Perhaps not really a project, but more a direction my work is taking at the moment. When painting the portraits for Wereldreis on paper, I remembered how much I like to paint on paper with oils. It gives me a freedom to leave things unfinished, and thus permits me to make large scale sketches, rather than finished paintings.

I'm painting farmyard animals without any background, leaving the focus completely on the individuality of each animal. I'm looking for heritage breeds to paint, because it gives me an excuse to go and visit them!

A big part of this is making small sketches from life in fields and stables.

Some of these were shown (and sold) at FIAAC Pouilly-sur-Loire, Galerie Mokum and Art on Paper 2025.