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A small painting of my red hen in my orange grove in Andalucia, Spain. Despite its size a lot of work went into this painting because I used egg tempera paints on a wood board primed with universal gesso, a method of painting used by the first renaissance artists before the discovery of oil paints. I found this a slow process because, unlike watercolours, the paint has to be applied in layers. I sprayed the finished painting with a special fixative varnish.
Sennelier egg tempera paints on wood panel primed with universal gesso and varnished with Schmincke watercolour fixative. 25cm x 20cm.

Born in Chelmsford, England. I grew up in Falmouth but lived and worked as an artist in Truro from 1970 until I moved to Spain. I have been painting since I was 2 years old but I also have a love of nature, my animals, classical music and dance. In 2002 I moved to Spain and now live in a cortijo near Alhabia, Almeria, Southern Spain. The scenery around my home provides endless, beautiful subjects for landscape and seascape painting and I get inspiration from the dramatic landscapes of Andalucia and the old cities, towns and villages which I usually paint in watercolour. I am also interested in portraiture, dance and figure studies and my preferred medium for these is soft pastel. I have shipped my paintings all over the world and will...