Capturing changing light in Orkney.
Capturing the changing light in Orkney with watercolour.
A view through a window in Stromness, interpreted in watercolour.
A stay in an historic converted pub in April, 2026.
A window framed the view looking out towards Stenness.
An opportunity to catch the changing silhoutte of the landscape at different times during the day.
The result: a series of square minature watercolour paintings to create one chequerboard artwork.
Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize 2026
Five landscape paintings were submitted for the Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize in April, 2026.
‘Shapes and Shadows of the Ridgeway’
“I turned to landscape not for the landscape sake but for the ‘things behind’.....”
Five landscape paintings were submitted for the Swire Ridgeway Arts Prize in April, 2026. “View from King William IV at Ipsden” received a highly commended award from the judging panel and sold.
The works were painted plein air on the Ridgeway, from the King William IV Pub at Ipsden.
Hypnotised by the Purbeck Coast
Hypnotised by the Purbeck Coast
Winspit from Bonvils, Worth Matravers, Dorset. September 2025
“Hypnotised by the same view throughout the day.”
