I began painting watercolours 3 years ago, to distract me from painful health problems.
I’m a former physiologist. But now I paint watercolors of landscapes and from Victorian photos.
I only have pinhole vision in one eye – so using that to the max!
I live in Gateshead in Tyne and Wear (formerly County Durham), Northern England..
I also spend half of my time in Wooler – the last town in England, close to the Scottish Border, and the magnificent coast of Northumberland with more castles than anywhere else in England.
The challenge of painting is a wonderful therapy for both artist and viewer, raising the spirit above the physical. It must do – or I’d have gone nuts by now.
Most of my originals are available to buy.
See my gallery on my web site
And at a paintings only site at
I am also an amateur photographer, with a love of landscape and photoart. You can see these, on my page at photopoints
There is nothing quite as satisfying as creating a work of art, with a simple brush, a sheet of paper, and some paint!!!
Lots to explore with brush and paint…watch this space….


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