I’ve been adding new figures and a dog to my largest Cornish artwork… the wrap-around mural on a classic Bay Window camper. The scene now flows continuously from the window line down… a full twelve metres of Cornwall’s beaches and shifting light. I paint en plein air whenever I can. Today was cold and damp… thermal vest, layers upon layers… but the reflections on wet sand waited for no one.

My method is simple: understand how we see, then paint what’s true. Tiny figures work because the values and edges are right, not because I copied a photograph. The dog’s reflection sits where the light demands… softened toward the viewer, sharper at the contact points. The same principles guide my lessons and commissions… whether we’re on Mawgan Porth Beach or tucked out of the wind by the van.

If you spot the mural in Cornwall, you’re seeing more than paint… you’re seeing a moving conversation about light, place and memory. If you’d like help bringing your own scene to life… lessons are available online, on Zoom or in person here in Cornwall… and I’m working on several commissions I’ll share when each is finished.