Shown in the exhibition “Outremer” held at the Museum of the Marine, Paris, France, in 2011
The ornamental cherry tree in the garden, seen from my studio window for three consecutive days of autumn.
I love the ox-eye daisies that grow wild in my garden and paint them every springtime, weather permitting.
The strong light at Djibouti pushed me to change my palette. Subsequently I’ve built on the new techniques I developed there whilst working in the field to evoke these trees.
I found these wild daffodils on the coast at St Vaast whilst looking for a spot from which to paint Tatihou island.
I painted this one whilst in the first lockdown, making the most of the wonderful spring weather to work in the garden.
Thanks to the workshops and exhibitions held at the Pigeonnier http://www.stagesdupigeonnier.com/stages.html in the village of Plieux, the beautiful countryside of the Lomagne area of the Gers in France is the focal point for many of my landscapes.
The Chapelle-Gaceline is a small village near where I live in Brittany, France.
I find the architecture of new york city inspiring and have been there several times. Entering the harbour after having crossed the Atlantic by sail is something I’m proud of
The Lexington candy shop, an original New York Luncheonette on the corner of Lexington and E83rd it’s my favourite place to lunch when I go to the Metropolitan Museum.
Exhibited in 2021 at the chateau musée of Noirmoutier, France at the exhibition “Fantastic Deeps”, and at the show « Mélusine, secrets of a faery” in December 2019 to March 2020 at the l’Historial in the Vendée, France.
For my sister Helen who was born in the spring.
When a small child I went to York once and have never forgotten the steep road leading up to the cathedral. York is nothing like my painting but strangely it reminds me of my visit there. The boat in the background is the schooner Etoile.
A painting created for an exhibition about Knights at the Centre of Arthurian Imagination at Château de Comper in the forest of Broceliande, Brittany, France in 2021/22
My version of The lady of Shallot.
This picture was created in 2013 for the exhibition, Ardenne and Brittany, distant sisters, organised by the Centre for Imagination Arthurian. Unable to find someone with enough free time to pose for this picture I ended up painting myself as The Lady of the Lake.…
In case you’re wondering, I’m against whaling.
The Liquid gas carriers being repaired at Brest in France have never ceased to fascinate me by their extraordinary colour and size since I discovered the dry docks there in 1996.
A painting done for the 120th anniversary of the tall ship Belem that was chosen for the cover of a coffee table book “Hommage au Belem” published by Gallimard, celebrating the ships life and adventures : cover photo of the book below.
The study for the final canvas was painted at Kristiansand in Norway whilst on my journey to the far North aboard the schooner Etoile.
This amazingly rusty boat pushed me to paint two canvasses.
Destroyers, being constructed at the wonderful ship yard of Lanester in France.
Tugs always seem so valiant, being definitely one of my favourite types of boat.
Painted at Sables d’Olonne the eve of the 2020 Vendee Globe round-the-world yacht race.
This boat is the subject of several paintings. The theme: A vessel in the night, is one of my favourites.
Built by Piriou at Concarneau, this training ship means a lot to me as I had the luck to be chosen to launch it.
