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This was my second time at Art in the Pen in Skipton so I knew what I had in store in terms of set-up etc. This year I was further up the aisle and until I arrived wouldn't know what the lighting would be like in that area.

Art in the Pen is held in an auction market so isn't designed to be a gallery. Some areas of the big shed are particularly dark, whilst others are smellier!

Over the last 3 years I have been painting a series called God's Own. They were very much inspired by the beautiful Yorkshire landscape with rolling green hills and dark brooding skies. Most of them were painted with oil on canvas and the largest being 1m x 1m.

So I've bought a new gadget which means I can literally hang my phone from anything and set it up to film a painting in progress.  And this is what I did this weekend and as it is time lapsed you can see me paint one of my larger paintings in just a few seconds.  It does take me just a little b...

We have now just closed our doors to the Saltaire Arts Trail and can briefly put our feet up for a rest before the next show starts.  The Maiden Bridge Summer show opens on the 4th June and will run everyday until 12th June and then will continue every Saturday and Sunday until the 31st July 201...

This is a smaller version of Top Withens 4 (100 x 100 cm) which I am really happy with and I love the reds appearing through from the background. This smaller painting will be going to The Old Grammar School Gallery in Otley in the next week or so. [gallery type="square" ids="2466,2467,2469"] Is...

This is the 4th painting to be included in the Top Withens Isolation series. The following images illustrate the work in progress of this painting over a number of months. Unlike most of my paintings where I start from the top of the canvas and work down, with Top Withens 4 I started with the la...