Watercolour Gallery

I started painting in 1995 in the UK, with encouragement from my wife to venture away from pencil sketches. Over the following years and many night classes, I mastered the medium of watercolour and complementary use of acrylics.

As a keen photographer and aeronautical engineer, I used every opportunity to capture aviation related subjects and turned these into commissions for pilots, engineers, and enthusiasts. I love working wet-in-wet on the paper, which gives soft tones for skies and seascapes. I like the challenge of painting reflections in water and with the coastline never far from me, I enjoy painting boats and water, which became my exhibition theme in the UK.

Although the move to New Zealand meant my journey with stone sculpture took over and watercolour painting waned, I still had the desire to paint, but not the time. However, upon meeting Susan Wild during one of her painting afternoons on the Wellington Wharf, the urge to paint was rekindled and I subsequently joined Watercolour New Zealand.

The page on this site is my New Zealand chapter and return to watercolour painting. Please keep an eye out for my latest work as I re-master the techniques.

Royal Air Force C130K(SF) in tail chase with C130J over Kings College Cambridge

Commission by the Royal Air Force Hercules Integrated Project Team and presented to Scott Hartley in recognition of his work organising the 2004 C130J joint Users Group Conference in Cambridge for International C130J Operators.

HQ Fighter Command RAF Bentley Priory

Looking from HQ11/18Gp towards the Officers' mess at RAF Bentley Priory, July 1999

300gm
Watercolour paper

David Saunders Collection

Waiting for the Tide

Exhibition painting for Warboys painting Group, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.

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