Bamburgh Blue Green Dreamscape - Original Painting remembrance cut gemstones and and a

cut gemstones and and a large central cabochon stone

The original Roman -Egyptian mummy portrait is thought to have originated in er-Rubayat in Egypt

They do not need to bring their catch back to land

They were inspired by the goldfinches that come to my birdfeeder in search of their favourite snack of niger seed

Bamburgh Blue Green Dreamscape - Original Painting remembrance cut gemstones and and aThis painting is one of my "dreamscape" series painted during lockdown, when I wasn't able to visit the Northumberland coast. Starved of visiting my favourite places, they began to take on an almost mythic quality in my imagination. This prompted me to work using the paint in a more experimental, abstract way, working from memory rather than my more customary techniques. The results are almost dreamlike less realistic than my regular paintings but