In 1994, aged seventeen, I went for tea with two of my favourite artists. Here’s what happened…

An honest account of my first six months after graduating from art college, 17 years ago.

Goya’s ambiguous portrait of Spain’s most hated man has always intrigued me.

This is the story of Géricault’s Kleptomaniac, one of the first masterpieces of anonymous portraiture.

I took a look at some past winners of the famous Liverpool based painting prize.

I grew up in Bournemouth. Here is my harsh but fair review of the town’s Victorian art gallery.

What was Paul Gauguin really searching for as he undertook his gradual retreat from Western civilisation?

The story behind Toulouse-Lautrec’s classic 1892 portrait of dancer Louise Weber.

I recently had the opportunity to learn the basics of stone lithography.

I studied Japanese calligraphy for three years. Here’s a whistle stop tour.

Portsmouth’s Brutalist Tricorn centre (1966-2004) had a woeful reputation. Was it justified?

This is the strange and inspiring story of how a 19th century postman built a palace with his bare hands.

John Minton’s 1952 portrait of David Tindle took me on an intriguing journey of discovery.

Here are some of the ways that, throughout history, works of art have been lost and destroyed.

In 2020 I participated in Sky Portrait Artist of the Year. Here’s an account of my day.

I recently got back into the etching studio for the first time in over two years.