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
The Dragon-Fly Looking at the Glow-Worm
Not available
The Dragon-Fly Looking at the Glow-Worm
The Dragon-Fly Looking at the Glow-Worm
The Dragon-Fly Looking at the Glow-Worm
Not available
The Snake & the Moon Egg
The Dragon-Fly Looking at the Glow-Worm
The Snake & the Moon Egg
£65
The Heart Chakra
The Dragon-Fly Looking at the Glow-Worm
The Snake & the Moon Egg
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
The Lamp Post in Love with the Moon
The Lamp Post in Love with the Moon
Not available
The Lamp Post in Love with the Moon
The Lamp Post in Love with the Moon
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
The Lamp Post in Love with the Moon
Mermaid's Lonely Sunset
£65
The Element of Air
The Phoenix & Pomegranate
The Element of Air
£65
In Safe Arms
The Phoenix & Pomegranate
The Element of Air
£65
The Phoenix & Pomegranate
The Phoenix & Pomegranate
The Phoenix & Pomegranate
Not available
You can watch the bedtime story inspired by this painting here
Nurture
Orca Moon
The Phoenix & Pomegranate
Not available
Inspired by Pesso Boyden therapy and the concept of "ideal parents"
Orca Moon
Orca Moon
Orca Moon
£65
Cave Bear
Orca Moon
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
Cosmic Goldfish
Into the Wave
£65
Into the Wave
Cosmic Goldfish
Into the Wave
£65
Cosmic Goldfish
Cosmic Goldfish
Cosmic Goldfish
Not available
Tower No More
The Last Poet
Tower No More
Not available
Inspired by the Tower card from a traditional Tarot deck
Death & Life
The Last Poet
Tower No More
£65
The Last Apple
Cradled by the Goddess of the Night
The Last Apple
£65
You can read my short story about The Last Apple here
Dragon's Song
Cradled by the Goddess of the Night
The Last Apple
Not available
Cradled by the Goddess of the Night
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
Watching the Sandstorm
Cradled by the Goddess of the Night
Not available
Lilith
Watching the Sandstorm
Watching the Sandstorm
£65
Watching the Sandstorm
Watching the Sandstorm
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
Swans and the Moon
Lovers in the Orion Nebula
Not available
Based on digital art by Justin Main (used with permission)
Rainbow Dancer
Swans and the Moon
Swans and the Moon
Not available
Swans and the Moon
Swans and the Moon
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
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
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..