Pebble Creek

This painting presents a vibrant, immersive surface of richly blended oil colours, forming a field of smooth, rounded shapes that read as pebbles beneath water. Each circular form is carefully modulated, with soft transitions of colour that give them a luminous, almost glowing quality.

The composition shifts subtly from darker, more saturated tones on one side to lighter, more airy hues on the other, suggesting depth and the play of light through water. Warm oranges, pinks, and deep reds sit alongside cool blues, violets, and soft pastels, creating a dynamic yet harmonious palette.

Overlaid with delicate drips and lines of pure white paint, the surface comes alive with the suggestion of ripples and movement. These marks evoke the way water distorts and interacts with the pebbles below, as if they are just breaking the surface.

The result is both abstract and evocative—a meditation on colour, light, and texture that captures the gentle, shifting beauty of pebbles seen through water.

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Have been painting in Oils for 20 years, starting off in a traditional landscape/still life style, but gradually evolving to wherever inspiration, and the paint and colour take me. I have Illustrated Children's books, working in Acrylic, however the flow, movement and deep depth of colour of Oil's are truly addictive.

My art is wide and varied, and provides me with endless joy, with the odd moment of frustration along the way. The joy of my art is that I don't put any restrictions on it. It flows, it comes from ideas, visions and sometimes just from playing with paint. The whole point of being a creative person, is to be creative, so I can't lock into a particular style and paint that style over and over. The closest I come to that are my fish paintings, but I love my fish paintings, they are so relaxing, therapeutic and never quite the same as I chase the swimming fish around the canvas.
Sometimes I will start a painting with a particular idea, or style in mind, but as soon as I apply paint to the canvas I see something happening that I simply can't resist. So the original idea is taken over by the intriguing possibilities of the unknown creation that lies ahead. Sometimes that creation is nothing special, or lost in the overworked searches for that magic painting that came from nowhere. Sometimes, that magic painting does come from nowhere, and I stand back amazed and wonder how it happened. My years of experience have taught me to trust my artistic instincts, so more often than not, I am pleased with the results.
I have no doubt that my unrestricted "style" probably works against my marketable profile, but I love the way I can paint with freedom and I cannot wait to see what I come up with next.