32 Abstracts. I have a thought for these, which is in part to do more of them…. my idea is too accumulate 144 and publish in an ebook called “144 Abstracts” I’d be interested to hear people’s thoughts on the idea, and the abstracts so far.
































32 Abstracts. I have a thought for these, which is in part to do more of them…. my idea is too accumulate 144 and publish in an ebook called “144 Abstracts” I’d be interested to hear people’s thoughts on the idea, and the abstracts so far.

































Australian scene, “When the rains came”. Done while sitting indoors on a very rainy day.


Another classic model loco realised in art as a real loco. The Triang dock shunter of the 1960s painted by me how it might look if real…


When I was young and used to spend a lot of time on model railways, Triang-Hornby had a little tank engine, or a family of them “Nellie”, “Polly” and “Connie” as well as some numbered brothers such as “No.27”. They had a certain charm, but were as much toy as model really. This year is Hornby Railways’ hundredth birthday, so as my own little tribute, here is No.7178 re-imagined as a real locomotive.

When I was young and used to spend a lot of time on model railways, Triang-Hornby had a little tank engine, or a family of them “Nellie”, “Polly” and “Connie” as well as some numbered brothers. They had a certain charm, but were as much toy as model really. This year is Hornby Railways’ hundredth birthday, so as my own little tribute, here is Polly re-imagined as a real locomotive. Drawn digitally using Procreate, Apple Pencil and iPad Pro.


The Alexandra Rose – Digitally executed Pencil and Was Sketch of a cottage garden favourite.