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Sep 20, 20234 min read

Why I paint with a limited palette

Back when I used to paint in oils, what felt like decades ago (or pre-2020) I had far too many colours, and honestly very little idea of...

Aug 17, 20233 min read

How to rescue a struggling painting

I’ve been loving a more dramatic, bolder colour palette lately. Beautiful buttery yellows, rich magenta and swathes of rich sky blue....

Jul 16, 20233 min read

8 ways painting small changed me

2022 was probably my worst year for painting. I can count the number of canvases I completed on one hand. I was struggling to figure out...

Jun 3, 20233 min read

Wildlife art vs landscape art (and why I made the switch)

For the first ten years of my painting journey, I mostly created oil paintings and watercolours of wildlife. But recently, I’ve almost...

Jan 12, 20232 min read

Patagonia and Monet’s Rouen series

One scene. Several scenes at once. Tracking the shifting light. Different times of day, different weather. Looking back through the...

Mar 20, 20202 min read

Why beautiful places are the hardest to paint

There’s a moment in every painting when you have a choice. A choice to carry on or move on. You’ve put in hours of thought, sketches,...