My Paintings

Oil & Alkyd on Canvas

Through my high school and university days, I spent much of my time working on, and perfecting a style of oil painting. This involved a series of paint layers built one on top of the other, taking advantage of the translucent nature of the pigment. As with most things in my creative life, these took months to do... unless I worked around the clock!

As with my Fimo figures, patience is the key.

The paintings illustrated above are quite big, ranging in size from 2x3', all the way up to 4x5'. The subject matter is usually personal, and I often end up commenting on what I see around me. Although I don't paint much any more, the ability is still there, and I'm sure I will start up again - possibly when I retire from the Television game.

Something New

Okay - so here's something actually done in this millennium. I'll admit I got involved with the whole computer graphics fad (and paying the bills), found polymer clay sculpting a little more fun, but I did miss the feeling of brush on canvas. There is just something special about the way part of a composition suddenly jumps off the page when you do something right. So here it is: "Single" - Alkyd on canvas, 2009.

Watercolour, Drawing & Earlier Works

I started out doing drawings of airplanes and dinosaurs, which was not unusual for a 10 year old. I soon became fairly comfortable with the medium of watercolour; this was primarily the influence of my father. But I experimented with most major styles, eventually favouring oil-based paints. One intriguing technique for me was pen and ink, using dot patterns on watercolour paper. It's something you can do almost anywhere, even sitting in front of the TV!