Pierre Boncompain is recognised as a modern French master, through his painting he presents the pleasures of life in Provence with a Mediterranean vividness…

Matisse 'Joy of Life' and Helen Frankenfahler 'Celebration Bouquet', it is the sentiment and emotion behind these paintings, a joyful energy which stayed with …

Some inspiration from the masters influencing a new series of works...

Joan Mitchell's paintings are easily recognisable, they are known for being  large gestural paintings with compositional rhythms. Inspired by landscape, nature, and poetry, her intent was not to create a recognisable image, but to convey…

Last weeks of summer, observing, painting and being present next to the river in the South of France ….

Whilst creating my latest series I started to wonder why I am drawn to creating these paintings. My art is primarily a way to express my emotions, the vehicle I use for this is colour, and the other constant thread is that I keep reinterpreting nature…

Each painting becomes a journey, as I work intuitively I never know where its going to end up, once finished I look back and see all the different layers, marks and colours interact and sometimes I think,'I did'nt do that' ….

This painting 'Goldfish' 1912 by Matisse has been inspiring my new series. The colours, brush strokes and the focus of looking at a small moment; the fish swimming.  Matisse is inviting us to stop and be present to this moment, to enjoy the ….