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Children back in school. Me back in the studio. Shocked by the news of Julian Barrow’s sudden death. He will be missed very greatly by a great many people. But will continue to inspire this artist to work harder and with good humour, despite not being here any more himself! I need to get going on American pictures, so have been trying to clear a small corner of studio of…

…and with a snappy title for a blog entry like that, who would not want to read further? I have been asked to contribute to a show which is part of the Thames Festival, and the show opens next week at the Pumphouse Gallery in Battersea Park. The picture itself was done in the studio, but I also did a study which was done on the day itself in the…

  This scene of boat-building is part of a body of work I have just been developing in the States. What started as a kind -inspired, even- invitation from a friend and collector of my work to visit Martha’s Vineyard, and draw inspiration from the wonderful beach, harbour and pond scenes on offer, ended as a full-blown family holiday in New York City and the Hamptons. I know it sounds…

It had been a decent enough session on the beach, sketching figures and umbrellas, first against the light, then with it. But I needed to get rid of the dirty turps in my jar, and I was in a nature reserve, not to mention that jettisoning turps anywhere is a tricky, not to say unacceptable, thing to do. I looked in my bag for a suitable receptacle. An empty water…

Finally back in London after various enjoyable travels, to Exmoor the weekend before last, to Latitude festival in Suffolk last weekend. Southwold beach was a very acceptable venue for Monday afternoon, and I may even have found a subject or 2, but I held back from actually painting anything. The very thought of another unfinished work in my studio was enough to put me off, or was it just a…