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Last commission piece, oil on canvas. Thanks Fryn x (at Bristol, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTNIF0UMLk9/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Third pass (highlights added). I’m trying to balance figurative and abstraction, y’know the favourite word or Art lecturers everywhere… Juxtapose… (at Bristol, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTNAQRlD4NG/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Work in progress, oil on aluminium, second pass. I stopped commissions a while back to produce a body of work, this is the first one that might make the cut…. 🤞 https://www.instagram.com/p/CSjIXy3ML3Y/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Hercules, Oil on canvas. £90 (at Bristol, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQjR6XtjIdp/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Still life, mass drawing and value study. Oil on Cardboard. Sometimes, or constantly for me, It’s important to go back and do a stripped back painting to remind myself how to paint. If I can continually improve my foundations it shows in the more complex work I do. (at Bristol, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQQ8fY9Do2v/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Small painting, took about 3 hours. 5x7” oil on board. https://www.instagram.com/p/CP_imeqjc3Q/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Oil on canvas sketch. https://www.instagram.com/p/CMmtS2JDVJQ/?igshid=70gqak0a6xda

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Wren sketch, oil on canvas. (at Bristol, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMR7RtLDpJO/?igshid=1eaqwyfq9wyor

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Oil on Aluminium. I loved painting this, the painting was light and relatively struggle free, so thank you. (at Bristol, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMPa8j9DTsn/?igshid=1eyl9fy1ui10

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Who needs line work? Charcoal and pencil on paper, roughly A4. £50 (at Bristol, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK1OjU1jv7w/?igshid=wbjv2a96m3y6

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Pencil on paper. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwX5fzDDat/?igshid=v8fq2u1hjtt5

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Pickled Carrots. Oil on board, 4 x 6 inches. **for sale** £120. My sons favourite food, P148 of The Five O’clock Apron if interested. Excellent book. (at Bristol, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHc91v9BcQt/?igshid=1nn03on0f8gao

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Chillis 2. Oil on canvas, 4 x 6 inches. **for sale** £120. All this stuff will be up on my Etsy page this week if you happen to be looking for Christmas presents 🎄 (at Bristol, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHaDw9ajIYl/?igshid=13mvjj3zr6zxl

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Chillis, oil on panel. 4x6 inches. **Sold** I’m painting these whilst waiting for paint to dry in commissioned work, it’s cathartic to start and finish a painting in a short session. It gives balance to the long involved work involved in portraits. (at Bristol, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CHFVDXrDplP/?igshid=wslyc23mcvl5

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I remember a year out of university staring at a patch of sunlight on my bedroom wall. It was beautiful, so I tried to paint it - this did not go well. Falmouth didn’t have anything in terms of actual teaching and I didn’t have much in the way of self discipline, thus I exited at equal ability to when I entered. Ever since, painting light, shadow and it subtleties has been one my main ambitions. This painting goes some way to addressing that. Oil on board, 5x7 £150 (at Bristol, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGHifdHD5zs/?igshid=oq8aea5mblnm

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Me 3 days ago: I’m going to paint a quick egg. Me now: Everything is difficult and purple brown grey, plus my mind is broken. Oil on Board, 5x7” please message for sales inquiries. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFww048D-Xe/?igshid=17a4bdd8kabha

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Still life study, oil on canvas. 5x7 inches. Contact for sales (•ؔʶ̷ ˡ̲̮ ؔʶ̷)✧ https://www.instagram.com/p/CFRxGZujwVC/?igshid=1do2w3ipx927b