Joe

7.5 x 10.5 inches, watercolour, gouache and coloured pencil, November 2007

Angel

8 x 11.5, watercolour and gouache, November 2007

Fun piece...I used to do a lot of this style of painting, even had an exhibition back in 2000 of male art work.

Saint Therese of Lisieux

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, November 2007


Therese was born in 1873 to religious parents, a watchmaker and lace maker. At the age of 15 she entered the Carmelite monastery at Lisieux and became a nun. She contracted tuberculosis and her health steadily declined until her death in 1897. She had written a spiritual memoir, "The Story of a Soul", in which she wrote of the "Little Way" - "The only way I can prove my love is by scattering flowers and these flowers are every little sacrifice, every glance and word, and the doing of the least actions for love." The book was published after her death and was a bestseller. She was canonised in 1925. She is the patron saint of AIDS sufferers, florists and missions.

Elisabeth of Bavaria (Sissi)

8 x 10 inches, watercolour and gouache, November 2007


This was a commission piece - the client had a favourite painting of this lady that he wanted me to do a version of for him, so it's very close to the original painting. Elisabeth was born in 1837, she married Franz Joseph the Emperor of Austria in 1854. She gave him four children but the marriage was not happy. Elisabeth liked to travel and became famous for her beauty and fashion, as well as her diets end exercise regimes. She had a 20 inch waist and most likely suffered from anorexia. She died in 1898 after being stabbed in the heart by an anarchist.

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Eleanor Of Aquitaine

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, November 2007

Eleanor was born in 1122. She had an excellent education in one of the most cultured courts in Europe (Aquitaine was a region of France). Aged 15 she was married to Louis VII and became the Queen of France as well as Duchess of Aquitaine. She and her husband led the second crusade though it ended in disaster, for which she was blamed. She and Louis had their marriage annulled in 1152 (they had had two daughters). Six weeks later she married Henry of Anjou (Henry II of England), a man 11 years her junior and with whose father she had had an affair. She bore him eight children over the next thirteen years, including Richard the Lionheart and King John. Her marriage to Henry was tumultuous and he even had her imprisoned for 15 years as she was allegedly encouraging her sons to rise up against their father. Richard succeeded as ruler of England on his fathers death in 1189 and he released Eleanor and made her Regent of England while he went on the Third Crusade. She eventually outlived all her children but two, John and Leonora and died in 1204.

Saint Bernadette of Lourdes

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolour and gouache, November 2007


Born in 1844, Bernadette was the daughter of a miller. In 1858 she was collecting firewood when she had the first of 18 visions. A "lady" appeared to her and for the next five months continued to appear to her. Bernadette was told to ask the Lady to prove she was real and perform a miracle and the rose bush at her feet flowered although it was February. Bernadette was also told to dig into the rock to find a spring, the spring that is now said to have healing qualities. Bernadette disliked the publicity her vi sions attracted and, as she was rather sickly, she went to live with the Sisters of Charity and remained with them until her death in 1879 at the age of 35. In 1909 her body was exhumed and found to be preserved or "incorrupt", as sign of saintliness. She was exhumed again in 1919 and then again in 1926, when a cast of her face and hands were made from wax. The body was then placed in a glass reliquary and displayed in the Chapel of Saint Bernadette at the Motherhouse of the Sisters at Nevers. She was canonised in 1933.

Mary Tudor

8 x 10 inches, watercolour and gouache, November 2007

Portrait of Mary I based on an original portrait. This was a commission and the client wanted me to keep close to the original, especially facially.

Saint Sebastian

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolour and gold ink, November 2007

Sebastian was a Christian who had entered the army to secretly help victims of the persecution. He aided many, but was eventually denounced and was ordered to be executed. He was taken to a field and shot with arrows. Later that night a woman went to bury him and found him still alive. She looked after him but as soon as he was recovered he went and to where he knew the Emporer would pass - when he did he saluted him and shouted that the Christians were not enemies of the state, and that they prayed for him. He was grabbed and beaten to death, his body thrown in the sewer.

Young Leonardo

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolour, November 2007.


An ACEO watercolor painting of a young Leonardo Da Vinci. Commission

May Queen

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolour, November 2007

A blonde May Queen decked in blossoms, painted in a looser style.

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The Pirate

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, November 2007

Fun painting of a handsome pirate.

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Richard The Lionheart

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, November 2007

An ACEO portrait of the 12th Century King Richard the Lionheart. Richard was essentially French, though born in England and ruler for 10 years he spent only six months there while King. He fought in the Crusades and his nickname came from his military bravery. Though he did marry he appears to have had relationships with men also. He died in 1199. This is a commission piece.

Saint Stephen

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor and gouache, November 2007


St. Stephen is known as the first martyr. He was tried for blasphemy against Moses and God. He had preached the teaching of Jesus around Jerusalem. He was stoned to death by a mob led by Saul (later to become St. Paul).

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Elisabeth de Valois

ACEO, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, watercolor with gouache, October 2007

Elisabeth was the eldest of the daughters of Henry II of France and Catherine de Medici and grew up at Court with her sister Claude and the young Mary Stuart, later to become Mary, Queen of Scots. In 1559, when aged 14, she was married to Philip II of Spain. Philip had previously been married to Mary I of England. Elisabeth had originally been promised to Phillip's son, Don Carlos, but this changed as part of a Treaty to end war between Spain and France. Although her husband was 18 years older the marriage was successful - Elisabeth gave birth to two daughters, Isabella Clara Eugenia in 1564 and Catherine Michelle in 1567. In 1568 she died following complications.

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