Artwork

Background

Unlike many writers, who penned their first novels in their teenage years, I entered the writing world late in life. I disliked essays and creative writing at school, and only set my first hesitant and self-conscious novel scenes to paper back in 2004.

Maybe it was a mid-life crisis.

On the other hand, I have always been an artist. Some of my earliest memories are of the Daleks first gliding onto TV screens in 1963, and of me covering page after page with imaginary Dalek battles.

I’ve been hooked on creating sci-fi images ever since.

Gallery

These paintings are all large poster size – 30″ x 22″ or something similar depending on what sized paper or card I had handy. The gallery is divided into sections representing different stages of my painting, and shown in reverse order so you’re delving back into time. Click on an image for a closer look.

The most recent group, dating from 2014, consists of cover art for my books, and some painting for pure release again rather than for any practical purpose.

Like my earlier work, this next group was completed in a brief burst of activity, from 1999 to 2001 before I set my paintbrushes aside to concentrate on writing. Up until now, I was working with poster colors on cartridge paper. Here, I switched to gouache on a heavier cardstock. These have a softer, less harsh feel to them.

After college, there was a bit of a gap. I still painted but didn’t complete anything for a few years. This group, spanning 1985 to 1996,  represents a transition in style to bolder, richer colors and away from heavy use of black for shading.

The oldest paintings, and the largest group, were done at the end of my last school year and through college – 1978 to 1981.