A Street in Soller - 2002
Pencil on paper - 280mm x 380mm
Soller is a small picturesque town on the west coast of Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean Sea.

Boots Building, Brighton - 4.8.81
Pencil on paper - 420mm x 297mm
Based on an original photograph, this is a good example of how architectural forms are simplified to an absolute minimum.

Church & Road Signs - 4.8.81
Pencil on paper - 297mm x 420mm
Unusually this sketch includes a lot of details which would otherwise be omitted. See the digital painting ‘Church and Road Signs’.

Nude - ‘84
Pencil on paper - 250mm x 205mm
This life drawing was later transformed into a digital painting - see ‘Reclining Nude’. More sketches like this can also be seen here.

Madeira Drive - 16.7.81
Pencil on paper - 297mm x 420mm
The figures walking in the distance provide the only detail in this sketch. Following this thumbnail link you can see two more sketches in this very minimalistic style.

Gardner Centre 05 - 17.6.81
Pencil on Paper - 297mm x 420mm
The Gardner Arts Centre at the University of Sussex is the subject of many photographs and paintings, some of which can be seen on this Web site. By clicking on this thumbnail four more sketches of this building can be seen.

Sussex University 07 - 19.7.81
Pencil on paper - 420mm x 297mm
This sketch is based on a series of photographs of The University of Sussex. A whole series of sketches like this can be seen by following the thumbnail link.

Adrian - 1980
Pencil on paper - 563mm x 762mm
Several prints and paintings were developed from this sketch.
Take a look at the ‘Prints’ and ‘Wax & Watercolour’sections for various examples.

Parked Cars - 3.8.81
Pencil on paper - 297mm x 420mm
The inclusion of the parked cars adds to the illusion of depth and eliminates some of the ambiguity implicated by this method of drawing.

Church - 20.7.81
Pencil on paper - 420mm x 297mm
This church is the one featured in ‘Church & Road Signs’ and a section of this sketch was used to create the painting ‘Church detail’.

MOST of these sketches are based on original photographs. With the exception of 'Adrian' and 'Nude', these are preliminary drawings intended as preparatory studies for paintings.

Despite a certain amount of ambiguity and the absence of depth caused by the lack of colour and subsequent variations in tone, there remains a sense of perspective within the two-dimensional line drawings.

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National Theatre Steps - 4.4.82
Pencil and ink on paper - 420mm x 297mm
This sketch is one of only a few that have been developed into an acrylic painting (although not shown on this site as it is in a private collection). Several other sketches from the same series can be seen by clicking on this thumbnail.

St Bartholomew's - 26.7.81
Pencil and ink on paper - 243mm x 183mm
A rare example of a 'working' sketch illustrating the use of superimposed annotation. This method of recording important colour information was used until photography replaced it.

Cap and Jacket 01 - 9.1.83
Pencil on paper - 420mm x 297mm
The complete set of sketches from this series can be seen by following this thumbnail link. The digital painting 'Mirror and Light' is based on a sketch from the same series.

Brighton Viaduct - 26.7.81
Pencil and ink on paper - 420mm x 297mm
An interesting combination of converging straight lines interrupted by arches, derived from an original black and white photograph.

Gardner Centre - close up - 7.1.83
Pencil on paper - 420mm x 297mm
In this set of sketches of the Gardner Arts Centre at the University of Sussex, the trees in the background combined with the cylindrical architectural forms help to balance the whole composition.

Fishing Boats in Soller Harbour - 2002
Pencil on paper 280mm x 380mm
The harbour is a short tram ride away from Soller town, which itself is linked to Palma by an old electric railway that still uses the original rolling stock dating back to the 1920s.