If I don’t draw and paint every day I don’t know when I will. I started trying to teach myself to draw and paint properly in 2011, but it was a side project to help fill the walls of my pottery studio. And over 2011 and 2012 I would fill quite a few sketchbooks, especially …
Is May and as I write this the new Obi Wan Kenobi series has been released and I am excited to watch it, and am staying away from social media until I have had chance to watch it with my other half after she gets home from work this evening. Star Wars was a pivotal …
Views of Preston is my first ever book, it has 56 pages and is all the drawing I did to prepare for Derelict Art of the City micro-residency. I’m really excited to share it with people, and it is available in the shop My favourite pieces in the book I also made into a series …
Blackpool Burger Bar Burgers, Donuts, Fish and Chips Blackpool is a hive of activity, selling food to holiday makers along the seafront is a lucrative business. every space is taken up between food and B&Bs and even entertainment. Original A4 watercolour painting with drawing in ink and posca markers. This screams Blackpool Lots of …
Such a fun word, Largs means “the slopes” Vikings and scots battled here home of Vikingar! Buy here Largs Sea Front Views A strange sort of tourist trap My wife is from East Ayrshire in Scotland so when we are visiting we often visit Largs seafront, visit the Viking Museum, go on the ferry, eat …
North Blackpool Start of the illuminations Plenty of people get food here Before walking through the illuminations Buy here Bispham Kitchen Fish and Chips The Start of the Illuminations At the north end of the illuminations, plenty of people stop here grab fish and chips and then walk through the tableaux section of the illuminations …
Fleetwood High Street My local town Towering facades Buy here Lord Street Deli A towering building I love the variety of buildings on the Fleetwood High Street, it is also a nice walk that follows the tram tracks through Fleetwood itself. A4 watercolour painting on paper
Golden Mile Amusements A stones throw from Blackpool’s golden sands The Golden Mile in Blackpool lies between the Pleasure Beach in the South with the South Pier past all the amusements, the Blackpool Tower and finishes at the North Pier. This stretch is Golden because it is where all the foot traffic is and you …
A place we end up on Holiday Near Kilmarnock where we stay Is by the sea has a ferry Available if you contact me Largs a family favourite Holiday destination in Scotland My wife grew up in Scotland and moved down south for University when we were dating and we ended up living in Lancashire …
Views from Dock street Red Rose Clothing An odd first conservatory Fleetwood Market in the distance Contact me to purchase Fleetwood Market Days Top of Fleetwood Market and Red Rose Clothing Fleetwood Market Days can get quite busy, though not as busy as they were in the days of the ferries where lorries and coaches …
