Child Portrait - pencil drawing

I'm also doing child portraits in pencil. They look splendid but are very affordable.

Child Portrait - acrylic paint on card

I'm doing a lot of child portraits for clients at the moment. They make wonderful and inexpensive presents for Grandparents, Aunties and Uncles, and friends. This one includes Freddie, the school bear.

Fishing Girl - acrylic painting on card

I also working on portraiture and the human form at the moment, and I saw this picture on the internet or in a book somewhere and liked it, so changed the lighting and colour and composition slightly and came up with this. I was thinking about painting it in the style of the German Romantics such as Friedrich but I think this it lighter and more cheerful.

Xmas Cactus - acrylic painting on card

I know it's not Christmas but does it matter when the plant is so lovely?

Garden Memory (2) - acrylic painting on card

I tried to be more abstract with these 'memory' paintings and I love the result as much as the more detailed flower pictures. They seem to capture how I remember the colours of the garden.

Peonies - acrylic painting on card

Here's a small group of peonies, all vying to be the best!

Peony - acrylic painting on card

One of my favourite flowers. Such luscious pink hues. This is a single flower close up - what could be more simple yet more beautiful?

Garden Memory (1) - acrylic painting on card

Working in the garden in wonderful. You take away memories that stay with you the rest of the day.

Forget Me Not - acrylic painting on card

Daffodil painting - acrylic paint on card

I've been spending a lot of time in the garden recently. Some of it with my camera and my paints. And I've created a little series of flower paintings. Here's the first one of a daffodil - it's a very common flower really but so complex in form and exquisite to look at.