Some personal news, as they say: I've been awarded an honorary doctorate of literature from the University of London. Genuinely v chuffed

So sorry for neglecting Bluesky. I’m busy preparing for a solo show at Broadway Contemporary Art. Here are some offerings!

Just a little corner of a recent painting.

Pigeons!

I’ve been blown off course a bit this week with lots of admin, a book cover rough and a commission rough, not to mention mounting 76 prints for the Scillies. This means the summer teasels have had to be patient. Nearly there now - here’s a little corner away from the last section I showed you.

Summer teazles are very pretty before they go all brown and spiky. I do like that incarnation too, except when they’re turned into miniature hedgehogs with googly eyes and little hats, which is an affront to all teazles.

I've just finished this 60x60cm painting of our (almost) daily walk . At the moment there's waist high cow parsley that must be wriggled through to emerge into the field. This was early evening, and that's Stratford-upon-Avon in the distance. It's always nice, even in the rain.

Part of the start of something new. A familiar view for us, as it features in our (almost) daily walk.

Hopefully this painting should be arriving in Portscatho today, at @theharbourgallery.bsky.social It’s the well trodden footpath that links the village with Porthcurnick beach. Can’t wait to be there again soon. 😁

This painting of #portisaac will also be heading to a new home from the exhibition at Padstow Gallery.

I hope you’re all enjoying a lovely sunny day. Jobs in the garden for us, before the family arrive. Anyway - this was the first painting of mine to find a new owner from the exhibition at Padstow Gallery. 😁

The joint exhibition has begun at Padstow Gallery. Every day 10.39-5 until May 5.

Something big and bold for the upcoming exhibition at Padstow Gallery. I'll be setting off very early on Thursday to deliver my paintings, then it's over to Liz to hang them all while I slope off to go for a pasty. She wouldn't want me getting in the way now, would she?

This is part of a painting I started on Thursday. I’ve always loved this farm, glimpsed from the M40 not far from Oxford services. The different parts on the farm look as if they’ve grown like branches over time and I love the angles of the roofs.

Padstow Gallery exhibition April 18 - May 5

Old Town, St Mary’s - a favourite spot on St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly. Harold Wilson is buried in a very simple grave in the churchyard off to the right, so he must have liked it too. Thank you to Tamarisk Gallery for selling this little painting yesterday.

I saw my first (very few) woodland bluebells yesterday. I love this time of year when the blackthorn blossom is rampant and there are primroses too, then the all the bluebells are still to come. Smashing. 😁

'The New Hawaiian Shorts' (a brave and bold statement piece for one's wardrobe) has set off to a new home, with thanks to Montpellier Gallery.

Here's another painting that'll be in the exhibition at Padstow Gallery starting on Good Friday. Happy memories of an early spring walk to Daymer Bay #daymerbay #camelestuary #RockCornwall @bsky.art

Busy, busy @bsky.art #scillies

What a lovely day! Lots to do, but I sneaked out into the garden for some random snipping with my secateurs. Here’s a similarly lovely day in Portscatho. Beyond the poppies on the left is a gelato place. Mango, please. 😁 @theharbourgallery.bsky.social #portscatho #poppies #roselandpeninsula

I spy with my little eye that this painting has set off from @theharbourgallery.bsky.social Thanks, team! @bsky.art

Anyone in Cornwall at Easter? The Spring Exhibition at Padstow Gallery is kicking off on Good Friday and the artists will be in attendance on the first day, trying to keep away from the fizz so they can chat to visitors in a sensible manner. Cough.

I’ve been finishing off the painting I started at Saturday’s demo. Nearly there! #art #painting #acrylicpainting #ukart #fineart

Workshop day today! Teaching some collage techniques to thirteen artists from Stratford-upon-Avon Art Society. #art #painting #acrylicpainting #ukart #fineart

These were my Mother’s Day tulips from my daughters a couple of years ago. Thanks, Philly and Julia. Xx #art #painting #acrylicpainting #ukart #fineart

A lovely bit of stone masonry spotted at St Dogmaels Abbey this week. Zoom in to see an angel with a fine set of wings. The abbey and monastery had shrunk to just 8 monks when Henry Vlll forced its closure in 1536. I loved this determined survivor.

I’ve been searching my photo library for calming paintings - this’ll do the trick! It’s Derwentwater in the English Lake District.

Thank you Padstow Gallery for sending this painting of #portisaac off to a new home last week. 😁

Less than a week to go until booking opens for Broadway Arts Festival in June. I’m taking part at ArtBeat (no booking required and free to visit) as well as doing a day long floral workshop and an evening talk about how to survive as an artist. Busy busy! Hope to see you at some stage. 😁