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This is totally out of my head, done alla prima in 6 hours during a very bad time for me and my boyfriend. I'm documenting it here as...

This started basically as a joke: can one paint something small enough to be a postcard? I painted this, and my friend Davide decided to...

This was painted following a video tutorial from Michael J. Smith, so it's hardly original as many would have painted this rose - but I...

In 2018 we shot a fantastic photo in Cong's wood (west of Ireland, where The Quiet Man was filmed) and this is my attempt at painting it....

This is a castle at the bottom of a tiny valley, built by a nobleman in Portugal for his little daughter, for the ducks in the moat of...

July 2020, lockdown staycation. I took an online class with Mark Carder and he taught me an awful lot. He teaches realism and this is...

Vaguely Asian I'd say, and perfect for lunch. Ingredients (serves 4): 2 Tbsp toasted sesame oil 2 Tbsp sesame oil 2 Tbsp light soy sauce...

Incredibly cheap and utterly delicious. I find it difficult to get them here, so I book them in advance at the butcher's. Ingredients...

Very easy to make, juicy and soft. Ingredients: 20gr butter 2 smoked streaky rashers (roughly 110gr) 1 apple (roughly 75gr once prepared)...

Although Romana was the name of my favourite aunty, "alla Romana" actually means "the way they do it in Rome". This could be both a main...

October-December, this is the season for the big, fresh, Atlantic calamari. This dish takes a little time, and I enjoy immensley making...

I'll share not only the basic "alla Toscana" way, but my secrets to have them really perfect with zero effort. Ingredients: Rooster...

This is a fillet steak in a creamy sauce. It's a sauce of quite a contentious origin: the French say it's theirs, we say it's Italian. Go...

We used to have striploin or sirloin steaks, but I now find them too hard, so I prefer ribeye or fillet. In both cases, I like my steak...

Again, I cannot have a steak without garlic butter! But of course, I also use it over warm crostini, or to make my own garlic bread....

I cannot have a steak without a good pepper sauce. I've been working at this recipe for years, and talking to the chefs at various...

Wonderful with steak, it can be served also with grilled or baked white fish such as seabass. This will make 250ml sauce. Ingredients:...

Debbie is a fantastic nice lady I met the previous year while in Pleasanton, near San Francisco. Talking about paintings and reference...

This one was done very much "alla prima", again in 2018, starting with a totally untreated background on cardboard. Again it was just a...

This rose took forever, but I am pleased with the level of details and the likeness to the reference pictures. The grisaille was in umber...