Here's the view from Morrone down onto Braemar. Tucked in the village there is the brilliant Fife Arms . Well worth a stay just to live among works by Lucian Freud, Brueghel and the odd Picasso……Walking this hill was a lovely bleak, windy climb. We thought we'd bagged a munro, but no. Even though it felt like a mountain to us, it doesn't make the rankings

If you get the chance have a look at the King's Arms in Dorchester. A beautifully restored hotel that Thomas Hardy ate and wrote in. The Rolling Stones stayed there too. Probably not the same weekend

I hope you're enjoying this website experience. Massive thanks to the amazing team at Glide Publishing Platform who built this site. Not only are they brilliant at their jobs, they are lovely people too. They glided through every pointless tweak and rethink I had without even a ripple. Hopefully you'll agree, on the surface it's very smooth, but underneath I know there's a hell of a lot going on.

Got a little giddy at seeing my two paintings on show at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour exhibition at the Mall Galleries. Um, can you spot which are mine?……

Many thanks to Thisisalfred.com for the interview here about painting in lockdown. Keri Jones is doing an incredible job creating a half hour podcast each day for all the latest news in our area.

Have a walk in the woods…The Arborealist's Being with Trees exhibition at Bermondsey Project Space can be seen here

A little glimpse of my new studio. Built just in time……

Proud that these two were selected for the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour exhibiton at Mall Galleries. All the work can be seen here

Looking forward to exhibiting at Bermondsey Project Space with The Arborealists from 24 March

Lucy, Richard and I apeing Mrs and Mrs Clark and Percy at the lovely opening of their Root & Branch exhibition at Kevis House Gallery