by Chris | Jan 5, 2010 | Testimonials
Well worth waiting for and just what I was after. It captures the feel and character of Alamanda. You can almost feel the wrap around warmth of the tropics. Pity the painting doesn’t emit the bird song as...
by Chris | Jan 5, 2010 | Testimonials
Just to say a huge thank you for the painting of N…’s house – he thought it was fab.
by Chris | Jan 5, 2010 | Testimonials
I’ve dropped the illustrations into the guide now and they look stunning! Thank you so much for your hard work on this project and very quick turnaround! I will definitely send more work your way in future.
by Chris | Jan 5, 2010 | Testimonials
Many thanks for a superb job and for turning it round so speedily.
by Chris | Jan 5, 2010 | Testimonials
We’ve just got back from our niece’s Graduation party in Bristol and she loved the portrait! As we were walking up the path to her house, I noticed the heart in her window which you feature in the portrait. She spotted it immediately when she opened the...
by Chris | Apr 5, 2007 | Paintings of Italy
I finished this little painting on my 50th birthday, last week; appropriately enough as it is very much to do with the passage of time. The clock is reputedly one of the oldest in Venice, on the church of San Giacomo de Rialto, which is just behind the Rialto market....
by Chris | Mar 10, 2007 | Paintings of Spain
As soon I walked through the 14th century Moorish arch into the Patio de los Naranjos (Court of Orange Trees), a feeling of peace descended upon me. I’m not prone to these things, but water from a sculptural stone fountain played in the middle of a walled garden, set...
by Chris | Mar 9, 2007 | Paintings of Italy
I finished painting this watercolour today; there’s a bit more fiddling about with the gondolas in the foreground, but it’s finished in the sense that it’s now best left alone! Am I pleased with it? As much as I ever am with a painting. It’s...
by Chris | Mar 7, 2007 | Creative Projects
I’ve started a painting this week in my ‘classic’ watercolour style! By that I suppose I mean that the painting is carefully composed, with a preliminary pencil sketch (not shown here) to work out tonal values, composition and atmosphere. I love this...
by Chris | Mar 6, 2007 | Paintings of Spain
Showered and refreshed, I emerged back on to the street, bordering on to the railway sidings that my modest hotel overlooked, in what was clearly an unfashionable quarter of the city. Just as when you bang your head for long enough against a wall, it’s lovely when you...
