Category Archives: West Dean College

Presence – New Portraits at The Chapel

Posted on August 12, 2019 by

My exhibition of new portraits will be installed later this month in the beautiful Chapel in the historic Brompton Cemetery. This will be the first time that this group of portraits, all painted during the last three years, will be … Continue reading →

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Summer Courses 2016

Posted on January 1, 2016 by

As a new year begins you may now be starting to look ahead for painting opportunities next summer and I would like to let you know of courses and workshops that I will be teaching during 2016. The New School … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on 2013

Posted on December 20, 2013 by

As yet another year rapidly draws to a close its that time once again when I begin to reflect on the last few months, while looking ahead to projects and exhibitions planned for 2014. Much of this year has been … Continue reading →

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Exhibition: Quartet

Posted on July 23, 2013 by

Scarampella Diptych is one of fifteen drawings and paintings currently being exhibited at West Dean College. The exhibition was scheduled to run alongside this summers Chilingirian Quartet Summer School and features work made during my residency with the quartet last … Continue reading →

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Drawing the Nude at West Dean

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

A productive time was spent at West Dean College last weekend when I returned to teach life drawing. Throughout this intensive course students worked from the life model and experimented and worked through a number of drawing techniques. Each student … Continue reading →

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2012

Posted on December 28, 2012 by

It was a busy start to 2012 with the exhibition ‘Luxor: People & Places’ opening at the Petrie Museum UCL during the first week of the new year. The exhibition ran for four months and again it was wonderful to … Continue reading →

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A Weekend of Life Drawing at West Dean

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

Last weekend I returned to West Dean College to teach an intensive course of life drawing. This course enabled students to work from the life model and use and experiment with a wide variety of drawing techniques throughout the weekend … Continue reading →

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Painting a Portrait at West Dean

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

Painting a portrait, or painting the head as I prefer to think of it, is one of the courses I teach two or three times a year at West Dean. Portraiture is always a popular course at the college and … Continue reading →

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Painting the Rehearsal: Music and Light

Posted on August 3, 2012 by

Last month I spent a week drawing and painting string quartets and chamber ensembles in the beautiful state rooms of West Dean College. Work has now begun making larger scale paintings of the ensembles I worked with during the week … Continue reading →

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A Residency with the Chilingirian Quartet

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

During this week I have had the wonderful opportunity to work alongside the Chilingirian Quartet during a week long residency at West Dean College. The Chilingirian Quartet is one of the worlds most celebrated chamber ensembles, and for 31 years … Continue reading →

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