Category: Paintings

© HMH, 2022

I painted this watercolour in 2000 but wasn’t too happy with it. Had almost forgot about it but found it recently and thought it wasn’t so bad after all. It may not be exactly what I planned, and I believe I’ll try it again, perhaps on a larger scale, to see if I can capture… Continue reading Reflections in a Tree

I spent a large part of yesterday on this new painting, using an old sketch (see above) as inspiration. *** *** © HMH, 2021

© HMH, 2021

This is another Watercolour that disappeared through moving around. I only have a photo of it but may consider turning it into an acrylic painting. To be honest, there were some mistakes in the original that I erased using photoshop. That means this is at best a sketch that will need work to become a… Continue reading Hogsback, Surrey

This is my last flower picture – and the last in the series of cherished paintings from my childhood. I remember that we had a vase exactly like the one in the painting but don’t know where it is now. It was rather small but might have been a European copy of an Imari vase.… Continue reading Still-life with Chrysanthemum

*** Somebody in my household must have had a penchant flower-paintings: my third childhood painting instalment is a lovely rendition of golden chrysanthemums in a vase. This may not have been my parent’s style though, because I found some of the best flower paintings in the attic. This is one of them. The frame is… Continue reading Chrysanthemum

The second painting from my childhood home is a flower painting. There is no signature, but it doesn’t really matter. This is a beautiful painting that I’ve loved for a long time. It had an accident Many years ago – a boy was playing ball in the corridor where the picture hang – and the… Continue reading Irises