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Welcome to my website. I am an active and fairly prolific painter, and I have tried to include in Paintings examples of my work which are both recent and representative. If you are interested to see more, do take a look at Exhibitions and Links to check any exhibitions coming up. Many pictures on the website may be available for sale, and there are always more at my studio in Surrey – small sketches as well as a varied range of more developed framed paintings and compositions – and visitors are very welcome. Just drop me an email and I will be happy to phone and arrange a time – and there is absolutely no obligation to buy!

I work in traditional media: pencil, charcoal and chalk, pastels and watercolours, and sometimes combinations of these, on various papers. I also paint in oils on both cotton and linen canvas. I am interested to accept commissions.

In 2010 illustrating Lennie’s Ride was my first priority, and kept me busy until Easter, as well as taking me to Australia later in the year. For my own painting, Cities and cityscapes continue to be important subjects – far more interesting to me than conventional landscapes – perhaps it’s just that I like to be able to take a break with a good cup of coffee! Music and concerts offer dramatic subject matter and, closer to home, I enjoy painting Still Life compositions, for which I often use my own collection of glass and china. Fellow human beings never fail to be interesting, and I paint all kinds of people including portraits, costume and life studies.

My paintings are signed ‘tid’, a family nickname from my childhood.