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I have been using Arches Huille paper since I first started using oil and cold wax and I love it!  But I really wanted to scale up and see what could be achieved on a larger scale using the paper and oil and cold wax.  The valley trembles is my first large scale painting using oil and cold wax on paper.

Two years ago I first heard about the artists residency at Brisons Veor in Cornwall and I knew I really wanted to go and spend the time to explore the area and paint to my heart's content. It wasn't all plain sailing though as Brisons is a pretty competitive place to get in to plus Cornwall is quite a drive from Saltaire, especially for someone who doesn't drive very often!  This is the first article of three which document my experiences of applying to and taking up a residency at Brisons Veor.

I will be back in Skipton again this year for Art in the Pen and this year I will be in Pen 48.

I had such good fun last year converting a very stinky pen into a gallery for the weekend.  Hoping to do the same again this year and show casing some new oil and cold wax paintings.

I found out that I was a finalist last summer but this has only just been published in the latest issue of the Artist's magazine.  Super chuffed to have been one of the finalists.

I've been driving around the region today picking up paintings and dropping them off in preparation for the Harrison Lord Winter exhibition which starts on 23 September.  I have five paintings with them as well as some framed giclee prints.

Exhibition starts on 23 September 2017 and runs into early November. 

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...