Royal Tour of Oman, UAE and Bahrain

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I was in the middle east for a week as tour artist for HRH The Prince of Wales, returning on the 11th November.  This was my second tour as artist (for my first see India 2003) and they are always amazing experiences, albeit quite exhausting. My available time for sketching and painting was typically limited but I have enough material together with a decent variety of photos, to hopefully work up into a small collection of paintings. Fresh in my memory is the wonderful old mountain village of Misfat al-Abryeen, the haunting twilight of the desert wadi and nature reserve of Ras al Shajar in Oman.  The old dhow shipyard in Bahrain has given me many ideas with the huge teak and oak spas and planks like some vast golden and ancient behemoth, being assembled by hand just as they have done for a millennia.  The beautiful pure-blood Arab thoroughbreds of Bahrain with their manes and tails uncut I’m hoping to produce something rather tasty on canvas - if I can do their grace and poise the credit they deserve.  Not quite as strong as the mixed-blood racing thoroughbreds here, they have a magic and beauty all of their own.


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Not forgetting the camels of course.  Watch this space for painting updates.
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    Old man, Dubai
The new studio is looking good.  Estimated completion in the  New Year of 2017. Open days and exhibitions tba.  Very cold in there at the moment as the woodburner is sitting in the corner awaiting a flue...
Galleries where you can see my work:

Jonathan Cooper Gallery, Park Walk London.
Beaux Arts, Bath
Fine Art Commissions, London
John Davies Gallery, Gloucestershire

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    Self portrait, Fine Art Commissions