17th April, received an invitation from the Hon. General Editor of the Dictionary of International Biography to be included in the Thirty-Seventh Edition to be published Winter 2013. My name was put forward, and inclusion is by invitation only. Whoever the kind person was who nominated me, I am most grateful and humbled that you […]

16th, 17th and 18th April 2013: I spent three great days at Cambridge University Botanic Gardens painting Alpine flowers with tutor Reinhild Raistrick. Needless to say I spent a lot of time discussing techniques with the nine other students, and looking at plants, so did not get my painting completed, although I produced enough studies from […]

Recent completed work: 1210 Gothic Illuminated Letter ‘D’ 1211 Harry the Hound 1212 Persimmon (Fruit of the gods, Sharon Fruit) 1213 Toby in the Sand Dunes (Black Labrador)