Regarding Josephine De Saint Seine, artist, friend and painter based at Marseille: by way of helping a fellow artist, painter here is a bit of news…

Josephine prépare 2 expositions, en Mai à la Galerie Mourlot à Marseille, en Novembre à la galerie El Borj à Tunis….. (more…)

I am still exchanging emails  re the European Parliament Marine Art Exhibition at Brussels.

Today we had very good light here and a stunning sunset with the Pyrenees in clear sight, I’m told 100 miles away…
I worked on a painting of a Blue funnel steamer entering Liverpool docks by moonlight.
I also sent, big event for any artist, the requested list of paintings following the offer of an exhibition at the European Parliament, some 51 in all. (more…)

This is to wish you a sincere Merry Christmas and to copy my latest newsletter for those unable to receive the News Letter. 

Some of you will not have received my email Christmas card and new Christmas News letter, copy below.

Reasons for this include bounced and blocked emails (more on that below).

The Internet can be bizarre, I’d had a reply from Robin Knox-Johnston, star of my “Roaring Forties” painting, then got an, INVALID RECIPIENT message re the address! (more…)

Marine prints and marine painting back on the agenda, see the list below?

At last I am able to again  accept offers of exhibitions!

Despite and because of the severe weather making roads all but impassable and much other activity difficult,  I have finally catalogued the framed marine prints here. 

One at least is still missing, where is it? (more…)

Seems like a good day to catalogue my work, my marine painting and marine prints in particular.

My car is not going any ware for a while…

I have been invited to show next year at the European Parliament, quite an honour, very very few British artists have show, Exhibit at the European Parliament

Still quad bike weather here and even the quad bike is sliding. 

The roads remain almost impassable.

We are hearing from Castelnau, little traffic and only cars with chains are moving safely around hereand even them with caution.

While “known” for marine art, my interests as you dear blogreader will be aware are wider, much wider.

I invested quite a lot of time while in Plymouth exploring this topic with some distinguished professional artists including Tim Thompson, Adrian Phippen, David Folley, also several of the more promising young bloods including Rob Cordingley. (more…)

Plymouth Naval History Library staff have been hugely helpful  with my research over many years.

“Masterpiece … … Renowned Marine artist has presented a stunning framed print to Plymouth Central Library” recorded The Herald and The Extra, while less helpfully leaving out my web site or contact details.  

I felt is was about time I did some thing more tangible to show my appreciation to the staff at Plymouth Central Library , something they would like. (more…)

At the Monaco Yacht Show 2009, Port Hercule, Monte Carlo, this was to be my first full working day in the world of superyachts, , meeting super yacht people, excluding the 4 commissions last year.

These remarkable people rapidly changed my perspective of the super yacht world.

For a start, The Monaco Yacht Show perhaps surprisingly has a carbon neutral certificate and advertises this fact with enthusiasm and when one learns more of he Monaco Yacht Show organisers achievements, with justifiable pride. (more…)

The venue for this super yacht event is the legendary city of Monte Carlo, Port Hercule. This, the 19th Monaco Yacht Show 2009 is said to be THE superyacht venue of the year.  

The weather was stunning, 28 C and not humid but my first sight of the exhibition had to wait. (more…)