Another illustration...

20 x 22 cm, watercolor, 2010.

Another illustration for the October Fiction Frenzy on Dark Valentine next month, "The Terrible Old Woman"

More illustration work..

12 x 17 cm, watercolor, 2010.

Another illustation for Dark Valentine's October Fiction Frenzy - the story is called "Paved With Good Intentions" and this guy is not what he seems....

Little Edie

8 x 9 inches, watercolor, 2010.

A portrait of Edie Bouvier Beale, better know as "Little Edie", who along with her mother, Edith Bouvier Beale (or "Big Edie") found a sort of fame though the documentary film "Grey Gardens".

New Illustrations

Two illustrations I painted this week for the Dark Valentine website's forthcoming "October Fiction Frenzy". The first is called "In The Red Room", the second "Animal Lover". Once the stories are up I will post a link to them!

Doctor Who: Rory Williams

4 x 6 inches, watercolor/gouache, 2010

A portrait of Rory Williams, a character from the Doctor Who series played by Arthur Darvill. Rory is introduced as the fiance of Amy Pond and later joins the Doctor and Amy as a companion in the TARDIS.

SOLD

Doctor Who: Rose Tyler

4 x 6 inches, watercolor/gouache, 2010.

A portrait of Billie Piper as Rose Tyler in the TV series Doctor Who. Billie played the Doctor's companion Rose for the 2005 and 2006 seasons, returning towards the end of the 2008 season to help the Doctor defeat Davros and the Daleks.

A Plate of Peppers

12 x 9 inches, watercolour, 2010.

A painting of a variety of the peppers I've grown this year. There are Poblana chili, , Red Cherry chili peppers, Cayenne chili peppers and sweet Ingrid bell peppers at the back.

The Virgin Queen Framed

I was sent this picture of my "Virgin Queen" painting framed by the lovely Jeannine Saba, Creative Director of Diplomat Magazine. Jeannine saw some of my older paintings of Kings and Queens while on holiday in France. Unbeknownst to me they were framed and on the walls of a holiday Chateau! Jeannine tracked me down with the aim of commissioning me to do something for the magazine and while she waits for the right brief for me to arrive she commissioned this portrait of Elizabeth I for herself. She just got the painting back from the framer's last week and sent me this picture - it's rare I get to see what happens to the work I do once it gets sent off so it's a pleasure to see her in the grand and beautiful frame! Thanks Jeannine!

Anne Boleyn Rose Portrait

11 x 14 inches, acrylic on canvas.

Commission.

My dear friend Lisby commissioned this portrait of Anne Boleyn from me. Several years ago she bought a canvas print of the original painting this is based on and it had faded away. So she asked me to paint her a replacement!

Pencil Portrait Sketches

Today, among other things, I've been sketching and planning for a future class on drawing and painting portraits/people for CraftEDU. This sketch of my dear friend Shirley will be used to demonstrate rules of facial proportion.

Rico on eBay!

My acrylic portrait of Rico is now listed on eBay here!

Jane Seymour on eBay!

I've just listed my portrait of Jane Seymour, the third wife of Henry VIII on eBay.

View the listing here!

Walnut Whip Waltz on eBay!

My painting Walnut Whip Waltz is now listed on eBay!

Dark Valentine: Dance Hall Drug Illustrations

These three images were painted to illustrate Allan Leverone's short story "Dance Hall Drug" in the autumn issue of Dark Valentine Magazine. Click here to download a PDF of the magazine and read the story!

Doctor Who on eBay!

I've listed my portraits of the new Doctor, Matt Smith, and his assistant Amy Pond played by Karen Gillan on eBay!

The Doctor: Matt Smith

Amy Pond: Karen Gillan

BOTH SOLD

Lady Jennifer

7 x 9 inches, watercolor and gold ink, 2010.

Commission.

The client asked to be painted in the style of one of my Tudor Queen portraits. The image is unusual because she is smiling, something they never did in official portraits.