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You might like to see the pencil drawing and first wash of my award-winner at 2022, The Artist Purchase Prize 'Porthmadog Harbour'. A little bit of video too in the next post.
My painting will join in The Artist Permanent Collection at

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2022-07-21

Today’s watercolour: The Early Morning Gravity Train. Schmincke watercolours on Saunders Waterford paper 50 x 50cm

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2021-10-06

Morning Mist at Ffestiniog Railway Harbour Station. last nights watercolour. Full sheet of Saunders Waterford, 50 x 50cm square

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2021-08-26

On the way back from a chilly but sunny day in Porthmadog. A quick stop on the way up from Llyn Gwynant to capture the sunset and incoming cloud bank

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2019-12-01

Watercolour on St Cuthbert's Millford paper. Victorian weekend at the Ffestiniog Railway. Two engineers and a guard having a chat shrouded in steam.

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2018-12-06

Watercolour of Porthmadog Harbour looking into a low sun. Painted on Saunders Waterford paper.

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2018-11-30

Or maybe this one, less mist but more dynamic. Trains, mist and sunrise together, so rare. Next step painting it.

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2018-10-08

A few dry yachts in Porthmadog with Cnicht and the Moelwyns in the background. Watercolour painted on Saunders Waterford paper.

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2018-06-16

Ffestiniog Railway, Porthmadog station. A misty September day as the down train arrives.

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2016-10-03