Inspirations

"The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: does the painter's emotions come across?"

Franz Kline

"A painting requires a little mystery, some vagueness, some fantasy. When you always make your meaning perfectly plain you end up boring people."

Edgar Degas

"I'm hoping to make a new thing for the world that remains in the mind like a new species of living thing."

Frank Auerbach

"It is impossible to do a thing the way I see it because the closer I get the more differently I see."

Alberto Giacometti

"But we should also not forget the difference between what first motivated me and the work that is the result."

Anselm Keifer

"I hate flowers - I paint them because they're cheaper than models and they don't move".

Georgia O'Keefe

"Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house".

Edward Hopper

"I've tried doing so, for it was never my intention to paint only with gray. But in the course of my work I have eliminated one color after another, and what has remained is gray, gray, gray!"

Alberto Giacometti

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

Pablo Picasso

"I begin with an idea, but as I work, the picture takes over. Then there is the struggle between the idea I preconceived...and the picture that fights for its own life."

George Baslitz

"Art is the elimination of the unnecessary".

Pablo Picasso

"If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint."

Edward Hopper

"Now that I know what I want, I don't have to hold on to it quite so much."

Lucian Freud

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Will my artwork be framed?

No. All original paintings will be on canvas, stretched over a wooden stretcher. They may be hung without a frame. However, if you would like us to frame your artwork, please contact us specifying the details of the artwork you are interested in, and we will be happy to arrange the framing, at a reasonable additional cost.

Is it possible to frame my painting?

Yes, but it is best to take the work to your picture framer upon delivery, so that they can measure the depth of the canvas frame.

Do you take commissions?

Yes, for example, you might like one of the paintings on the site, but there isn't one in the size that you would like. If you are interested in a commission, then email me with your specifications - ie, size, and any information such as details of a similar painting on the website. The prices will be in line with those of a similar specification on the website. For commissions, I request a payment of half upfront, and half on satisfactory completion of the work. If you may have an image you would like me to work from, please email it across, or send me a photograph in the post.