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A Beautiful Place to Meet Lucifer
70x50cm / Acrylic on canvas / 2011

The Artwork Gallery

The artwork gallery displays my paintings and 3D work to scale so you can see how big things are in relation to each other.

The PhotographyGallery

I like to take photos, particularly of everyday objects presented from unusual points of view. Reality is ephemeral and must be questioned.

firm gently

I am an artist living and working in Brighton on the English south coast. I make things, I'm into photography, I even build the odd website but mainly I paint.

I have no answer (or too many answers) to the question 'what do you paint?'. To succeed commercially as a painter I need to have an instantly identifiable style, to be pigeon-holeable so that people can spot my work amongst others. I end up failing commercially instead.

Firm gently? Yeah I read it on the back of a seed packet.


"The Stuckist paints pictures because painting pictures is what matters."

The Stuckists Manifesto

    latest things

  • Empty Easel review

    01/02/2012

    I got a nice little write-up from Dan over at Empty Easel, they have some useful articles for artists over there so do check them out.

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  • I am still alive

    23/01/2012

    I've not posted any new stuff to the site for a while as I've been busy with other things, including setting myself up so I can start selling prints of my work through this site. Be aware-ea of this area! (that means watch this space)

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  • New work: Montserrat Blue

    28/12/2011

    A new impressionistic seascape, hope you like it.

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  • New work: Ride Waves / Make Waves

    14/09/2011

    My latest abstract painting.

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  • New work: Filamentary My Dear Flotsam / South Down Cows

    09/08/2011

    A new abstract piece, inspired by recurring natural patterns and a nice tranquil landscape.

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  • New work: Splatstormm Series

    22/07/2011

    I added four new pieces in the Splatstormm series, Blue, Red, Green and Yellow.

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  • RSS feed

    12/07/2011

    There is now an RSS news feed where I'll post updates about new pieces and other news relating to this site and my work. This is in response to a suggestion from a friend who visits the site - thanks Carlos!

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  • New work added

    21/06/2011

    Two new pieces of work: In One Side and its complement, Out the Other. Also there is a work in progress which I thought some people might like to see (and if they had to wait until I was finished they might never see it).

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  • Ratings table

    24/03/2011

    I added a ratings table so I can see which bits of work people like and which they don't like. It's for my own purposes really so there aren't any main links to it but check it out if you're interested.

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  • Facebook 'like' buttons

    15/03/2011

    I to and fro in my relationship with Facebook. Is it the all-encompassing hive mind wanting to dissolve us all? Maybe, but for now I'm going along with it. I like people to see what I make, and for them to have reactions - it's the only reason I make things. So I added a Facebook 'like' button.

    Click it, your friends will click it, then your friends' friends will click it, and when I rule the world I'll get you a good deal on something or other.

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  • New website goes live

    13/02/2011

    This website has been my main focus of attention for the past couple of months, it's sucked up literally hundreds of hours of my life but that's fine I didn't have much else to do.

    The rebuild is significant for me as it represents a shift in focus back to painting, a skill which I have kept barely alive, neglected and underfed for the past few years. I'm now back into my painting (at least I was before the website took over) and it feels right.

    Although I am glad to have finished the site, I've endured a deep sustained dive into my left brain to do it and am euphoric in anticipation of future wallowings in the right.

    EDIT 06/03/11: Ok after another fortnight of twiddling, now it's really gone live.

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  • The Brighton Stuckists founded

    05/02/2011

    I'm not a big fan of the Turner Prize or modern concept art in general. Some may say this is because it's too deep or complex for me, they may be right. I say it's because it's a hiding place for blaggers and bullshitters (I never bullshit - check out my photos if you don't believe me). It's a self-sustaining phenomenon, those who create it have found a way of substituting words for effort and skill, and those who surround them are scared of appearing stupid if they don't perceive the depth and excellence they are told is there.

    Stuckists are painters who, according to Tracey Emin are 'Stuck! Stuck! Stuck!'. I found I identified very much with what they say in their manifesto and have therefore founded The Brighton Stuckists.

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