Returning to the Garden

This time, I have done something completely new for me: a commission based on a painting I made over the summer.

It features the garden pot on the steps that lead from the patio to the lawn in our garden, encapsulating the joy and happiness that our first few months of gardening have brought us.

Working from a previous plein air piece of mine as a reference, and noticing how different the approach was, was truly a new adventure for me. It is, in fact, a reinterpretation of something I have already experienced, but with a fresh, updated twist, allowing me the freedom to alter and adjust it according to my current perspective.

I really enjoyed the process and learnt so much from it.

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Returning to the Garden
29.7 x 21 cm / 11.7 x 8.3 in
Oil on wooden panel
12th November 2025

Below, you can see the painting process divided into three stages: drawing, blocking in, and refined painting.

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Porcelain English Springer Spaniel

 Porcelain English Springer Spaniel is a small still life featuring a little dog figurine of an English Springer Spaniel.

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Porcelain English Springer Spaniel
3.9 x 6.5 in / 10 x 16.5 cm
oil on panel
27th August 2025

I loved the fact it represents a dog dear to me and a precious object, plus its colours and reflections.

The painting next to the figurine

In the shade of the old Oak tree

 In the shade of the old Oak tree is another oil painting from Ystradfawr Nature Reserve. I really liked the big Oak tree with its lush green colour and the shade it offered. 

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In the shade of the old Oak tree
8 x 10 in / 20.5 x 25.5 cm
oil on panel
25th August 2025

Photo showing the finished painting in front of the tree