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Recent pictures and news
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Life drawing
UpdateLife drawing remains a central part of my practice, and although I regularly tell myself I ought to experiment with chalk, pastels and other materials, I keep reaching for willow... -
Indigo Tarran 11
Oil on canvas
66cm x 36cm -
Indigo Tarran
Return visitGreat to work with dancer Indigo Tarran again - now with a few studio adaptations to allow more options for suspensions from walls and ceiling, which is becoming a theme... -
Faye Tan
Oil on panel
18cm x 23cm -
Max
Oil on panel
23cm x 30cm -
Indigo Tarran 9
Oil on canvas
61cm x 46cm -
Indigo Tarran 7
Oil on panel
23cm x 18cm -
Riz Golden
October 7, 2025Lovely session playing with props and shadows with Riz Golden of National Dance Company Wales. Further inspired by Drtikol, I've made a range of hoops of various sizes - some... -
Riz Golden 2
Oil on panel
18cm x 18cm -
Isaac Lewis
Great to work with dancer Isaac Lewis, continuing to use improvisation in exploring interactions between the figure and geometric forms, shadows, etc, and this time introducing a more vibrant backdrop.... -
Isaac Lewis 5
Oil on panel
23cm x 18cm -
Isaac Lewis
Charcoal on paper
44cm x 32cm -
Indigo Tarran 5
Oil on canvas
45cm x 35cm -
Portraiture workshop at Machynlleth Comedy Festival 2025
May 6, 2025Wonderful work by festival artists and sitters Amy Matthews and Mikey Bligh-Smith at this year’s Machynlleth Comedy Festival portraiture workshop. Lovely mix of poses - some fairly traditional, others found... -
Indigo Taran
June 30, 2025Fun studio session with dancer Indigo Taran, experimenting further with the figure interacting with plinths and dangling from the ceiling, and now introducing a hoop, to bring the geometry of... -
Indigo Taran
Oil on panel
23cm x 18cm -
Miss B. Strikes Again
Oil on canvas
30cm x 36cm -
In Tandem - National Dance Company Wales
February 12, 2025Great to have spent some time with National Dance Company Wales developing/rehearsing In Tandem - a beautiful, multidisciplinary production, featuring Infinity Duet , created by choreographer Faye Tan and artist... -
Miss B.
December 12, 2024Lovely portrait session with Gaia Cicolani and her playful alter ego Miss B. Recently. Experimenting with the improvisation techniques I more often use when working with dance, Miss B. responded... -
Sanea Singh
Oil on canvas
18cm x 23cm -
Gwen Davies
Oil on panel
18cm x 28cm -
Travel sketches
October 10, 2024Was very lucky to spend some time bobbing around Europe visiting friends and museums this September. A most inspiring trip, which included the discovery of some wonderful artists I’d never... -
Lily 4
oil on panel
23cm x 18cm -
Lily
Oil on panel
23cm x 18cm -
Sofia sketch
Oil on panel
18cm x 23cm -
Jakob Myers and Kotone Sugiyama
Oil on panel
11.5cm x 15cm -
Summer School 5
Oil on panel
18cm x 23cm -
Sunday Life Drawing update
Very happy that Sunday Life Drawing has settled down into a (fairly) regular fortnightly event. Sessions are not formally tutored, though the space is very supportive and open to artists... -
Collaboration with Amy Groves and Kasia Sambrook
May 27, 2023Great to have been able to work with dancers Amy Groves and Kasia Sambrook during their time with Ballet Cymru’s Pre-Professionals Programme. Moving very slowing, the dancers improvised together, responding... -
Amy Groves and Kasia Sambrook improvisation 11
Oil on panel
15cm x 11.5cm -
Amy Groves and Kasia Sambrook Improvisation 14
Oil on panel
18cm x 11.5cm -
Charcoal sketching and Sunday Life Drawing
December 28, 2022An assortment of recent sketches made variously with Ballet Cymru, lifedrawing with Cardiff Umbrella, and Zoom portraiture sessions with Singulart - the latter involving artists around the world posing for... -
Isolated Pulses (Ballet Cymru rehearsal 239)
Oil on panel
61cm x 18cm -
Countermove (Ballet Cymru rehearsal 242)
Oil on panel
30cm x 15cm -
The Four Seasons (James Wilton Dance rehearsal 5)
Oil on panel
30cm x 11.5cm -
Giselle (Ballet Cymru rehearsal 237)
Oil on canvas
200cm x 120cm -
Romy Adair (Lockdown Dancers 64)
Oil on panel
23cm x 30cm -
Andrea Battaggia (Lockdown Dancers 86)
Oil on panel
23cm x 30cm -
Tips for young artists | Awgrymiadau i artistiaid ifanc
September 12, 2020Based on text prepared for Criw Celf’s online summer school, 2020, supported by Arts Council of Wales, I’ve written a few tips for young artists looking to develop their figure...
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