Painting "en plein air"...in the open air...is a very rewarding challenge for an artist. Artists around the world, for most of the last two centuries have taken their brushes and paints outside, in all weather conditions, to study nature at first hand, seeking the truth as nature states it.

For most of my painting career I have followed the tradition and ventured out of doors to paint whatever subject matter struck me as interesting. Doing this in different countries, in warm, hot, cold, freezing, foggy, rainy, sunny, cloudy or whatever kind of weather has taught me much about the craft of painting. How to look, observe and simplify nature's grand design, express changing weather conditions and to harmonize colour in my paintings, among a lot of other things.

This page shows a selection of my works painted in the last four or five years. Considered studies and reference for larger studio paintings, many do become a finished painting and worthy of framing and showing. It is always good when that happens.