Seaside Cafe No.1 (Fortunes of War) - (Oil on canvas, 9 x 12 ins.) Seaside Cafe No.2 (Due South) - (Oil on canvas, 9 x 12 ins.) The cold weather, coupled with the failure of the Art Club's boiler meant that when I got there yesterday, the oldsters...

Rooftops (Charcoal and compressed charcoal on cartridge paper) This drawing is clouded in uncertainty. I don't really remember when I did it, but this seems an appropriate point in the Old Drawings scheme of things to post it. I can't locate the...

Rocks Nr Sawrey (Oil on canvas, 40 x 40 cms) Thank heavens for the Art Club. On Thursday I found myself with a burning desire to finish off the rock study. I knew there was little to do, so I made a short visit to the Club and put in the branches, did...

Life, or perhaps death, just seems to be getting in the way at the moment, so progress on the painting front is at a standstill. I went to a funeral on Tuesday where I learned I have a second one to go to next week. Although not desperately...

After Rain Private Collection Done in 1998 or 1999, this drawing is a view of the Tyne Bridge from a curious little concrete balcony that juts out over The Side. In 1999, it led to this painting, which I sold through a gallery in Leeds. I could have...