—The journal

Notes from the studio.

Commissions, race weeks, landscapes and the slow craft of getting paint to do what your eye already knows.

Latest · Commissions

The anatomy of a commission

From a blurry phone photo and a few words about a father's old race bike, to a finished piece on the wall — how a commission actually comes together.

18 May 20265 min read

Studio · 2 April 2026

Mussenden, Portstewart, the Causeway at last light. Some views you can't stop coming back to — here's what keeps pulling me back to the coast road.

Studio · 20 February 2026

No art school, no formal training — just a lot of ruined canvases and a refusal to stop. A few honest words on learning to paint the hard way.

Racing · 15 January 2026

The roads close, the whole country tilts towards the racing, and the studio radio never goes off. Notes from the most electric week of the year.