Commissions and notes
Portraits, drawings and a note on how each was made.
A portrait in three sittings
The first hour, the second layer and the day I stopped.
Nov 5, 2026 · 6 min readRead: A portrait in three sittingsA sitter, from behind
Posing a person who would rather not be looked at.
Nov 4, 2026 · 4 min readRead: A sitter, from behindSeven colours on a palette
Everything I paint a face with, and what I never use.
Nov 3, 2026 · 5 min readRead: Seven colours on a paletteA drawing for a grandmother
Charcoal and ink from one old photograph.
Nov 2, 2026 · 4 min readRead: A drawing for a grandmotherInk for a children’s book
Eight small drawings of one very still dog.
Nov 1, 2026 · 4 min readRead: Ink for a children’s bookVarnish, and why I wait a year
When an oil portrait is truly finished.
Oct 24, 2026 · 3 min readRead: Varnish, and why I wait a year
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Notes from the attic
One commission at a time: the sitter, the mistakes and what the finished piece taught me.
“The one email I open the day it lands.”