April 6th 2021 marks 40 years since the release of the album "Come An Get It" by Whitesnake. Here's the story of how I came to create that iconic album cover artwork. It all started early January 1981 when I got a call from an old music business friend John Ward aka...
This is my latest painting finished 25th march 2021. To me the Phoenix represents a new beginning a rising up out of the ashes of darkness and fear bringing new Light and hope to the World. Although there are many stories to the origins I was inspired by the Egyptian...
Back in 2003 I became fascinated by the emotion in the eyes of different creatures and so created a series of images based on the reflection of life within each creatures eye. The series included images of an elephant, a dolphin, a whale and a racehorse. Through The...
I was visiting a friend in Mojacar in Spain some years ago and he took me to a local Bar where there were posters of Native American Indians on the walls. The owner of the bar was an English lady and having seen my portfolio, asked if I would paint pictures based on...
The idea for this painting came to me after feeling quite saddened by the news of the continuous and relentless burning and cutting down of the rainforest. This is still going on and fuelled by the many greed driven companies. That same day I watched a documentary...
In this image I wanted to try and convey how all life is so inter connected. We all depend on the balance of nature and it is our responsibility to keep it so.
I have always been a big fan of Bob Marley, his music and the man himself. Over the years I've painted a number of images of Bob Marley. The main image of this post has sadly been widely bootlegged and reproduced all around the world. Bob Marley - Rainbow Countryman...
Back in 1983, I got entranced with an episode of the UK TV documentary Horizon called 'The Miracle of Life'. It was at the time of a big breakthrough in micro imagery. Scientists were able to film the growth of new life all the way from sperm to egg and all the stages...
In January 1981 l landed the job to do the cover art work for the Whitesnake album "Come an' get it". I was invited to meet the band where they were recording. This turned out to be Tittenhurst Park, the house where John Lennon used to live and recorded his classic...
A tribute to a great musician and beautiful human being, George Harrison. The garden in the picture is based on the grounds of George’s home in England. Half hidden in the picture is one of the Georges first guitars. The wooden throne seat was where its said that he...
