Miniature Paintings
I took up painting in miniature at the start of 2020 and have been hooked ever since. I would stress that it is difficult to gain an appreciation of a miniature from a photograph or a website and would encourage anyone who is interested to visit an exhibition for themselves to see these little jewels up close.
All of the frames here have been supplied by Polymers Plus - please see the Links section for their website details. The gilded gold frames are made to order and all frames are hand made by Peter Hayton at Polymers Plus.
Royal Miniature Society Gold Memorial Bowl Honourable Mention 2024 for this watercolour painting of a scarlet macaw, on vellum.
'Yellow Crowned Amazon Parrots' watercolour on paper 6.5 cms in a lacquered brass frame. This miniature will be in the Miniature Art Society Of Florida January 2022 exhibition
I have nine miniature paintings accepted into the 2021 Hilliard Society annual exhibition
My award certificates showing that I have been awarded full Hilliard Society membership and the Sue Lee Award for my miniature painting 'Walking On Sunshine'
SUE LEE AWARD WINNER Walking On Sunshine' watercolour on paper
All twelve of my miniature paintings in their case at the Hilliard Society's 40th Anniversary exhibition in Wells, Somerset
A miniature watercolour of a critically endangered Blue-throated Macaw from a reference photograph by Marton Hardy
Dunnock In The Rain - watercolour on paper in a gold gilded frame 6.5cms can be seen at the MPSGS annual exhibition www.mpsgs.org
Robin In The Hedgerow - watercolour on paper in a gold gilded frame 6.5cms can be seen at the MPSGS annual exhibition www.mpsgs.org
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS HONOURABLE MENTION Goldcrest in Blossom - watercolour on paper in a gold gilded frame 6.5cms can be seen at the MPSGS annual exhibition www.mpsgs.org
A Cold And Frosty Morning - watercolour on paper. MASF 2023 exhibition
After The Rain - watercolour on paper
Blackcap In The Hanging Basket - watercolour on paper
I Plight Thee My Troth - watercolour on paper
Lords And Ladies - watercolour on paper
Chaffinch At Lake Vyrnwy - watercolour on paper AWARDED 2ND PLACE IN TRANSPARENT WATERCOLOUR MASF 2023 ANNUAL EXHIBITION
Blackcap In The Hanging Basket miniature watercolour on paper
My miniature painting 'Blackcap In The Hanging Basket' which won the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery Award 2023
Blue throated macaw miniature donated to the Bird Endowment fundraising auction August 2024
6th June 2024, receiving my Gold Memorial Bowl Honourable Mention Award from The Royal Society of Miniature Painters, Sculptors & Gravers President, Ray Winder. This was definitely the highlight of my artistic career!
'On the Mossy Banks of the Wye' has been awarded third place in watercolour in the Miniature Art Society of Florida's upcoming 2025 exhibition
Snowy Owls watercolour on vellum, 3" x 4"
FIRST PLACE IN THE INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY MINIATURE PAINTERS SCULPTORS & GRAVERS SOCIETY WASHINGTON DC EXHIBITION 2025
'Two Sulphur Crested Cockatoos In A Bottlebrush Tree' Watercolour on paper in a gold gilded frame 9.8 x 8.1 cms
At the Royal Miniature Society's 125th annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London with my four miniature paintings of 'Parrots In Peril' .
'A Gentle Giant - Hyacinth Macaw' watercolour on paper in a gold gilded frame 7cms x 8.7 cms.
'African Grey Parrot' watercolour on paper in a gold gilded frame 7 cms x 8.7 cms
'Alligator Lake Myakka - Florida' watercolour on paper 7 cms x 8.7 cms in a gold gilded frame.
'And Then There Were None- Spix's Macaw' watercolour on paper 8.7 cms x 7 cms in a lacquered brass frame. Photo reference of Spix's Macaw used with permission of SAVE Brasil. This bird is from a captive breeding programme which aims to reintroduce the Spix's Macaw back into the Caatinga in NE Brazil
'Palm Cockatoos' watercolour by Christina Hopkinson size 3" x 2 1:4
'Barred Owl Myakka Florida' watercolour on paper 8.7 cms x 7 cms in a lacquered brass frame
'Black Bellied Whistling Ducks Resting- Myakka Florida' watercolour on paper 8.7 cms x 7 cms in a gold gilded frame
'Black Vultures - Myakka Florida' watercolour on paper 7cms x 8.7 cms in a lacquered brass frame
'Blue Fronted Amazon Parrots' watercolour on paper 8.1 cms x 9.8 cms in a gold gilded frame
'Brown Throated Conure' watercolour on paper 7 cms x 8.7 cms in a lacquered brass frame. Photographer credit Joan Smit
PRIVATE COLLECTION 'Curious Cockatoos' watercolour on paper 7 cms x 8.7 cms in a gold gilded frame
'Divine Light - Haddon Hall Church' watercolour on paper 8.7 cms x 6.8 cms in a gold gilded frame. This miniature will be in the Miniature Art Society Of Florida January 2022 exhibition
'Female Red Tailed Black Cockatoo' watercolour on paper 8.7 cms x 7 cms in a lacquered brass frame. This miniature will be in the Miniature Art Society Of Florida January 2022 exhibition
'Florida Flowers - Nandays Parakeet' watercolour on paper 7 cms x 8.7 cms in a gold gilded frame
'Great White Egret - Myakka Florida' watercolour on paper 7 cms x 8.7 cms in a gold gilded frame
'Great White Egret' watercolour on paper 6.5cms in a gold gilded frame
'Harlequin Macaw In A Palm Tree' watercolour on paper 8.7 cms x 7 cms in a lacquered brass frame
'How Do You Do? - African Grey Parrot' watercolour on paper 6.5cms in a gold gilded frame
'A Hunting Heron - Myakka Florida' watercolour on paper 7 cms x 8.7 cms in a lacquered brass frame
'Kea' watercolour on paper 6.5cms in a gold gilded frame
'Laughing Kookaburra' watercolour on paper 8.7 cms x 6.8 cms in a lacquered brass frame. Reference photograph Dr David Parker
'Like A Millpond - Myakka River Florida' opaque watercolour on paper 7 cms x 8.7 cms in a gold gilded frame. This miniature will be in the Miniature Art Society Of Florida January 2022 exhibition
'Limpkin Eating Apple Snails - Myakka Florida' watercolour on paper 7 cms x 8.7 cms in a gold gilded frame
'Male And Female Red Tailed Black Cockatoos' watercolour on paper 7 cms x 8.7 cms in a lacquered brass frame
'My World Is Getting Smaller Double Yellow Headed Amazon Parrot' watercolour 6.5cms in a gold gilded frame
'Nandays Parakeet - The Last Lemon 3' watercolour on paper 8.7cms x 7 cms in a lacquered brass frame
'Remember Me' watercolour on paper 6.8 cms x 8.7 cms in a gold gilded frame. AWARDED ''BEST PAINTING BY A FIRST TIME ENTRANT AWARD' BY THE MINIATURE ART SOCIETY OF FLORDA in their January 2022 exhibition.
'Scarlet Macaw' watercolour on paper 8.7 cms x 6.8 cms in a gold gilded frame
'Sleepy Galah' watercolour on paper 8.7 cms x 7 cms in a lacquered brass frame. This miniature will be in the Miniature Art Society Of Florida January 2022 exhibition
'Spix's Macaw In A Tabebuia Tree' watercolour on paper 7 cms x 8.7 cms in a lacquered brass frame. This bird is part of a captive breeding programme - photo used with permission of SAVE Brasil
'Sulphur Crested Cockatoo' watercolour and egg tempera on paper 8.7 cms x 6.8 cms in a lacquered brass frame
Two Lears Macaws watercolour and gouache on paper in a lacquered brass frame 7 cms x 8.7 cms Photographer credit Thiago Filadelfo Miranda
'Two Rainbow Lorikeets' watercolour on paper 7 cms x 8.7 cms in a lacquered brass frame. Photographer credit Terry Rushton
'Watching Me Watching You - Alligator Myakka Florida' watercolour on paper 7 cms x 8.7 cms in a gold gilded frame
