I enjoy making and coming up with new ideas. Painting...is something I have pursued on-and-off much of my life outside of regular salaried work. There have been times when I have avoided painting - because it's been too painful to deal with and I've felt I'm just not that good at it.
Towards the end of 2019 I came across a method of creating one small painting on a routine basis - loosely a painting a day - and post photos to my blog. It is an opportunity to explore and experiment, so I have taken up alla prima (wet-on-wet oil painting) to develop my painting technique..
A small selection of my past artworks are on this site too which are mostly painted in acrylics on canvas or charcoal. These compositions are from a variety of influences, but all focused on communicating fairly deep messages and painted in graphical, plastic geometrical ways.
With doing regular small paintings I am planning to adventure out from doing still-life's in the studio to doing street scenes and landscapes as 'plein air painting' (outdoor painting). l also have a fascination in motion blur photography and communicating this through the paint medium.
I am based in York, England. If you like my artwork and would like to get in touch please use the contact form or email me at orangetreeworks [at] gmail.com