Liz Taylor (AHS)

Liz Taylor, 7 x 10 inches, watercolor, pencil and gouache, 2016.

A portrait of Liz Taylor from the TV series American Horror Story: Hotel, as played by Dennis O'Hare. It wasn't my favourite season of the show but Dennis was fabulous as Liz.

Bathtime

Bathtime, watercolor and pencil, 8 x 11 inches, 2016.

Painted for the EBSQ "Go Figure" show. 

Strider (Aragorn)

Strider, 21 x 27 cm, watercolor and pencil, 2015.

A painting of Strider or Aragorn as we later find out he is really called in The Lord Of The Rings novels. It was painted for the EBSQ "Inspired by Tolkien" show. I took inspiration from not only the book but also Tolkien's poem "Song Of Aragorn". My partner Mike posed for me :)

Frida De Los Muertos

Frida De Los Muertos, watercolor and watercolor pencil, 22 x 29 cm, 2015

Frida De Los Muertos, detail

I painted this for EBSQ's Day Of The Dead themed show. It''s a portrait of Frida Kahlo in Day Of The Dead make-up. It's based on her "Self Portrait with Monkeys" so she is surrrouned by spider monkeys with  decorated skull heads - her exposed heart is being caressed by the monkeys and the veins of the leaves are attached to the veins of her heart symbolising how nature fed her soul.

Prints are available from Etsy and Society 6.

Blue Iris

Blue Iris, watercolor and pencil, 8.5 x 11 inches, 2015

This year our garden was mostly given over to growing vegetables and fruit, and to our two chickens so they could clear the weeds! However, there were some flowers, among them these gorgeous blue irises, 

Mark's Male Art

Detail from Adam's Apple, watercolor, 2015.

If you're not aware already, and males in various states of undress are your sort of thing, I have another blog where I post my drawings and paintings of such subject matter - Mark's Male Art.

Nan

Nan, 8 x 11 inches, watercolour, 2015.

A portrait of Jamie Brewer as Nan in American Horror Story:Coven.

Walking Dead character portraits

Carol, 8 x 11 inches, watercolor, 2014

Daryl, 8 x 11 inches, watercolor, 2015

Michonne, 8 x 11 inches, watercolor, 2014

Rick, 8 x 11 inches, watercolor, 2014.

A series of watercolor portraits I painted of characters from the Walking Dead TV series. Prints available from my Etsy store.

Toyah: Snow Covers The Kiss

Watercolour, 2014.

So I'm a big Toyah fan and have been for nearly 35 years. I've painted her several times over the last few years. Back in 1985 she released a song called "Snow Covers The Kiss". It was relegated to a B-side of the single "Don't Fall In Love (I Said)" but for me it was equally as good. So this image came about from imagining if "Snow" had been the single and needed a cover image. Toyah's look at the time was much more glamorous and sophisticated than previously, so I've tried to keep that theme.

Abba Tulips

Abba Tulips, watercolour, 11 x 8 inches, 2014.

I couldn't resist getting these tulip bulbs last year when I saw the name. They .looked gorgeous in the garden but just after they had opened we had a day of heavy rain and they took a bit of a battering. I cut them and put them in a vase and decided to memorialise them in paint.

Welcome....

Self Portrait, 2014, watercolour, 8 x 10 inches,

...to my new blog. I've been on a hiatus for a while. Let's just say I had to go away, take a break and find a reason to continue creating. Part of the resolution was ditching the digital and getting back to traditional media. So the first painting I did was this self portrait. It felt like coming home.