The Greenhouse studio restored!
I commenced art-working this last weekend in the newly constructed greenhouse. The temperature on the weekend was a tad challenging but I put in a stint on Friday night and then followed it up before 9.00 am on Saturday. It all
Glorious Lindisfarne and Northumberland
I spent a week pottering around the land of the rievers, Utred and various battle sites and castles. What could be more inspirational than this wonderful county? These hasty scribbles give a feeling. A self portrait of me walking from the
Completion of the Falconer / Morningstar trilogy
In the last epic stories I wrote which were set in Rajasthan at the time of the Mughal invasion, I found that the overall story came to a fitting end. Two other characters had emerged in the heat of battle
Sir David Attenborough turns Piccadilly Circus ‘Green’
As dusk set in the capital, the 20-minute takeover saw the celebrated naturalist Sir David Attenborough dominate Europe’s largest digital advertising display to remind passers-by that plants are the basis of all life, are the heartbeat of the planet, and
Organic writing and art
I like to think lately I am understanding more of my creative strengths and weaknesses. I have always enjoyed travel and my fascination with the Islands has always been evident. I guess it started with an archaeology trip to a
2021..the Ghosts of a year past
The pictures here reflect the intermittent patchy time I have been able to devote to painting.Early in the Year, I was producing pictures for the third story in theAdam & Evelyn trilogy Then there came a lot of introspection as my
The clock of time chimes by David Jackson
Time is such an important part of any story. In this picture, we see the pinnacle as the last remaining visible part of the island before it is consumed by the landscape.
David Jackson “What I was working on before the studio got hit”
‘Harding has become a tiger’ everyone exclaimed. As they looked into the rich foliage they could make out the penetrating eyes of a great cat which stared back at them., Judging by the size of its head, it must have
Live to scrawl another day
The aftermath of the winds: David's story of his studio destruction! "I often spend a little time in my greenhouse studio before I start the working day. On Monday of this week, I spent an hour attempting to finish my
The Devils Needle
The volcanic plug of rock thrust its way from the deep ocean bed some 8000 metres down. The haematite stained needle attracted small typhoons which whipped up and down the reef keeping any Gandrel birds from landing on the numerous