from life: Home & Studio

Drawing directly from life gives an artist a close connection with the subject. When that subject is a person and when the work is made in a single session - when feelings are to the fore and the intellect perhaps takes a back seat, the work can gain a real warmth and intimacy.

These drawings, often made with a lightness of touch, are a celebration of the subject and of light fleetingly falling across it.

Self (March 2026)
Jeans over Back of Chair (08.03.2026)
Hook and Hanger
Bob 2023
Picasso Tower
Hokusai Tower
Gloves (10.03.2026)
Self 18.11.22 & 07.12.22
Sweater and Stool (11.04.2020)
Spectacles (30.01.20)
Spectacles (28/29.01.20)
Self 03/11/18
Sweater (18.08.18)
Rebecca at Sidi Bou Said (18/11/12)
Rebecca (12/04/13)
Rebecca (21/04/13)
Fran (28.09.10)
Trousers (09.07.06)
Stella 21.07.06
Shirt (10.07.06)
Shoes (04.07.06)
Jacket (06.07.06)
Self (22.01.02)
Gabriel (19.05.02)
Gabriel Reading (23.07.01)
Pete 05.02.00
Madame Bovary
Bridget (05/01/01)
Bridget (07.01.00)
Bridget at 35 weeks
Will watching snooker on the TV (18.04.99)
Dad listening to the radio (03.05.1998)
Dad (03.05.1998)
Eddie (Falkland Islands 24.02.95)
Don Bonner (Falkland Islands 31.01.95)
Robin Marsh (Falkland Islands 17.01.95)
Glen (Falkland Islands)
Helen (Falkland Islands 27.02.95)
Ray and Tom on board the Cordella (Falkland Islands 08.01.95)
Harold (i)
Harold (ii)
Harold (iii)
T.B.
Self (18.04.1998)
N.H. (13.07.93)
Michael Murfin (12.06.93)
Self (22.05.93)
'Index Cards' - Teddy Bear
study for A Window
Pither
Self Reflection 1971
Dartmouth Park Avenue - Interior
Dartmouth Park Avenue