Philip - Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cms, private commission

A special birthday present to Philip from his lovely wife!  He was absolutely thrilled with it!

Imogen and Rory - Oil on canvas, 12 x 10 ins, private commission

An unusual tender moment between two lively siblings!

This portrait was a gift from my client to the children's parents.

Bernard - Oil on canvas board, 12 x 10 ins, private commission

Bernard wanted a portrait of himself.  He had only recently started to wear glasses, but decided to be portrayed in them as he would be wearing them most of the time now.

Lucas - Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cms, private commission

The eldest of three handsome young brothers.

Jensen- Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cms, private commission

The middle one of three handsome young brothers.

Tristan - Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cms, private commission

The youngest of three handsome young brothers.

Sofia - Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 ins, private commission

This beautiful little girl was so shy that I didn't really see her face apart from in the photo reference provided by her Mum and Dad!

Toby - Oil on canvas, 12 x 16 ins, private commission

Toby is the younger brother of Sofia.  Two beautiful children captured on canvas at about the same age.

Nicolette Martin, a Registered Nurse working with district nursing.  This was painted during the coronavirus pandemic as part of the #portraitsfornhsheroes initiative set up by Tom Croft, where artists offered free portraits for NHS key workers in recognition of all they were doing.  

Oil on canvas board, 12 x 10 ins.

Will - Oil on canvas, 16 x 12 ins, private commission

Will asked for a portrait of himself for his 21st birthday from his parents.  A really lovely guy who was very easy to work with.

Coleman - Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cms, private commission

Jazz tenor saxophonist, and one of the first prominent jazz sax players. 

Artie - Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 cms, private commission

Clarinetist, composer, bandleader, actor and author!

Jess and Nick - Oil on canvas, 24 x 18 ins, private commission

I love the less formal pose used for the portrait of this young couple.  Their smiles radiate from the canvas.

Fred And Eleanor - Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 ins, private commission

Two extremely talented dancers who thrilled audiences together back in 1940!

Fred And Ginger - Oil on canvas, 24 x 20 ins, private commission

Dance partners and stars of many films from the 1930's and even into the 1940's.

Peter V - Oil on canvas, 80 x 60 cms, private commission

This was commissioned as a present for Peter, and included some words from his favourite song.

Astrid - Oil on polymin, 3 x 2 ins, private commission

This was another portrait commissioned as a gift for the subject.  Both the client and the subject live in the USA.

Peter - Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 cms, private commission

This was taken from Peter's favourite photograph of himself, and was painted in a stylised way to fit with his personality.

Nicola and Georgina - Graphite pencil on Stonehenge paper, 7.5 x 11 ins, private commission

This was one of a series of family portraits - two beautiful girls.

Lynn and Alex - Graphite pencil on paper, A3, private commission

Lynn commissioned this portrait as she wanted a portrait of herself with Alex when they were children.  I worked from two separate photographs to produce one portrait.