Sometimes a drift of flowers in sunlight can feel like a glimpse of paradise. In this post, I explore my ongoing fascination with flowers, colour, and light through a series of recent paintings and drawings. Discover the experiments, breakthroughs, and frustrations behind the work, and see how I'm exploring ways to create paintings that capture not just the appearance of flowers, but the joy and wonder they inspire.

A new collection of original monotype prints inspired by the coast and countryside, featuring layered textures, simplified forms, and a calm, atmospheric style. These works explore serene coastal art for living room spaces, evoking the feeling of sea air, open horizons, and peaceful shoreline walks. Created over three months using a layered printmaking process, each piece is unique, building depth through colour, texture, and composition.

In this post, I share the completed results of my first large-scale acrylic and mixed media paintings on wood panel. It's been both challenging and exhilarating to scale up my contemporary botanical painting. Inspired by wildflowers, seed heads and shifting coastal light, I reflect on process, materials and the joy of letting paintings grow intuitively from layered colour, texture and mark-making.

Over the cold winter months, I’ve been exploring mixed media botanical drawing as a way to capture the vibrant forms of garden flowers. Using a combination of charcoal, coloured pastels, ink washes, and collage, I’ve been able to carve out delicate flower shapes while keeping a sense of depth and context in the background. This approach allows me to study each bloom closely and experiment with colour, light, and texture in ways that traditional methods sometimes can’t.

I’m exploring bold, large-scale abstract botanical paintings, stretching my practice from printmaking to expressive garden-inspired work. From Rosebay Willowherb to Alliums, I’m balancing recognizable floral forms with abstraction, playing with light, colour, and mark-making. These works-in-progress capture the thrill of growth, risk-taking, and creative discovery.

After three decades as a printmaker, I returned to painting and finally feel I’m finding my rhythm. My latest series, Go with the Flow, grew from an intuitive process using bold colours, collage, and flowing compositions. Inspired by Matisse’s cut-outs and the play of evening light in the garden, these works explore nature, rhythm, and the joy of discovery.

If you've followed my creative progress for a while, you'll know that I've been experimenting with paint and collage alongside my...