DRAWINGS AND PAINTINGS

The earliest drawing I still have is one I did in a letter to my parents written from the little boarding school I attended in Uganda from the age of 7 until 9.

: Kikiga homestead, 1953. Homes like this, with grass thatched huts and granaries, are no longer seen in Kigezi.

I entered the painting of Autumn leaves in a competition when I was eleven.

: 1955: Autumn leaves

: 1967: Ling and gorse

Before I had a good camera, my interest in flowers, and especially the wild orchids we found in Uganda between 1969-1972, motivated me to draw and paint (using watercolour paints) as many as possible. [Unfortunately, the photos of paintings have been taken through glass.]

: Some of the many orchids we found and I tried to paint as a record

: Lily Gloriosa grows wild in Uganda

: Two varieties of Passion Fruit flowers

I continued doing botanical illustrations and landscapes during the 1980s and 1990s.

: 1988: Orchids in an open vase

: 1991: Homesteads in Kigezi, Uganda

: 1991: Wallflowers in a vase

: 1990: Cyclamen

: 1992: Daisies in a vase

: 1993: Daffodils

: 1987: Autumn Leaves and Fruits

: 1988: Roses

: 1987: Pinks and Carnations

: 1980s: The Grail Retreat House, Pinner

: 1993: Lilac in watercolours

: 1997: Dried Seed Heads

: 1992: Wild Flowers & Grasses of Teso

: 1994: Frangipani Flowers in Teso, Uganda

: 1994: Wild Dutchman’s Pipe Flowers and Seeds in Teso, Uganda

: ca 1990 Sölden, Austria

: 1997 Saalbach

: 1993 Austrian mountain chalet

: 1997 Saalbach

: 1987: La Celle Dunnoise, River Creuse

: 1993: France

: 1993: Ashes Hollow, Long Mynd, Shropshire

: 1993: River Yonne, France

: 1988: The last rose (23rd December)

: 1995: Blue vase

: 1995: Lupins, delphinium and foxgloves (unfinished)

: 1995: Gladioli

: 1995: Snowdrops

: 1996: Bougainvillea in Kigali, Rwanda

: 1974: Apple blossom

: 1996: Canna Lily in Kigali, Rwanda

: 1995: Thrift on Cornish rocks

: 1991: French village

: 1995: Clematis montana

: 1995: River in Teso, Uganda

: 1995: Crackington Haven, Cornwall

: 1995: Mussels on Cornish rocks

: 1995: Trebarwith Strand

: 1998: From Aran towards Kintyre

: 1999: Long Mynd, Shropshire

: 1998: Lulworth Cove, Dorset

: 1998: Dartmoor

: 2007: Spanish Pyrenees

: 2005: Bathsheba, Barbados – drawing with watercolour pencils

: 2006: Poppy – mixed media relief

We have some of my paintings displayed on the walls of our lounge and craft room.

John Omagor’s home in Kobwin (Teso, Uganda) in 1999. It has changed considerably since then.

When I was in Teso in 2001, staying with Kokas Osekeny and his family, and then with John Omagor and his family in Teso (Uganda), I kept a Diary and did drawings for the grandchildren (aged 2-6) and Bethany (God-daughter), which I sent home by fax.

Some ‘exercises’ and studies.

: 1980: Sketch of rocks on Marloes Sands, Pembrokeshire

: 1988: Peter’s dog, Tally (Labrador cross)

: 1993: Tonal studies of Mushrooms

: 1993: Colour chart

: 1993

: 1993

: 1993: Brown bottle

: 1993

: 1993: Tonal study

: 1990:

: 2000: Warthogs in Lake Mburo NP

: 2010: Drawing of Roger

: 2010: Drawn without looking at the paper

: 2010: Drawing of my left hand

: 2010: Drawing of my left hand

: 2004: Trumpet Vine

: 2005: Hibiscus

I have increasingly found that I can express my spirituality and prayers through drawing instead of words. Here are a few I have done since about 2017.

: Driftwood Cross on the Gower Peninsula

: God within, at my centre

: God moving at my centre

: Treasures of darkness

: Transformation and new life

: The stars need the darkness

: Holy Ground

: Circle of Love

: Falling into the Trinity

: Syrian refugess fleeing over the mountains

: Mother and baby

In 2020, the BBC broadcast two evenings of live life drawing classes which I very much enjoyed. Along with some guidance and instruction, different tasks, techniques and poses were presented, giving anything from one minute to fifteen minutes to complete.