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December Newsletter
Winter can be beautiful and I’ve painted many wintry scenes over the years. With the low sun and long blue shadows, these landscapes can make a great subject.
New exhibition, paintings of Tuscany – 5th November
Back in the spring, after returning from a trip to Tuscany, I wrote a newsletter promising that I would have an exhibition of the new work in late Autumn. Well for once everything has gone to plan...
Stag – Commission
Just finished this commission of a stag and I’m really pleased with this one. It’s quite a large piece
ANIMAL PRINTS AT THE SWAN
We’ve stayed at the beautiful Swan Hotel in the Lake District a few times over the years, and often stopped by for lunch. At the bottom of Lake Windermere, close to the central Lakeland fells, it’s an amazing location and has become one of the Lakes’ top hotels.
TUSCANY TRIP
Without a doubt, one of the most enjoyable parts of my job is the travel; the work trips! I get to spend 4 or 5 days at a time in my favourite places - seeking out new subjects or sometimes...
NEW WEBSITE LAUNCH
I’ve had several new websites over the years and each time I forget what a tremendous amount of work is involved. The initial intention is to essentially keep the same content, but improve the...
Commission for WINALOT, winning the KENNETH DENTON AWARD
...and the difficulties of finding the right reference material. I know I could pick easier subjects to paint! Animals and the sea form the bulk of my subjects and neither are predictable, rarely...
Provence Exhibition
LAST OF THE SUMMER WINE An exhibition of paintings from Provence by James Bartholomew 4th APRIL 2020 Last autumn, I made a spontaneous trip to the Luberon region of Provence, hoping to catch the...
Winter Newsletter 2018
It’s been a little while since I last managed to write a newsletter, what with all the building work in the new gallery space, a new website and several new painting projects, it’s been a busy year!...
Gift Vouchers now available
People often tell me how difficult it is to buy art for someone else. We are always happy to exchange a picture if you choose the wrong one, but a voucher will cover all bases. There are 3 designs...
Spring 2018 Newsletter
Just a short newsletter this time and I’m going to start it with an appeal: On 22nd April I will be running the 2018 LONDON MARATHON to raise money for WORLD ANIMAL PROTECTION, a charity that has...
October 17 Newsletter
New directions and a new exhibition... I'm going to start this second newsletter with a very difficult subject. I'm heartbroken to say that my rock, my mate,...
May 17 Newsletter
Dingle, buffalo and new oils… Visitors to the gallery often ask me ‘what’s new?’, ‘where have I been to paint recently?’ or ‘where am I off to next?’. It seemed about time then, that I should put...
New puppy
It’s a few years now since I lost Harris, my Flat Coated Retriever and best bud. While life’s been busy recently, I have missed having a dog with me, especially when out working and walking. So here’s Jess, my new Springer pup. I’m sure she’s going to be as well travelled as Harris and Broch before her.
Venice trip…
Just returned from a great couple of days in Venice. It was a spontaneous trip to take advantage of perfect conditions and I got exactly what I was hoping for. Venice is much quieter in winter (not...
Pedal power
Over the last 6 months I've been working towards my upcoming exhibition; 'New paintings of the Lake District' so I've spent quite some time up there, looking for new and interesting things to paint....
Head out west
I recently returned from a great painting trip to California, where I've been itching to go for a while. I wanted to get an American twist on the cows theme and to see that legendary coastline, the...
It’s finished – finally!
While I was under no illusions about the work involved in creating a new website, it’s taken far longer than I ever anticipated! I know a website’s important and that nowadays it’s the face of the...
My New Chickens
We moved house last month and now that we’ve finally got plenty space, I finally got my chickens! Meet Penny and her brood of 11 chicks. OK she’s not the prettiest hen you’ve ever seen (truth be...
School visit
My 8 year old daughter Amelie, and her class from school recently paid a visit to my studio to watch me paint. Following a quick look round the gallery, they sat down on my studio floor to watch how...
What to paint…?
I know that the popular notion of an artist’s day is of floating around, ‘Waiting for Inspiration’ but for most artists, it just couldn’t work like that! As with most professions, you have to work...
New Studio
As romantic and authentic as it may have been, my studio in the top of the windmill tower wasn’t without it’s problems.It’s double height space and ‘retreat-like’ position, not to mention terrific...
What time is it…??!!
The 11 balls of yellow fluff that we acquired last August are now fully fledged, fully feathered, fully vocal chickens. There are 3 cockerels amongst them which don’t seem to be able to tell the...
London 2013
Well I’m 12 months too late for any bandwagon as far as London is concerned, but as a subject it’s not something that’s really leapt out at me until now. A few weeks ago however, we’d gone to London...