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Title: Broken Windows Shattered Dreams [Watercolours on sculpted wallpaper. 300x250cm]

An experimental work exploring the properties of different surfaces. The subject was the result of living in the Highfields area of Leicester, which was basically the city ghetto.

Title: The Watch House [Watercolours on 140ln Bockingford paper. 37x30cm]

Much photographed by tourists on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, this 18th century excise officers cottage overlooked the sea at Llanon, near Trefin, just north of the St.Davids peninsula. It was virtually my next door neighbour and I painted this on the third day after our arrival. After living in an inner city for so long my new environment felt like paradise.

Title: The Pump at Trefin [Watercolours and ink on 140lb Bockingford paper. 26x20cm]

Painted soon after arriving to live in Pembrokeshire in the late summer of 1985. Being a father of three months, my mood was optimistic.

Title: Trumpet [Watercolours on 140lb Bockingford paper. 38x30cm]

Last of the series of three paintings from 1986, inspired by jazz and blue music.

Title: Going Cafe to Cabaret [Inks & watercolours on paper. 200x125cm]

An early work, inspired by the Joni Mitchell song, 'Free Man in Paris'.

The Art of Thomas Greaves

Ok! Here is my first attempt at displaying some of my artwork here in the net.
I have no previous experience whatsoever at doing this kind of thing, so the results are going to be unpredictable at the very least.
If some kind soul wishes to spare their time in order to tutor me, then their suggestions will be welcomed, and the results will no doubt improve.

So, a word about the images that I am about to upload here.

Most of these works I consider to be old...that is...they were produced shortly before i gave up painting in order to dedicate my time to becoming a lone parent of three small girls.
That was sixteen years ago. My daughters are now all grown and flown from the nest, and so I have returned to expressing myself through the medium that I used to enjoy so much.
My preferred medium all those years ago was watercolour, quite simply because it was the first medium with which i learnt my craft.
I had considered other mediums but practicalities and familiarity won the day. Watercolours were what i knew, and I saw no reason at that time to invest elsewhere.
Recently I have begun a journey in the use of acrylics, a medium that i am discovering to be very versatile and at the same time convenient to use. I am also very much enjoying the results of my efforts.
I have had no formal education in art other than the encouragement and guidance of my old school art teacher, Mr. Roy Porter, to whom i shall for ever be endebted for sending me on a journey of expressive exploration which I am sure will continue to the end of my days.
I am also extremely grateful for the advice, encouragement and great friendship of Royston Hopson [Google him], who I had the great fortune to paint with durin my years living in Pembrokeshire, SW Wales, in the late 1980's. The one great lesson he taught me was to never be afraid to paint as i feel and see, and never to heed too closely the words of critics.

So...enough of words...let's upload the first image

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