Today was wet and windy. Leaves and hawthorn flowers blowing everywhere. Everything in disaray. JM I’ve spent a little time getting back into observational painting: just so that I don’t lose the knack! I’ve been doing some small water colour sketches around the village where […]
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October 2018 ***SOLD***
Probably one of the last times the view from Alton Barnes will be this clear before Autumn-proper settles in. 60 cm x 60 cm. acrylic on canvas.

Open Studio, July 2018
The Pewsey Vale is a very special place and it has played an important part in almost all of my life. My family has a deep connection to this place: every lane, copse, field and hill elicits a memory, a story, or an emotion. Maybe its […]

June 2018, 1 ***SOLD***
I’m looking forward to the Marlborough Open Studios season (July 2018) and I’ve been busy working on new pieces for the show, including this piece: June 2018, 1. 100 x 100 cm acrylic on canvas. ***SOLD***

Alton Barnes, 2018 *SOLD*
I can’t seem to stay away. Especially at this time of year when the world around me is buzzing with colour and vibrant energy. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 cm. To express and interest in this piece, please contact me.

Hawthorn in flower and a field of Rape, 2018 ***SOLD***
Spring has finally sprung. I’ve ventured back out to my favourite hill to paint from (Alton Barnes). Such stunning views over this part of Wiltshire. Acrylic on canvas, 50 x 50 cm. ***SOLD***

Spring 2018 #2 ***SOLD***
New works on canvas (50cm x 50cm). Acrylic and mixed media. From Alton Barnes hill (top of the burial mound) looking east towards Oare, Wiltshire. Second of two completed April 2018. ***SOLD***

Sketches on Paper, March 2018
Finally the sun is shining, after a long weekend of snow (again). I got out into the fields around my studio in Wiltshire and made some sketches in oil on paper. JM

Towards Oare, November 2017 – SOLD
Oil on canvas, 1 m x 1 m. SOLD To express an interest in this piece, please contact me.

Colours in the mist
I’m always surprised how much colour is around in nature, even on the dullest of days. These are a selection of images on paper from a walk in Wiltshire this morning. It was dank and a little wet, but there were plenty of amazing colours […]