Commission a nude or traditional portrait

After a long, successful career in the visual arts as a graphic designer, illustrator and lecturer I have decided to make more time for my portraiture and figurative art.

Since I was at college in the early 1980s  I have attended, or run, regular life drawing sessions. I began painting portraits in oils in 2016 and am constantly developing my style and looking for new ways of seeing.

I was delighted to have one of the portraits painted during lockdown accepted for the Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.

I am an elected Associate Member of the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art   (ARCA).

I am open to conventional or nude portrait commissions to suit any budget. I  can work via Zoom, from photographs or in person.

You can book a sitting by contacting me here.

Nude portraits

I have been making figurative art for over 40 years with most of my work involved with life drawing.

I am now taking commissions for nude portraits. These can be done from life, online via Zoom or from supplied photographs.

From an hour session you get three drawings and two paintings. Many of my sitters report a boost to their body confidence from the experience.

Full discretion is assured with no copies being kept unless specifically authorised by the sitter (as with all the images shown here).

Pose for me

If you've ever felt the urge to pose nude yourself, or to have your partner drawn, here's your chance. I am taking  commissions either online, from photographs or  in person* where possible. 

Contact me to arrange a one hour session where I will make up to five drawings of you in poses of your choice. This  comprises some warm up sketches of five to ten minutes, followed by a longer twenty five minute painting. I then post the resulting unframed drawings to you.

The cost (online or from photographs) is £150.00 + P&P.

*Please contact me for in person costs which are based on a full day rate plus travel - a half day rate may be possible depending on your location.

Discretion assured at all times.

Commissioned image shown with the sitter's permission.

Traditional Portraits

I have been painting portraits for the past ten years. Sittings take between two and four hours, and up to a couple of weeks to complete the painting. The portrait is developed from my meeting with the sitter and is composed depending on how I feel it would be best to describe them.

The portraits are painted in oils on a range of substrate including canvas, linen or wood. They are usually supplied unframed but edged in a gilt foil. Framing is available as an option.

I am now taking sittings in the studio or on location, as well as continuing with online sittings via Zoom.