The English Teacher by Jack Greenwood Mrs Agnes was feared by most children. Her classroom sat at the side of the assembly hall to the...

The Music Teacher I had the idea to paint some school teachers from memory then write up little things I remember about that teacher....

As Some of you may know, in 2023 I was approached by an award winning filmmaker called Jason King who wanted to make a documentary about...

This painting is unfinished and I think I'm going to leave it that way. I reckon it's a fitting end to the 'Strange & Sometimes Troubled...

Bella did her best to help me but sometimes people are beyond help until something clicks and they manage to pull themselves out of a...

After my panic attack and ringing the doctors I got an appointment the next day, this was thirteen years ago and it feels strange now...

After I started drinking again it quickly turned into heavy drinking, which Bella couldn't stand so we separated. I moved into a bedsit...

After living under London Bridge Station I moved in with a girl I got together with. We had a rather full on passionate relationship...

I've have been quite fortunate in the past because although I've been homeless a few times, I've never been on the streets. Whether it's...

Until I met my first serious girlfriend I hadn’t met many people that I’d liked that much. I tolerated people more than liked them. When...

The council estate we grew up on in Bradford was quite rough but the good thing about it was that it was on the edge of a large woodland...

This is the 12th In my 'Strange and Troubled Past' series. 'Black Handkerchief' Acrylic On Canvas 40 by 40cm Between the ages of fifteen...

This is probably the most embarrassing blog post in this series I've had to write yet. I'm forty six years old so I shouldn't really get...

Charlie Chester I acrylic on canvas board 40 by 30cm No 12 in the 'Strange and Troubled Past' series (trigger warning: if you are easily...

This painting is from a very particular moment in time, things were not going well for my other half Bella and I. 2021 was a very hard...

When I was young I'd say I was generally liked by other children although I never felt like I connected with them and always felt like an...

80's Primary School Teacher, Acrylic on canvas, 40 by 40cm This small event changed my life, I'm not sure if it was for better or worse....

Recurring Nightmare 71 by 51cm Acrylic on canvas. Unfinished I don't really like this painting at all Even if I finished it, I can tell I...

'Thrown Out' Acrylic on canvas board 30 by 40cm There's not much of a story behind this painting, it's just a funny memory from a point...

My Dad was an alcoholic, I can't remember ever seeing him sober, he wasn't there that much when we were kids, though my memories when he...