOLD

2,200 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichens are dependent on oak trees. This tree is in the hedgerow of Gascoigne Lane, Shaftesbury

Watercolour on board, framed in waxed natural FSC ash SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

Ten fifty eight: West Melbury. Winter SOLD

Ink on board, framed in hand-stained FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Ten fifty eight: The Sturkel, Cann SOLD

Ink on board, framed in hand-stained FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

1058: West Melbury. Winter No5 SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

1058: Pine Walk No2 SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Petworth oak (1120) No2 SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash, SOLD from Kevis House Gallery

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

1058: Pine walk SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash, SOLD

11in x 8in / 39cm x 28cm

SOLD

Ten fifty eight: Duncliffe Wood No1 SOLD

Ink on board, framed in hand-stained FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Ten fifty eight: Shaftesbury. Winter SOLD

Ink on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Ten fifty eight: Park Walk No2 SOLD

Ink on board, framed in FSC ash, SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Ten fifty eight: Melbury Abbas

Unframed

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

£200

Ten fifty eight: Melbury Beacon. Winter SOLD

Selected for RWA Bristol Open 2018

Limited edition unframed prints available £55 plus postage

Ink on board, framed in FSC ash, SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

1058: Wardour Castle No2 SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

1058: Pine Walk autumn SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

1058: Wardour Castle SOLD

Watercolour on board, framed in waxed natural FSC ash SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

1058: Melbury Abbas No4 SOLD

Ink and watercolour on board, framed in waxed FSC ash SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

Petworth oak (1120) SOLD

Up to 2,200 species, from birds to beetles, fungi to lichen are dependent on oak. I had already heard about the amazing trees in the grounds of Petworth House so was really excited to have the opportunity to paint in the parkland. After a bit of hunting, I found the incredible 900 year old oak I had been looking for. After setting up my easel I spent a lovely day trying to capture on paper the strength of its 9m round trunk. This tree started growing around 1120

Watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash, SOLD from Kevis House Gallery

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Ten fifty eight: Melbury Beacon. Winter No3 SOLD

Watercolour on board, framed in waxed natural FSC ash SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Ten fifty eight: Ashmore Woods No7 SOLD

Selected for RWA Bristol Open 2018

Watercolour on paper, framed in FSC ash, SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Summer pond – SOLD

A beautiful pond in Dorset in the height of summer. Emperor Dragonfly swooping around while I painted. He got included in the piece

Watercolour on board

60cm x 45cm

SOLD

Flower garden – SOLD

British flowers in full bloom

Watercolour on board

50cm x 35 cm

SOLD

Ten fifty eight: Ashmore Woods SOLD

Plein air watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash. Selected for exhibition at Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours competition at Mall Galleries

Limited edition prints available £55 plus postage

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Ten fifty eight: Hod Hill SOLD

Watercolour on board, framed in waxed natural FSC ash, SOLD

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Ten fifty eight: Duncliffe Wood No2 SOLD

Limited edition unframed prints available £55 plus postage

Watercolour on board, framed in waxed natural FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

SOLD

Compton Abbas

Hidden track down to Compton Abbas with a Tawny Pinion moth

Artwork: 34 x 23 cm

SOLD

Prints available here £55 plus p&p

Ten fifty eight: Win Green to Tollard Royal SOLD

Plein air watercolour on board, framed in FSC ash

11in x 8in / 28cm x 20cm

10% of sale price donated to Springhead Trust

SOLD

On the rocks at Hengistbury Head

Nominated for the final round of judging in The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition

Multimedia on paper, framed £300

42cm x 40cm

Studland seahorse IV

The breeding site of Spiny seahorses in Studland Bay is still threatened by boats dropping their anchors and damaging the seagrass beds. The bay gained Marine Conservation Zone status in 2020

Watercolour on paper, framed in FSC ash

55cm x 73cm

SOLD

Lost and found IV SOLD

Selected for British Wildlife Open

Large Blue butterflies were wiped out in 1979, but have been reintroduced to Collard Hill in Somerset. The butterflies have an incredibly complicated life cycle that depends on red ants for their survival

Mixed media on paper, framed

44cm x 33cm

SOLD

See ice?

Polar bears depend on sea ice for survival, but that ice is melting. Over the last 35 years the North Pole has lost the equivalent area of ice to 17 UKs

Oil on canvas, unframed £900

2ft x 3ft /61cm x 91cm

Polar swim

Watercolour highlighting the most shocking facts of man's effect on polar bears. They depend on sea ice for survival, but that ice is melting. The North Pole has lost 1.3 million square miles of summer ice over the last 20 years, equivalent to the land mass of 13 UKs

Watercolour on Indian paper, framed £500

28in x 20in /70cm x 50cm

See the painting in progress here

Twist and turn

Selected for British Wildlife Open

Otters vanished from most of the UK in the 1970s due to toxic pesticides, hunting and habitat loss. By banning the chemicals and hunting they have returned to most counties. I was lucky enough to see six otters on a dawn visit to the River Stour in Blandford

Oil on canvas, framed £2,000

48in x 36in /120cm x 90cm

See the painting in progress here

Otter clawback

Selected for British Wildlife Open

Watercolour highlighting the most shocking facts of man's effect on otters. They vanished from most of the UK in the 1970s due to toxic pesticides, hunting and habitat loss. By banning the chemicals and hunting they have returned to most counties

Watercolour on Indian paper, framed £500

28in x 20in /70cm x 50cm

The elephant in the room SOLD

This is an infocanvas: a merging of a graphic and traditional painting. The canvas reveals, in great detail, the most shocking facts of man's effect on elephants. 93 elephants a day are being killed for their ivory which has reduced their numbers from 5m in the 1930s to 500,000 now

Oil on canvas

48in x 36in /120cm x 90cm

See the painting in progress here

SOLD

Vulnerable III

Watercolour highlighting the most shocking facts of man's effect on lions. In 1940 there were 450,000 lions, through our actions there are only 20,000 left

Watercolour on Indian paper, framed £500

28in x 20in /70cm x 50cm

10% of sale price donated to World Wildlife Fund

High stakes

This is an infocanvas: a merging of a graphic and traditional painting. The canvas reveals, in great detail, the most shocking facts of man's effect of overfishing Southern Bluefin Tuna. Only 9% of these critically endangered fish remain

Oil on canvas, framed £1,700

48in x 36in /120cm x 90cm

See the painting in progress here

10% of sale price donated to Blue Marine Foundation

Gold

Weight for weight rhino horn is now worth more than gold

Watercolour on paper, framed in FSC ash

55cm x 73cm

£495 from Contact page

Killing whales

This is an infocanvas: a merging of a graphic and traditional painting. The canvas reveals, in great detail, the most shocking facts of man's effect on captive orcas. In the wild, killer whales swim 100 miles per day. FIfty-seven are kept in tanks at theme parks. These tanks are so small that even if they swim in circles all day they can only manage four miles

10% of sale price donated to Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Oil on canvas, framed £1,700