Pan was painted on a quiet afternoon in May 2024 - not just a portrait, but a return to self. Each brushstroke carried memory, emotion, and presence. This isn’t simply a face. It’s a story of healing, wonder, and rediscovery in the wake of loss.

Boy in Red Glasses was the first painting I made after a year away from the brush, grieving my mum. This reflection shares how it felt to begin again, and how that quiet moment of painting started what would become The Wonder Series.

Yesterday, I finally got to see Jenny Saville’s The Anatomy of Painting exhibition. I’ve been waiting so long for this… she’s been a huge influence on me for the last 25 years…

Some paintings arrive fully formed in your head. Others sneak up on you. The Pirate was definitely the latter…

Okay, so it might not look like much… but this right here — a single sheet of OSB board — is the start of something I’ve been craving for ages.

Over the past few months, something really special has been quietly unfolding behind the scenes—In Full Flow, a new collective of painters I feel incredibly proud to be part of…

It all begins with an idea.

Hello and welcome to my Studio Journal — a quiet corner to share what I’ve been making, thinking, and experimenting with in the studio…