This week I travel from Cumbria to Northern France and catch up on some sketchbook work on the way. Join me as I start to think about new abstract paintings this week.

This week I am visiting Winderwath Gardens, near Penrith. A beautiful garden and kitchen garden, it is well worth a visit. Join me here for a gentle stroll around such a magical garden

Join me this week as I continue to paint my large abstract painting of Chiswick House and Gardens. Adding detail, gold leaf and graffiti style scratching off, its a must see week!

The Fitz Park garden in Keswick was inspiration for this large abstract painting, A Garden in the Lakes. Oil on Canvas. Join me here to see the garden again.

This week I am in my studio, responding to a visit to Chiswick House and Gardens, as I plan and begin my new painting, based on the Golden section and this beautiful garden.

Join me as I revisit Chiswick House and Gardens and explore the beautiful gardens, both ornamental and architectural as I seek inspiration for my large abstract paintings.

This week I am in The Secret Garden, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, as I look around this garden that has been influenced and created through the proximity to the railway in Wolverton. It shows a positive relationship between the community and nature as it is shaped as well as used by the the community of Wolverton and Milton Keynes.

Join me this week as I take down a couple of exhibitions and finish my abstract oil painting of sunflowers.

I return to a beautiful country garden in Streatley to seek inspiration for a large abstract diptych painting based on the golden section rectangle. Join me for a look round a fabulously inspiring garden.