Super 7 ..........

Portrait of a Birthday Girl
Super 7

It's My World and My Rules ..........

Still my all time favourite

Hercule Poirot ..........

Belgian's most famous detective

Andy's Soup Can ..........

Pop Art gone mad!

Northam Castle Sunrise ..........

Well, Turner did it much better than me!
But it was fun to have a go.

The Sunflower Man ..........

My attempt in acrylics of a famous self portrait by Vincent van Gogh,
it was so much fun to do but I'm not going to go mad,
or cut off one of my ears!

The Toilette ..........

Thought I'd have a go at Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's "The Toilette" but I quite liked it without the clutter of the room in the background!

The Big Splash ..........

Think my attempt at David Hockney's "The Big Splash" has turned out quite well.
Anyway it was such a challenge, but great fun too

The Yellow Christ ..........

My version in acrylics of a famous painting by Paul Gauguain

Nafea Faa Ipoipo? (When will you Marry?)

My attempt in acrylics of a famous painting by Paul Gauguain
Great fun to do!

The Eagle and the Tiger..........

Painting in progress

The Mouse and the Elephant ..........

The mouse and the Elephant

~
I tell you, if you don't obey
I'll run right up your snout!
Well, I'll do whatever you say
But, man alive - KEEP OUT!

Swedish Froggy ..........

Små grodorna, små grodorna är lustiga att se.
Små grodorna, små grodorna är lustiga att se.
Ej öron, ej öron, ej svansar hava de.
Ej öron, ej öron, ej svansar hava de.

Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack,
kou ack ack ack ack kaa.
Kou ack ack ack, kou ack ack ack,
kou ack ack ack ack kaa.

Poppy Love ..........

Little poppies, little hell flames,

Do you do no harm?

You flicker. I cannot touch you.
I put my hands among the flames. Nothing burns

(Diptych 70co x 100cm)

Spider and Worm ..........

Swap my Spider for your Worm

Hola, Hola ..........

Hola, Hola me llamo Moomin
Hola, Hola me llamo Wizard
Hola, Hola me llamo Dragon
Hola, Hola me llamo Ogre

New Pajamas from Marks and Spencer .....

Brushed Ink on art paper 28cm x 38cm

Look, see what happens when you use your own
"bar-code" to order new pajamas from M&S!

Red and Blue Irises .....

Acrylic on canvas 38cm x 46cm

Some irises are RED
Some can be BLUE
I wrote this little poem
While sitting on the LOO!

Red Red Rose ....

Acrylic on canvas 38cm x 46cm

O, my love is like a red, red rose,
That is newly sprung in June.
O, my love is like the melody,
That is sweetly played in tune.

As fair are you, my lovely lass,
So deep in love am I,
And I will love you still, my Dear,
Till all the seas go dry.

Till all the seas go dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt with the sun!
O I will love you still, my Dear,
While the sands of life shall run.

And fare you well, my only Love,
And fare you well a while!
And I will come again, my Love,
Although it were ten thousand mile!

Blue Flag Iris .....

Acrylic on canvas faced board 33cm x 41cm

What is it about irises
in the garden
whether blue flag or yellow,
deep purple, white with red
why do they catch the attention, the imagination
more than lesser blooms?
A certain allure
that Georgia O’Keeffe didn’t taint
a beauty that draws you in
to ponder and marvel on
a delicacy that is real
but a perennial that wears well
the seasons in England too
bitter cold and short summers
a herald for the Spring
whether in bog or flower bed

Sunflower .....

Acrylic on canvas 38cm x 46cm

I see you there in glory shining bright,
Following the sun and its path of light.

Standing tall above all others in the field,
You grow, conquer, and do not yield.

Yellow Flag Iris .....

Acrylic on canvas 38cm x 46cm

Yellow velvet robe
soothes, beckons
and warms the soul

Red and Yellow Stargazer .....

Acrylic on canvas 38cm x 46cm

Every second, I am a stargazer
Every minute, I am a stargazer

Every hour, I am a stargazer
Every day, I am a stargazer

Chrysanthemum .....

Acrylic on canvas 38cm x 46cm

The rose is called the queen of flowers,
Surrounded by her sisters fair,

A lovely throng of beauties rare,
She holds her court 'mid summer bowers,
'Neath smiling skies of sunny blue,
Gayly they bloom the summer through
Brightening all the golden hours.
But when the autumn days have come
Then blooms our sweet Chrysanthemum.

I've got a personality complex
not sure if I'm white with black stripes
or if I'm black with white stripes!

My name is 'SPOT'
and I have my own bar code!

The chicken said to the pig....
"Lets give the farmer a treat for breakfast"

"How about bacon and eggs?"
The pig thought about that for a while and said....
"Let me see if I,ve got this right"
"You will provide the eggs and I'm to give the bacon!"
"As I see it, you will be involved, but I will need to be committed!"

It's a bananafish day .....................

Bananafish is good for you
cos' you get both fruit and oily omega three!

Happy day painting .......................

So here it is,
My happy day painting
Today I'll have a bit of fun.

Sting in the tail ............................

The Scorpion is as black as soot,
He dearly loves to bite;
He is a most unpleasant brute
To find in bed at night.

Butterflies go fluttering by ..............

Butterflies go fluttering by
On coloured wings that catch the eye.
On wings of orange, and silvery blue,
On wings of golden yellow, too.
Butterflies float in the air,
Making their homes most anywhere:
The rain forest, field, and prairie land,
On mountaintops, and desert sand.
If winter brings the cold and snow,
To warmer climates, off they go!
Returning home the following spring,
Beautiful butterflies on the wing!

Heat Electric ......................................

It's easily controllable and it needs to be easily controllable
as well because I don't have much time and I'm a busy person.
So I have to have everything just as I need it.
Well, there should be something filling with model and design
and it has to be easily turn off and on-able.

Frank the Tortoise

The one that Pied Piper forgot! ...............

Great rats, small rats, lean rats, fat rats,
Brown rats, black rats, grey rats, tawny rats,
Grave old plodders, happy young friskers,
Fathers, mothers, uncles and cousins,
Cocking tails and pricking whiskers,
Families by tens and dozens,
Brothers, sisters, husbands and wives,
Followed the Piper for their lives.

Ben - Michael Jackson's Rat

I'm late! I'm late! ..............

I'm late! I'm late!
For a very important date!
No time to say "Hello", goodbye!
I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!

I run and then I hop hop hop
I wish that I could fly
There's danger if I dare to stop
and here's the reason why

You see I'm overdue
I'm in a rabbit stew
Can't even say "Good-bye", hello
I'm late, I'm late, I'm late

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
I'm overdue!
I'm really in a stew!
No time to say "Goodbye", hello!
I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!

White Rabbit

a fork in the road ..............

One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire Cat.

Which road do I take? she asked.
Where do you want to go? said the cat with a grin.
I don't know, said Alice.
Then, said the cat, "it really doesn't matter,”
cos' any road will get you there!

The Cheshire Cat

the time has come ..............

"The time has come," the Walrus said,
"To talk of many things:
Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax--
Of cabbages--and kings--
And why the sea is boiling hot--

And whether pigs have wings."

The Walrus and the Carpenter