Kite

A white kite dances across a spotless blue sky above my fabulous Kanzan in full exuberant blossom. Its what nature does best.

Spring has sprung

The garden is looking great just now with just about everything either flowering or heavy with bud. These scilla are just opening and the rhubarb is coming on nicely. I feel a crumble pie coming on!

WITH OUTSTRETCHED ARMS

Trying to express the wild expansion I feel when meeting my lover.

Leo

This moggy adopted me last summer and quickly inveigled his way into our home and hearts. He sleeps just about all day in my chair and goes out hunting all night only to come back in the morning for something to eat, a cuddle and a five minute nap on my lap before going out chasing meeces again. This morning I saved a tiny fieldmouse from his grasp for which I received a look of sheer disgust! He's dozing just now upside down as if butter wouldn't melt in his jaws.

Recent sketchbook pages

The veggies were half eaten and the tulips were on their way out.

The Original Man

This was done at a Life Drawing class last week and yesterday used as the basis for a number of pastels (see later).

Strong Man

This is the work I did from the earlier original sketch.

Debut on the Web.

Well here I am on the big WWW. I'll take it easy to start with until I find my feet. My intention is to show some of the paintings and drawings I do on a regular, if not, daily basis. Here are a few to start: