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Studio Notes

New work, a week before it goes on sale.

Current, No. 14: a large acrylic painting of blue and white water currents — Current, No. 14120 × 150 cm · acrylic on canvasAvailable

Shallows: an acrylic painting in teal and white, like water over sand — Shallows, giclée print50 × 70 cm · giclée printAvailable

Deep Blue Hour: swirling cobalt and white acrylic — Deep Blue Hour50 × 70 cm · print, edition of 50Available

Night Swim: bright blue acrylic with dark pools — Night Swim40 × 60 cm · giclée printAvailable

Lagoon: a small acrylic painting in turquoise and green — Lagoon40 × 50 cm · acrylic on canvasAvailable

Recent letters

Studio
The September series, unfinished
Six canvases, one problem with white, and why I left them alone for a month.
Oct 28, 2026 · 6 min readRead: The September series, unfinished
Process
Why I stopped varnishing
Gloss flattens the depth I spend weeks building. What I use instead.
Sep 30, 2026 · 5 min readRead: Why I stopped varnishing
Studio
On selling the one I loved
Every artist has a painting they hope nobody buys.
Aug 29, 2026 · 4 min readRead: On selling the one I loved

I spent ten years as a marine biologist before I picked up a brush.

The work is still about the sea: currents, foam, the colour of deep water seen from a boat. I pour each canvas on the studio floor in one go, then spend weeks deciding what to leave alone.

More about me

Kind words

“It changes with the light all day. I didn’t expect a painting to feel alive.”

MartaLisbon · collector

“The commission was calm and clear, and the painting is better than the room.”

JamesLondon

The September series, unfinished

Why I stopped varnishing

On selling the one I loved