Mini Mum and Mini Dad...

Lizzie and Dan's wonderful twin girls - one just like Lizzie and the other just like Dan...

High Tea of Highgate painting

Georgina commissioned this for her husband Ric for their wedding anniversary recently...

Pub House Painting

A wedding present for my cousin Jane's son, Charlie and his wife Michelle. They've just celebrated their first wedding anniversary, but better late than never...

Putney House painting

This was commissioned by friends of a couple who's house I painted at Christmas. They've gone back to Australia and wanted a memento of our memorably cold winters!

I had a worrying day or so when the couple emailed to say they hadn't received it, two weeks after posting, but it's now been found in the husband's workplace mailroom so I won't have to paint it again.

This row of houses in John Street, Bloomsbury, was commissioned by Charlotte Moerman as a reminder of the first flat she and her husband lived in as they are just about to move out of London, with the addition now of 3 sons.

Anniversary Commission

This 'house painting' was commissioned by a young man as an anniversary present for his wife. I took the reference quickly while she wasn't in and while the sun was out. The next door neighbour spotted me so I told her it was a surprise present, so not to spoil the surprise...

New House Paintings

When I was at Highgate Craft Fair with my cards, back in June 09, I had a bit of space on my table and put out folders showing my house paintings. Five people ended up commissioning me from that, one of whom was this family. The mum was running a stall opposite me and the children came up to chat and ended up persuading their Dad to have their house 'done'. It's ready for pick up now. I always jpeg the pencil stage over to the client for approval first, do any necessary tweaks, then take to either pen and colour, or crayon and colour. This painting is that second option.

Paintings in New York

We got back on Wednesday from the house in Brooklyn, New York, that I painted last October and that the kind owner then offered us to stay in while she came to stay in our house. Before we arrived, Carolyn commissioned me to do two more paintings for her - one of her 3 cats, and the other of her garden. The beautiful white cat was extremely elusive - I only caught flashes of her running up stairs for the first 8 days, then, on day 10 she suddenly seemed to think I was OK and I got to have a good look at her.

Charleston Farmhouse

The painting that led to the New York Brownstone commission (see below)

New York Brownstone commission

The finished New York brownstone. The owner of this house, Carolyn, commissioned me after buying a picture I'd done of Charleston in East Sussex. 

Each June, artists donate works for the Charleston Fund to auction to raise money for the house and its art collection. I donated a watercolour painting of the house which Carolyn was interested in but, not being able to be there on the night itself, didn't win. 

Luckily for both of us, Cressida Bell put us in touch with each other and I did another painting of Charleston for Carolyn (shown in entry above) which led to this second commission of her own home.