In brave and/or foolhardy days, 1979 to be precise, I left teaching to try and make it as a proper full time artist. One of the things I...

My Exhibition at Bedford School is under way. There are 110 pictures on display, all painted in the afternoons over the last five years,...

A title that could easily summarise the lovely hot weather we are currently enjoying, but really I chose it to mark the occasion. I am 65...

I sometimes paint a pair of pictures - a diptych - two that make one, and working on two panels can help make a large scale project more...

I think I have always had an 'eye for colour', in that I can remember distinct encounters with colour from childhood to this day. When I...

We went on holiday to Portugal this year - near Ericeira, for a Yoga Retreat. While Mrs J flexed and breathed deeply, I scampered off...

This painting started out as a reflection on the verdancy of early summer, with shadowy patches and chunks of leafy shape. I was going to...

Continuing with the Easter-coloured panels I started in April, I added simple flower-like shapes, stood back and didn't much like what...

The combinations of colour that I see in shops and stores can have quite an impact. On a recent trip by X5 to Cambridge, the Easter...

I love to watch the crows in the park, making curved and angled shapes against the green grass or branched sky. Stop and they look at...