“Every artist will tell you of the artworks that they want to hang onto; pieces that mean something to them, which they are reluctant to part with. I am no exception, or rather, should I say, Eileen and I, are no exception. Our dining-room walls are covered in paintings that represent collections that have come off my easel over the years and we politely let interested collectors know that these are ‘Eileen’s private collection’.” "A number of these ‘reserved’ pieces are also

"It is in my very soul to create works of art, I have a passion for doing so, which has been my life’s work. In my early, formative years, works were placed in galleries - now my original Masterworks paintings are only available privately, directly from our studio – so it is with my latest collection of on-the-spot paintings at Music Sessions & Events – the subject of Blog Post #1, linked to this post." Browse through my Masterworks Originals Gallery and Limited-Edition Print

Over Thirty Years in the Making #1 – Childhood Memories brought to life All-in-all, 1997 turned out to be a momentous year, for no sooner had we invested our time and energy into The Elphen Chronicles, than the licence for our art magazine was taken up by a publisher and it was all go. Eileen as the magazine Editor, writing and commissioning articles, with my role being the Technical Editor and principal author/illustrator of the tutorials on traditional painting and drawing

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“Work continues on all three fronts in our studio (artworkshopwithpaul Tutorials, Elphen Chronicles and Fine-Art) as we attempt to make up for time lost to replacing our website; so, as you can imagine, we’re thrilled to be getting back ‘in the groove’ of our creative cycle-of-life and delight in the fact that we continue to make additions to the Originals Gallery and the Limited-Edition Gallery in my Fine Art Section. Amongst the latest additions is one for which we have new

"Greetings from our creative sanctuary in the Highlands of Scotland, from where we send our sincere hope that life is treating you kindly and extend our warmest wishes. In our May e-newsletter we wrote of the arrival of our annual visitors – who have provided us with much enjoyment over the past few months. The Wren did indeed vacate the nest, previously built by the Swallows in a recess deep within the gable-end of our stone-built studio – just in the nick of time and much t