I wanted to share some of the inspiration behind my new collection of paintings celebrating Autumn. Although I actually find the shift into the darker months quite hard, this year I am trying to find more ways to embrace the season and the beauty nature brings…

Inspired by dahlias blooming in the fields in the late summer sunshine, the buckets of farm flowers I have been gathering from a local grower for various projects and the changing light and leaves in the forest on my morning runs, the Autumn series explores the relationship between the last of the summer florals and the colours and shapes of the new season…

Each painting has been hand painted with Acrylic paint onto A4 1.4mm thick texture art boards in my New Forest Studio. You can view and buy the paintings here