I finished the final large painting in my Chine series yesterday which feels good. It’s the biggest painting I have done to date at 160 x 120cm but I want to go bigger. I think around 200 x 150cm would be ideal but my studio just isn’t big enough to do it. I got to use Kit Form, the gallery space on the ground floor of Jamaica Street Studios to photograph all three Chine paintings. We’re really lucky to have the space and I couldn’t get decent photos without somewhere big to space the lights out.

Chine III was going to feature a British garden bird but I changed my mind at the last minute and decided on a British butterfly. Can you find the caterpillar and pupa? they are in there somewhere!

I may do a couple of smaller pieces in this series, as I think 5 paintings sounds like more of a collection than 3. We’ll see what January brings.

Have a great Xmas and stay tuned for more news in the new year!