Oil on canvas
30 × 30 inches
762 × 762mm
Completed 2026
Why do so many musicians seem drawn toward the same extremes? Why do so many stories of extraordinary creativity also involve self-destruction?. (read more)

Oil on canvas
30 × 30 inches
762 × 762mm
Completed 2026
Why do so many musicians seem drawn toward the same extremes? Why do so many stories of extraordinary creativity also involve self-destruction?. (read more)

Oil on canvas
914 × 610mm
36 × 24 inches
Completed 2025
Allow yourself to be surprised by the process - Rick Rubin
I’ve been working on a large oil painting about music and the experience it brings to humans (or do humans bring experience to music?). Through the process I have taken a step back every now and again to paint some of the people that inspired me to start the original painting in the first place. As it turns out, that process has been surprisingly fun.
Rick Rubin is the producer behind more amazing music than Mozart (yes, I just said that). He’s not exactly a man in the shadows, but he does not seek the recognition of rockstars either. He’s certainly an insightful and interesting person worthy of a canvas.

Oil on canvas
762 × 762mm
30 × 30 inches
Completed 2025
I never, ever, thought I’d be painting Keith Richards.
I had been working on another painting about the subjective experience of music. This painting had a spin off where I started looking into what other artists had said about certain topics.
It turns out Keith can be quite philosophical about the creation of art. He once said ‘money is something that you have to deal with, but it should never be the driver of creativity’.