Bluewater Bath Seal (2009)

• Painting
• 29 x 35 inches / 73 x 88 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• £950.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

+ The starting point for this image has been worked from the photo silkscreen Black Five Bath Seal, where an abstraction from the original collage effect has taken place. The painting has more added tones to increase the 3D depth.

Yellow Winter Mouse (2009)

• Painting
• 24 x 18 inches / 61 x 45.7 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• £750.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

Green Clacton Cat (2008)

• Painting
• 18 x 12 inches / 45.7 x 30.5 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• £650.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

Orange Uzès Arena Street Bulls, Provence (2008)

• Painting
• 48 x 30 inches / 120 x 75 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• £1,200.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

+ Inspired by seeing the annual Bull Run through the market town of Uzès in Provence, France; and designed mid-flight between Nîmes and Stansted. This painting relates to a series of whole animal designs and is based on a thin-form 'sheet' format.

Red Bird (2008)

• Painting
• 12 x 12 inches / 30.5 x 30.5 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• £650.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

Aerial Antlered Moose (2007)

• Painting
• 9 x 12 inches / 22 x 30 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• £450.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

+ Deer and moose images have gradually developed alongside horse designs. This is a portrait of a moose, although full-length ideas have also been designed. The title plays on the letter a - and makes a Surreal reference between TV aerials as thin structures not unlike the balance and growth of deer antlers.

Anglian Swamp Insect (2007)

• Printmaking
• 12 x 10 inches / 30 x 25 cms
• Silkscreen print on paper
• From £140.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

+ From a series of insect designs, some prints still available from an original edition of 20: framed £180.00, unframed £140.00

Augury Prophet and Moon (2007)

• Commission
• Photo montage
• 6 x 9 inches / 15 x 23 cms
• Photo montage (paintings and prints are being developed at present from this image)
• Currently in a private collection

+ Originally designed as an invitation card to a party for a print technician - Linda Theophilus - leaving Gainsborough's House Printworkshop: (to pursue her own work in pin-hole photography and conceptual installation + to join her husband in India on various projects.)

In designing this image I included visual references to Linda: conceptual art and India = images from an exhibition De Sign - held in the Essex University gallery and curated by students on the University's 'Gallery Studies and Critical Curating' MA course. a-n magazine commissioned an article from me covering this exhibition. The images were from the video animation by Paul Schutze (inspired by the Jantar Mantar observatory gardens of Delhi) - The Garden of Instruments 2004 - (panning an architectural glass structure) which also included an Audio Art voice-over; an imagined conversation between India and Portugal in the c18th, 'referring to upgraded knowledge of celestial observations far superior to the Portuguese at this time'.

I have included some of the video imagery as texture on the prophet head; also another review for Marion Coutts at Firstsite, Colchester inspired me to the augury prophet idea + biblical and moon images included in earlier paintings.

Further references contributing to Augury Prophet and Moon include celestial eclipse forms from an Indian astronomer's site, digitised images of a Jantar c18th observatory, and negatives of shots showing a street in Coggeshall, Essex.

Blue Uzès Street Bulls, Provence (2007)

• Painting
• 18 x 12 inches / 45.72 x 30.48 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• With Andrew D'Arcy Fine Art (priced at £800)

Elephant Torso (2007)

• Painting
• 42 x 40 inches / 106.6 x 101.6 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• £950.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

Howling Dog and Moon (2007)

• Painting
• 12 x 08 inches / 30 x 20 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• £350.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

Red Prophet and Moon (2007)

• Painting
• 18 x 12 inches / 45.7 x 30.5 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• With Andrew D'Arcy Fine Art (priced at £450)

Red Flying Insect and Pink Architecture (2006)

• Printmaking
• 20 x 15 inches / 50 x 38 cms
• Silkscreen print on paper
• From £180.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

+ From a series of insect designs, some prints still available: framed £220.00, unframed £180.00

Vicarage Dog (2006)

• Painting
• 20 x 18 inches / 50.80 x 45.72 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• Currently in private collection

Pregnant Dog and Moon (2005 tbc)

• Painting
• 12 x 9 inches / 30 x 23 cms
• Acrylic on board
• Currently in a private collection

+ Exhibited as part of Brush with Words at Cheltenham in Gloucestershire: a collaborative exhibition between the Royal Academy Schools Alumni (RASA) and The Border Poets from Shropshire.

The images and poems were exhibited together and this painting was inspired by a pregnant theme: using the see-through form of an animal to reveal the unborn inside - with exterior imagery in the same design.

Red French Racing Cyclist Head (2003)

• Painting
• 12 x 9 inches / 30 x 23 cms
• Acrylic on canvas (glass box framed)
• £400.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

+ Relates to earliest designs for head forms, although exploring hole-through designs for basic head structures - also sculpture-inspired by the 'hollowed out' images of Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth.

Black Five Bath Seal (2001)

• Printmaking
• 28 x 31 inches / 71 x 79 cms
• Photo-silkscreen on paper
• From £140.00 unframed / £180.00 framed
• One print remaining from an edition of 15
• Currently in the artists' collection

+ Showing collage effect with hard-edge designs; this photo-silkscreen is one of the best-known images by Ron Sims and it is held in numerous public and private collections.

Twin Springer Spaniels (2001)

• Painting
• 4 x 3 inches / 10 x 7 cms
• Acrylic on card on board, framed under glass
• From £450.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

+ A colour work-out for a larger final commission (24 x 15 inches / 61 x 38 cms, acrylic on canvas), which is held in a private collection.

I was introduced to these two Springer Spaniels in a back of a Land Rover by the owner, who wanted me to get to know these 2 friendly dogs and paint their portraits in an imaginative way; as a double portrait! He also gave me a photograph as reference. After many sketches the image developed - partly as a hollowed-out labyrinth using 'Springer Spaniel' dog proportions.

Yawning Dog (2001)

• Painting
• 12 x 7 inches / 30 x 18 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• £450.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

+ An image from the 'single head' series developed from tall rectangular forms, suggesting movement from an otherwise static image. A tonal colour scheme within a singular black line format.

Purple Running Dish Dog (1999)

• Painting
• 12 x 08 inches / 30 x 20 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• £250.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

Laurel and Hardy (1993)

• Commission
• Painting
• 24 x 21 inches / 60 x 53 cms
• Acrylic on Canvas
• Currently in a private collection

+ A commissioned image of the two early cinema stars, requested in my style. I normally work from self detachment for designs, so this was quite difficult. I looked at videos, photos etc. until some ideas came e.g. Laurel has pulled Hardy's hat down so hard, that his hair is showing through the flipped up top!

Nude Man and Telephone Booth (1993)

• Painting
• 12 x 09 inches / 30.48 x 22.86 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• Currently in private collection

Sprung Perched Night Owl (1987)

• Painting
• 15 x 24 inches / 38 x 61 cms
• Acrylic on Canvas
• Currently in a private collection

+ From a series of 'platform' images where a collection of forms 'sit' on top. Inspired by still-life on tabletops eg. works by William Scott. Sold in 2003 at Christies, London at a charity auction on behalf of Cancer UK. Previously shown during 2002 in Florence, Italy at the Modigliani Centre as part of the Serious Pleasure exhibition (Royal Academy Schools Alumni Association - now RASA).

Spectacled Schoolboy (1985)

• Painting
• 24 x 15 inches / 61 x 38 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• £650.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

+ An image from the 'single head' series, where the forms have a visual thickness compared with later designs where a single edge denotes a thinner form. The eye shapes 'double up' with the spectacle forms which appear to be on the outside of a stereotype schoolboy cap. Bright abstracted colour scheme within graded thick and thin black lines against a white background.

Doric Eyed Dog (1983)

• Painting
• 24 x 18 inches / 60 x 45 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• £750.00
• Currently in the artists' collection

Typewriter Dog (1981)

• Painting
• 24 x 21 inches / 61 x 53 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• Currently in private collection

+ A mixture of images between a living form and a machine from the 'single head' series. The eye forms appear as a layered sliding piece of equipment typical of the now, old fashioned typing machines. A more subdued subtle abstracted colour scheme within graded black lines against a white background

Green Breasted Girl (1969)

• Painting
• 48 x 36 inches / 121 x 91 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• Currently in private collection

Red Girl (1969)

• Painting
• 48 x 36 inches / 121 x 91 cms
• Acrylic on canvas
• Currently in private collection

T Junction Head (1969)

• Painting
• 48 x 36 inches / 122 x 91 cms
• Acrylic on Canvas
• Currently in private collection

+ An early 'head' image painted at the RA Schools and sold at the 1970 'Premiums' exhibition held in the main galleries of the Royal Academy.

A long-standing annual exhibition; 'Premiums' showcases work of second year students studying at the Royal Academy Schools - and so highlights some of the best contemporary painting and sculpture being produced by art students in the UK.