Latest · June 2026
The colour of June
Three weeks into the long days. The greens have gone from acid yellow to deep emerald almost overnight; the easel is moving outdoors most mornings before seven.
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From the easel
Studio Journal
Quiet dispatches from the Brecon studio — what's on the easel, what's caught the light, what's been learned this week.
April 2026
On varnishing a year of work
Eleven canvases came off the racks this week to receive their final coat. Notes on patience, retouch varnish, and the smell of damar.
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February 2026
A winter walk on Pen y Fan
I climbed in a flat white light and found the mountain entirely without colour. Twelve different whites mixed across one small panel.
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December 2025
The studio in winter
Lighting the woodburner at six, and what the morning's first cup of tea looks like on canvas. Some thoughts on slowness as a working method.
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October 2025
On commission — a family chapel
Notes from the early sketching trips for a commission that will hang above a fireplace in Carmarthenshire. The brief was a single word: 'home'.
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August 2025
Why I still grind my own paint
An afternoon at the muller and the slab. On why a quiet ritual matters as much as the colour it produces.
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