'Inspiring'- Un-enhanced photo of sunset' from my studio window, 10.15pm. Here are images of a painting started this month, the first of four large seascapes: Began roughly sketching out an idea fresh in my head, a scene from the west coast, boat in foreground with distant cottages. Halfway through decided to change my boat to a 'Galway Hooker'- suiting better the colour palette I have in mind. Next morning I started to apply quick washes, predominantly Black, Red and Blue.

Started this Canvas from an old sketch and setting out a palette of browns, blacks and oranges went straight at it: Here's some snaps of the painting from the first few washes to the finish. The painting developing and coming through like an old Polaroid: 'Foxes' Sold

'Tree Frog' Sold

Began two large canvases, both seascapes and similar in composition. In both paintings I want to concentrate on movement and light. I have limited my colours to a dark palette of Ultramarine, Phthalocyanine Blue and Naples Yellow. My plan is to mix and set out my paint and brushes before starting, everything at the ready, so I can swiftly apply the paint in an effort to keep the background as loose as I can. Having finished a feverish first sitting, I scraped away the exce

'Spider Monkey' Sold Above is a painting which I finished and sold way back in 2005 pictured together with my original pencil drawing. Although my paintings find new homes it is great that over the years I have kept my original drawings and archived photos which I frequently use for reference and learning. I decided to revisit this composition in a new medium, Glass Painting: 'Spider Monkey, 2017' Finished Painting, ready for re homing!

Something very different! I aim to paint movement and light battling two dominant colours 'Red' and 'Green' against each other, working from a sketch which has been hanging in my studio for the last couple of months- Firstly I applied a quick wash of colour to the background of the canvas bringing in light from the top left hand corner. Played around with a few strokes of red and green- 'finding my way in the dark'. Worked on 'Red' and 'Green' simultaneously adding strokes of

Inspiration- 'My Pot of Orange lilies, back garden' Following the previous painting 'Dog on Blue And Orange', over the last month I continued to explore this palette in a number of new paintings of varying subjects- 'Sitting Pretty!' Sold 'Full Speed' Sold 'Sisters' Sold 'Bubbles' Sold

Where Art & Music converge, a homage to Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 - 9th August 1516: Simon senior, introduced me to the world of Hieronymus Bosch when I was a young lad and ever since I have been fascinated by the artist and his paintings. Earlier this year I traveled to s-Hertogenbosch, the Dutch home-town of Hieronymus Bosch for some final inspiration and motivation having worked on this project over the past two years. I was also there to mark the 500th anniversary of thi

"The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities of all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation and of all its parts, cherishing all the children of the nation equally..." (POBLACHT NA h-EIREANN, The Provisional Government of the IRISH republic to the people of IRELAND, Easter Monday, April 24th, 1916). ​ ​ What has been discovered in Tuam? Last Friday, the Commission of Inves