Big enough to hug

Still working on the poppy portrait. I have knocked back the dark and brought forward the red (apparently referred to as 'knocking back') so that the petals have a greater vibrancy on the canvas. Its very hard to conveythe impact this one has in photos, since it is so large and big enough to hug.

I hope to complete this either today or tomorrow morning whilst Maddy is at pre-school. I secretly hope it doesn't sell....I feel an affinity with this one.

Limited Edition Back to Black

I have painted a limited run of 25 of these on canvas paper.
They will be on sale on the website after the weekend. After these sell, I will paint no more of them so if you would like to order one before they go on general sale, please email me.

Each one is mounted and backed and ready to frame. The overall size is 10 x 10", and the price is £35 including UK delivery.

Back to Black

This idea started life as a large canvas, but got put to one side. In a moment of whimsy I painted this last night as a card instead....its 13 cm square and quite a challenge to paint. I'm used to large canvases so it this was a good exercise in painting discipline to paint small.