Hedgerow Miniature I

During the initial 2020 pandemic lockdown period my daily dog walks became even more important. I always love wildflowers in our beautiful Devon lanes and noting their changes through the seasons but this spring they became all the more poignant. With my studio full to bursting with larger paintings that couldn't go to the exhibitions they had been painted for it didn't seem right to keep producing larger work and frankly I wasn't to inspired to do so.

I started playing with ideas working on a really small scale (still using my trusty palette knife which is actually nearly as big as the tiny canvases I work on!). Here are the results of the last few studio months.