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Paintings

Below is a selection of my oil paintings, some of which are available for sale.

Whilst I may sometimes use a reference photo or drawing for inspiration, most of the paintings are intuitive, and many connect to different archetypes and symbols that have been part of my healing and learning journey over the last few years.


All paintings are on board, 30x40cm (12x16"), painted with water-based oils, unframed. Price includes UK postage. Those that are marked 'not available' are either sold, gifted or are currently on display at The Sand & Sound Centre - some of the latter may eventually become available. Please note I do not generally do commissions.


I am enormously grateful to my art teacher Laurance Worral (Lol) for his encouragement, patience and his very special ability of breaking down the mysterious process of painting into simple steps - I can highly recommend Lol's painting classes in Oldham and Hadfield, you can contact him via his Facebook page or phone 0161 284 2187 


Lagoon & Cosmos - painted as a vision of my Sand & Sound Centre, a month before it came into being

When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

Not available

Fruit Bat Forest

When the Wind Blows

When the Wind Blows

£65

Sitting with Sorrow

When the Wind Blows

Sitting with Sorrow

Not available

Whirling Dervish

Whirling Dervish

Sitting with Sorrow

Not available

Leaping

Whirling Dervish

Rainbow Explorer

£65


Rainbow Explorer

Whirling Dervish

Rainbow Explorer

Not available


The Traveller

The Traveller

The Traveller

Not available


Managing Time

The Traveller

The Traveller

Not available


Winter Swing

The Traveller

Winter Swing

Not available


The Gift

Weaving the Golden Thread

Winter Swing

Not available



Weaving the Golden Thread

Weaving the Golden Thread

Weaving the Golden Thread

Not available


The Burden

Weaving the Golden Thread

Weaving the Golden Thread

Not available

Inspired by the 'Burdens' category of Metaphors of Movement model


Welcome Home

Welcome Home

Welcome Home

Not available

Earth's Mama

Welcome Home

Welcome Home

Not available

Fire's Mama

Welcome Home

Not available

The Dragon-Fly Looking at the Glow-Worm

Not available

The Snake & the Moon Egg

£65


The Heart Chakra

Not available


Pumpkin Home

Dreamtime Magpie

Dreamtime Magpie

Not available

Dreamtime Magpie

Dreamtime Magpie

Dreamtime Magpie

Not available

Letting Go

Dreamtime Magpie

Between Two Worlds

Not available

Between Two Worlds

Playing in the Valley

Between Two Worlds

£65


Winter Sunset

Playing in the Valley

Playing in the Valley

£65


Playing in the Valley

Playing in the Valley

Playing in the Valley

£65

The Gladness of the Desert Frog

Not available

The Lamp Post in Love with the Moon

Not available

You can read the short story about the Lamp Post and the Moon here

Mermaid's Lonely Sunset

Mermaid's Lonely Sunset

£65

The Element of Air

£65

In Safe Arms

£65


The Phoenix & Pomegranate

Not available

You can watch the bedtime story inspired by this painting here

Nurture

Not available

Inspired by Pesso Boyden therapy and the concept of "ideal parents"

Orca Moon

Orca Moon

£65

Cave Bear

Orca Moon

Not available

You can read about the symbolism of bears in my blog article here 

Crying for Mother Earth

Crying for Mother Earth

Crying for Mother Earth

Not available

The Element of Fire

Crying for Mother Earth

Crying for Mother Earth

£65

You can read about the symbolism of Fire in my blog article here 

Free at Last

Crying for Mother Earth

Fire & Stones

Not available

Fire & Stones

Watching the Storm

Fire & Stones

Not available

Watching the Storm

Watching the Storm

Watching the Storm

Not available

Sand Dollars

Watching the Storm

Watching the Storm

Not available

Based on the photo by Bryan Nowak (used with permission)

Futility

£65

Into the Wave

£65


Cosmic Goldfish

Cosmic Goldfish

Not available


The Last Poet

Cosmic Goldfish

Not available

Inspired by Matt Dixon's 'lonely robots'


Tower No More

Tower No More

Not available

Inspired by the Tower card from a traditional Tarot deck


Death & Life

Tower No More

£65


The Last Apple

£65

You can read my short story about The Last Apple here 

Dragon's Song

Not available

Cradled by the Goddess of the Night

Cradled by the Goddess of the Night

Not available

Inspired by Pesso Boyden Therapy and the concept of "ideal mother"

Her Magical Web

Cradled by the Goddess of the Night

Not available

Lilith

£65

Watching the Sandstorm

Not available

Sowing the Stars

The Old Toucan's Forest

Sowing the Stars

Not available

Chilling Eve

The Old Toucan's Forest

Sowing the Stars

£65

The Old Toucan's Forest

The Old Toucan's Forest

Oya Goddess of the Storm

Not available

Oya Goddess of the Storm

Oya Goddess of the Storm

Oya Goddess of the Storm

Not available

Cosmic Kick-Ass

Oya Goddess of the Storm

Cosmic Kick-Ass

£65

Starfish Beach

Oya Goddess of the Storm

Cosmic Kick-Ass

Not available

The Dragon & the Ladybird

The Dragon & the Ladybird

The Dragon & the Ladybird

Not available

Inspired by several presentations on different sandplay symbols by my colleagues

The Albatross

The Dragon & the Ladybird

The Dragon & the Ladybird

£65

Two Moons Frog

The Dragon & the Ladybird

Two Moons Frog

£65

You can watch the bedtime story inspired by this painting here

Firefly Lake

The Sable Black Rabbit

Two Moons Frog

£65

The Sable Black Rabbit

The Sable Black Rabbit

The Sable Black Rabbit

Not available

Inspired by a poem 'The Sable Black Rabbit' which you can read at the bottom of this page

The Eye of the World

The Sable Black Rabbit

The Sable Black Rabbit

£65

Based on the Kerid Crater Lake in Iceland (please note the actual lake does not have a 'pupil') 

The Tree in the Lake

The Tree in the Lake

The Tree in the Lake

Not available

Painted following the death of my good friend Mark

Walking on Water

The Tree in the Lake

The Tree in the Lake

Not available

Autumn Gong

The Tree in the Lake

Autumn Gong

Not available

The Bridge

Big Love Waterfalls

Autumn Gong

Not available

Big Love Waterfalls

Big Love Waterfalls

Big Love Waterfalls

Not available

Painted for Tara Centre in Lancaster,  a sanctuary of kindness and compassion

Dragon's Eye

Big Love Waterfalls

Big Love Waterfalls

£65

Fire and Flowers

Lovers in the Orion Nebula

Fire and Flowers

£65

Painted just before the first lockdown of 2020 in the UK

The Eclipse

Lovers in the Orion Nebula

Fire and Flowers

Not available

Lovers in the Orion Nebula

Lovers in the Orion Nebula

Lovers in the Orion Nebula

Not available

Submerged

Lovers in the Orion Nebula

Not available

Based on digital art by Justin Main (used with permission)

Rainbow Dancer

Not available

Swans and the Moon

Not available

Watching the Eclipse

Valley with the Waterfall

Valley with the Waterfall

£65

Inspired by my poem 'Solitude' - you can read it at the bottom of this page

Valley with the Waterfall

Valley with the Waterfall

Valley with the Waterfall

Not available

Embrace

Valley with the Waterfall

Sunset Clouds

Not available

Sunset Clouds

Wolf Looking Over the Mountains

Sunset Clouds

Not available

Wolf Looking Over the Mountains

Wolf Looking Over the Mountains

Wolf Looking Over the Mountains

£65

Goddess of the Waterfall

Wolf Looking Over the Mountains

Wolf Looking Over the Mountains

£65

Based on digital art by Justin Main (used with permission)

Pachamama

The Element of Water

The Element of Water

£65

The Element of Water

The Element of Water

The Element of Water

Not available

The Guardians

The Element of Water

The Element of Earth

£65


The Element of Earth

The Element of Earth

The Element of Earth

£65

Turtle

The Element of Earth

The Egg

Not available

The Egg

The Element of Earth

The Egg

£65

You can read my blog article on symbolism of eggs here

Mermaid Lagoon

Rising From the Sea Foam

Turquoise River

£65


Turquoise River

Rising From the Sea Foam

Turquoise River

£65


Rising From the Sea Foam

Rising From the Sea Foam

Rising From the Sea Foam

£65


Winter Sunshine

The Cracking Moon & the Chrysalis

Rising From the Sea Foam

£65


The Cracking Moon & the Chrysalis

The Cracking Moon & the Chrysalis

The Cracking Moon & the Chrysalis

Not available

Inspired by a vision I had in 2018

Jurassic Romance

The Cracking Moon & the Chrysalis

The Cracking Moon & the Chrysalis

£65

Inspired by Gestalt Dino Therapy experience with Stephan van Heerden


Poems

The Sable Black Rabbit

The Sable Black Rabbit
Leaping the Universe
Soft as Softness itself
Fierce as the awesomest Fierceness


Hopping from black hole to galaxy
Through the Saturn rings
Through the gaps in the atoms
And back to black hole again


It is in the Universe, not of it
Humming to the dance of the stars
Weaving golden threads in the cracks between parallel worlds
Splashing in the meteor shower


Playing with the marbles of the Solar System
Munching on the Milky Way 

like the most delicious carrot
My Sable Black Rabbit


[This poem was inspired by a spontaneous visualisation as part of my personal work]


Solitude

Salt… Solution… Solenoid… Solid… Salubrious…
Any word beginning with the sound ‘sol’ but that one
Solzhenitsyn… Solomon... Solstice... Soliloquy….
I am running out of ‘sol’ words

I must now turn towards the one I’ve been silencing


Solitude
The solo etude of my life
The music of it
The aloneness of it
And the slow, solemn dance of it


This game of solitaire hardly offers salvation

The salty, solidifying crystals where once was my heart
The mind is insolvent
The spirit is slovenly
The body soliciting touch

But someone is shouting, ‘Sorry, it’s all sold out!’

And the soul.. the soul is just about consolable
Longing for solitude.. fearing solitude..
Doing the work that the soul does best
In the soft and familiar arms
Of solitude..

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