https://www.rosebayart.com/portraiture daily 0.75 2016-04-07 https://www.rosebayart.com/portraiture-1 daily 1.0 2026-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1615556159150-ZZKUBTJGX5DRKHPKV21P/IMG_0205+%283%29.JPG Recent Paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1772315151379-910L4D50N6VNWP4R0HOW/image-asset.jpeg Recent Paintings - Deep Dale Acrylic marker on canvas 4’ x 3’ (122cm x 91 cm) £400 This is a very straightforward picture of Deep Dale, a dry valley typical of the Yorkshire Wolds, near the abandoned village of Wharram Percy. The harvest had just been brought in from the surrounding fields, so there were tall stacks of straw bales all along the skyline. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1772315999769-FLC0DWO8FT3TQMKXN8WW/image-asset.jpeg Recent Paintings - Skipton Castle From the Woods Acrylic marker on canvas 39” x 19” (1.0 m x 0.5 m) £350 This was an experiment into delineating my colour blocks with … different colours! Inspired by a walk through Skipton Wood, looking over the water to the castle wall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1732050131914-6V2UOOAX34DQCWTNVERP/image-asset.jpg Recent Paintings - London Plane Acrylic marker on canvas, 2’ x 2’ (60 cm x 60 cm) £220 Celebrating the most urban of trees! This gave me the opportunity to add in a city map and even some houses - which don’t usually feature in my work. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1687964040868-X2TVKZ0AOUHYFLRMGCRN/image.jpg Recent Paintings - Deconstructed Bramble Acrylic marker on canvas 2’ x 2’ (60 cm x 60 cm) £230 More of a portrait of an idea than the plant itself. I’ve taken various aspects of the blackberry bush: thorns, blossom, fruit, new leaves taking over from the tattered remains of last year’s, and found the colours and patterns that I hope express its spirit. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/5bacf4c7e5e5f00942077ff2/67a1313db94c4f3479913be2/1772316422436/image-asset.jpg Recent Paintings - Stone Circle Acrylic marker on canvas 39” x 19” (1.0 m x 0.5 m) £350 On a headland, a fire burns within a ring of stones. This was inspired by a trip to the Orkney Islands and the stone circles there. If you’re familiar with my work, you’ll know how much I love a neatly delineated block of colour - however, this is the first time I’ve used different colours to outline each block! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1732049801108-VRJB44VVYIQBQG426AU6/image-asset.jpg Recent Paintings - Seaweed Acrylic marker on canvas, 2’ x 2’ (60 cm x 60 cm) £230 Inspired by some really beautiful seaweed washed up on the shore. I used some artistic licence and rearranged it into a kind of network rather than the clump it was in real life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1691329476800-MN1RZQRQEBBJH7DR8G9P/image-asset.jpeg Recent Paintings - Horse Chestnut Acrylic marker on canvas, 2’ x 2’ (60 cm x 60 cm) £230 I’ve tried to capture the horse chestnut tree in all its seasons - from the first tender young leaves to full leaf and flower, and then, of course, conkers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1678303113393-O4KD7IQ5M2W66HAS2YLC/CWOTEL2.jpg Recent Paintings - Common Weeds of the English Lawn Acrylic marker on canvas, 3’ x 2’ (92 cm x 60 cm) £300 There’s a whole world going on under your feet… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1676230721050-PHM4MB6573ZV8LSUSTLB/image-asset.jpeg Recent Paintings - Autumn Scene (detail) Acrylic marker on canvas, 3’ x 2’ (92cm x 61cm) SOLD There’s something especially tranquil about leaves floating on still water, and this provides the horizontal element of this painting - while the white verticals of the birch trunks stand out more as the foliage thins, and the remaining leaves are a glorious yellow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1667407242444-KZMESNA8DA8FNTRQOBRT/image-asset.jpeg Recent Paintings - Beside the Path Acrylic marker on canvas 4’ x 3’ (122 cm x 92 cm) £400 A walk along Danes Dyke inspired this scene of clover, vetch and umbellifers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1667408325662-9N7U6TCLR08LZ56G5HRK/image-asset.jpeg Recent Paintings - Big Dandelion Acrylic marker on canvas 3’ x 2’ (92 cm x 61 cm) SOLD The ubiquitous but often unappreciated dandelion takes top billing! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1667408644659-IO68NM6P2SGCD63U0J02/image-asset.jpeg Recent Paintings - Waveslap Acrylic marker on canvas 2’ x 2’ (61 cm x 61 cm) SOLD Wave meets wave with flying foam and all the shades of green and blue you can think of - added to a pink background for contrast because why not? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1538061688836-JW6SNPEDNQO8N7U4H84A/IMG_9429+%282%29.JPG Recent Paintings https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1615560936325-06S3IUKTA65IJK656GQL/Eponymous+-+Autumn.JPG Recent Paintings - Eponymous - Autumn Acrylic marker on canvas, 2’ x 2’6” (60cm x 76cm) £150 My spirit plant! By September the Rosebay plants are producing seedpods and the leaves are starting to turn interesting colours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1667409103310-MLD64VG5EEQDLWPPYWEY/image-asset.jpg Recent Paintings - Willow Pool Acrylic marker on canvas, 1’ 8” x 3’ 3” (1 m x 0.5 m) SOLD A bridge, a pool… tranquil, watery images. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1615560709808-WYZ89G7O50834SUONSQZ/Seascape+with+Laminaria.JPG Recent Paintings - Seascape with Laminaria Acrylic marker on canvas, 1’8” x 3’3” (50cm x 1m) SOLD The long stalks of the sea kelp (Laminaria) give this painting a kind of Art Nouveau feel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1561398207791-LM3BNJSRLNCVMAA21MXN/IMG_0095+%282%29.JPG Recent Paintings - Berezka Acrylic marker on canvas, 2’ x 2’ (61 cm x 61 cm) SOLD Another birch-inspired painting, this one with added moss. I thought this had a slightly Russian feel to it for some reason - hence the name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1551731144942-N8YGQYAVWB3JHHOVFPOL/IMG_0045+%282%29.JPG Recent Paintings - Psychedelica Acrylic marker on canvas, 4’ x 3’ (122 cm x 91 cm) £300 Loosely based on a group of limpets and barnacles and painted after having a short break from art, this was an opportunity to go wild with some really bright colours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1554829709322-Q6MG0A7ANOBEL0QZHW6I/Hole+in+the+Tree.JPG Recent Paintings - Hole in the Tree Acrylic marker on canvas, 4’ x 3’ (122 cm x 91 cm) SOLD Another venerable tree in Christchurch Park - this one has an intriguing hollow at the point where the trunk splits into two. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1604176009244-LFSNP3BPXX8SHZCPHSOZ/image-asset.jpeg Recent Paintings - Rocks near Mousehole 4’ x 3’ (122cm x 91cm) Acrylic marker £300 These flat rocks with their white striations, gleaming with sea water and holding tiny rock pools, had a mysterious, map-like appearance from above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1538065505929-ZEBRTSTL6ZSIF1QNZ88L/IMG_9457+%283%29.JPG Recent Paintings - Tree in Christchurch Park Acrylic marker on canvas, 4’ x 3’ (122 cm x 92 cm) SOLD This magnificent tree stands in Christchurch Park in Ipswich. There are so many distinct textures and patterns, even within a small patch of its trunk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1538065563735-T07S1BYLXDYGF4G8MH5K/IMG_9752+%282%29.JPG Recent Paintings - The Sea Rushes In Acrylic marker on canvas, 4’ x 3’ (122 cm x 92 cm) SOLD The waves and weather have sculpted the sandstone of the coast around Sydney into many-layered shapes – this little inlet near Manly was like an off-centred cross, with the sea entering with a satisfying burst of spray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1538129178167-YQL16QZYQVOP5MMPHLFX/IMG_9765+%285%29.JPG Recent Paintings - Winkle Tracks Acrylic marker on canvas, 4’ x 3’ (122 cm x 92 cm) £250 A lump of granite had ended up at the bottom of a rock pool, and these winkles had made a criss-cross of paths through the algae growing on it. Where they had been grazing, the speckled pattern of the rock showed through, only to be blurred again when the algae started to grow back. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1551731516679-G0PPENNYPTH6KOOOTEIY/IMG_0050+%282%29.JPG Recent Paintings - Rock Study (Lake District) Acrylic marker on canvas, 2’ x 2’ (61 cm x 61 cm) £110 This was inspired by a slab of Lakeland slate with dottings of lichen and man-made marks adding to its natural variations in colour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1667409157507-1OPSHZVXOCY43Q4IWK8P/IMG_0053%2B%25282%2529.jpg Recent Paintings - Rocks with Lichen (St Ives) Acrylic marker on canvas, 2’ x 2’ (61 cm x 61 cm) SOLD This outcrop near the Cornish resort was home to the most colourful array of lichen I’ve ever seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1554822567171-QUGNORUYY2AKN7N6FZ4L/IMG_0086+%282%29.JPG Recent Paintings - Birch Bark Study Acrylic marker on canvas, 2’ x 2’ (61 cm x 61 cm) SOLD This birch trunk had smooth patches of white and silver against a craggy and weathered background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1554823244208-GYUSMYS50ZOYQLSKYSEM/IMG_0070+%282%29.JPG Recent Paintings - Limpet Map Acrylic marker on canvas, 5’ x 4’ (152 x 122 cm) SOLD The name’s slightly misleading - the differences in colour and texture caused by the mineral deposits in this rock have stolen the show from its inhabitants… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1549560928566-53G7O7K7Z8RM5R6QE8MS/IMG_0035.JPG Recent Paintings - Limpet Map II Acrylic marker on canvas, 5’ x 4’ (152 cm x 122 cm) SOLD Inspired by the same mineral-rich patch of rock as the first Limpet Map, but concentrating on different colours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1554823135856-MC2QB46BRV8I0SJLHV7C/IMG_0032.JPG Recent Paintings - White Rocks (Filey) Acrylic marker on canvas, 4’ x 3’ (122 cm x 91 cm) £200 (canvas has very slight damage) This flat rock formation at Filey, very pale in the sun, is dotted with tiny pools and the odd bit of seaweed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1538063371310-WUVTNXMMFZQ54UKSTF1L/IMG_9438+%283%29.JPG Recent Paintings - Barnacle Map Acrylic marker on canvas, 4’ x 3’ (122 cm x 92 cm). £250 A thin film of water from the previous high tide still covered these limpets and barnacles on their deep-red rock in Whitby and gathered in the indentations made by the shellfish that had lived there before. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1554824251612-4LDN1QWOX9A9A95R9Y61/IMG_0073+%282%29.JPG Recent Paintings - Stump Acrylic marker on canvas, 4’ x 3’ (122 cm x 91 cm) £250 This tree stump on the banks of Grasmere has decayed in the most picturesque way, with the remains of the trunk taking on delicate shapes which reminded me of butterfly wings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1554824361946-459KZ7CEGSFX3K6W2F7E/IMG_0079+%282%29.JPG Recent Paintings - Rocks near Mousehole II Acrylic marker on canvas, 4’ x 3’ (122 cm x 91 cm) SOLD Another painting inspired by the Cornish coast. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/5bacf4c7e5e5f00942077ff2/604b7ff29a925d47b081ab04/1772316629838/Seascape+with+Laminaria.JPG Recent Paintings https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/5bacf4c7e5e5f00942077ff2/69a35fca5cb8335a510b3fd6/1772315116361/ Recent Paintings https://www.rosebayart.com/contact daily 0.75 2019-02-04 https://www.rosebayart.com/about-my-work daily 0.75 2025-02-03 https://www.rosebayart.com/artist-biography daily 0.75 2024-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1585689651694-2C7NP26K7HN1LFVHK8NA/What+Lies+Beneath.jpg Artist Biography - Artist Biography I started painting in 2009, while I was living in Sydney. I had no formal training in art, having studied biology and worked as a laboratory technician for many years. The pale, silvery tones of the eucalypts were a big inspiration. At the time, I outlined my blocks of colour in white or silver to evoke this effect. The rich, warm colours of the sandstone on which Sydney was built provided contrast. Biological forms, from microscopic protozoa to imposing forest canopies, also made an appearance. Before leaving Australia to return to England, I exhibited my work at the TAP Gallery in Sydney. Another thing that fascinated me in my early days of painting was the subterranean: what lies beneath the soil, beyond the reach of the tree roots? Fossils, lost seas and lakes, bizarre creatures that have never seen the light of day? What Lies Beneath, left, is an exploration of this feeling. I have no idea where this preoccupation came from, but it led to a commission from the University of York’s Department of Archaeology to produce a series of paintings and drawings inspired by the dig on campus. I adapted my Australian style to suit the lusher, greener English countryside. My new paintings were exhibited at the Smart Gallery, Batley. However, I felt that as time went by, my work was losing some of its impact and I decided to give up painting for a while. I didn’t touch a canvas again until 2016. Then, suddenly… I had always loved the shoreline, and marine life had often featured in my pictures, but I felt the desire to celebrate it in a bigger, brighter way than before. Switching from conventional acrylic paints to paint-filled markers helped me achieve the effect I wanted. One of my paintings was selected for the Royal Society of Marine Artists 2018 show in London, and I had a solo exhibition in May 2019 at the Peter Pears Gallery in Aldeburgh. My paintings have also featured in local exhibitions in Yorkshire: I took part in York Open Studios 2021, and Ryedale Open Studios in 2023. Current ambitions: I’d like to find a way to revisit some of the effects and themes I’ve enjoyed using in the past, without losing the immediacy of my present style, and maybe find different applications for my designs. https://www.rosebayart.com/commissions daily 0.75 2026-02-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/1615566318443-UNISN8A9632S8GULF90O/whitby+pic.JPG Commissions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bacf2d2a9ab956420619787/4e9ab41a-6690-4f68-9361-a9630e1458a1/Spring+Gateway.jpg Commissions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.rosebayart.com/news daily 0.75 2026-02-28