Portfolio Book
Bronwylfa Hall and Bersham
• A Favorite Commission • Looking at the website statistics its noticeable how many look at one house portrait in particular. It also happens to be among one of my favorite commissions but, before we look at it and a nearby house let me tell you a little about the area. Historically it was a place that was to … Read more
Royal Forest, Roaches Hall and a portrait of Manor Farm
• Celebration at Roaches Hall • The last weekend in January some thirty friends, from across the UK, stayed at Roaches Hall to celebrate my brothers wedding anniversary. I took the opportunity to return to the village of Sutton just a few miles further north to visit one of my favorite early commissions. A house portrait of … Read more
A young mans vision -Eastnor Castle
The Idea Walking along the top of southern end of the Malvern Hills, that dramatic ridge that separates Worcestershire from Herefordshire, I had an audacious thought. The trouble was I had finished writing a book and needed inspiration for my next project. Could I finance my next book through the the owners of the houses I … Read more
beautiful period homes – its arrived!
There really is something quite amazing when you get a parcel through the post and quickly open it to find that it is a physical manifestation of all those hours of hard work that you spent designing and creating a book of your own and here are a few photos that reveal the truth. If … Read more
Malvern Hills – Worcestershire Border Country
For hundreds of years the lands to the west of the River Severn were frontier lands between England and Wales and until the countries were united under Henry Tudor in 1537 they were bitterly fought over. Over a hundred years later just outside Worcester on the banks of the River Severn both the opening skirmish and seven years later … Read more
Do you need a notebook?
Do you make notes and “to do” lists on scraps of paper and then ten minutes later you have forgotten where you put them. I know I certainly do. That amazing print on demand company Blurb have come up with the answer – why not make a notebook or two – easy really. But when they arrived from the printers they … Read more
The Sweetiecoote – Fantastical Artwork
What does an artist do when he has had a hard day working on commissions and researching on the internet? Like anybody else he needs a break. We went out for a short drive snatched a few breaths of fresh air and returned. While my wife made up some cheese on toast, I started to … Read more
Lancaster – early works
Lancaster is one of my favorite cities. It is in the North West of England looking across Morecambe Bay to the mountains of the Lake District. After spending some twenty eight years of my life in London and four of them driving buses I needed a change. In between jobs I wondered about building a … Read more
Shipwrecks and ex Mayors House
Back in July the Hilsden family met up for their annual holiday in Wales and discovered a interesting corner of south Wales. Rather unusually, we stayed in a town house, but what a magical setting it proved to be. Hermon’s Hill House at the top of a hill overlooking the old town and the ruined castle of … Read more
The Old Manor House at Wick
Over the medieval footbridge that crosses the River Avon near the Georgian town of Pershore is the small village of Wick, Worcestershire and at its heart is a remarkable half timbered manor house opposite the church. The village of Wick is a single street that runs along the foot of a hill just above the … Read more
