A great pleasure and in celebration – portrait commission unveiling. It was wonderful to attend the unveiling of Candace’s Portrait Commission… Gifted an oil sketch to be painted from life as a present for her birthday. The whole process has been an absolutely joy! Genuine and interesting. Candace was a star sitter. Intelligent, giving and […]
Yorkshire Artist and Portrait Painter – Catching Up with You All… Just back from a great studio session and thought I better finish this update that I started two weeks ago. Over the last few months… An oil painting of a summer day enjoying and exploring the English countryside. Progress on the figure painting of […]
Portrait painters near me, a term used to find a local artist and you’ve found me! Commission a portrait of yourself, family, children, grandchildren. This has become a highly popular and sort after ‘thing’ to do. “Anyone” can take a photo (have to be careful there as I have photographer friends who’d disagree) but no […]
Proud to call myself a British Artist and happy to give you a peek at my oil painting process… It’s been a year [of this crazy pandemic] and today (22/03/21) I celebrated another birthday in lockdown. This past year has been everything from fantastic and exciting to stressful and very difficult. I have challenged and […]
BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Ecstatic to be able to share the news of the Portraits for NHS Heroes book! My portrait of Bluebell will feature in the Bloomsbury publication, it’s out on 12th November but you can pre-order copies at your local book shop, on: Bloomsbury’s website, Amazon, Waterstones or WHSmith. The best bit, ALL ROYALTIES GO […]
Google Arts and Culture, in collaboration with Paintings in Hospitals, chooses to exhibit Portrait Painter Hannah Ostapjuk’s portrait of Bluebell. Tom Croft Artist’s Portrait for NHS Heroes, Healthcare Heroes, Project. Amazing! My oil painting of NHS Hero, Bluebell, selected to feature in Portraits of healthcare heroes. An art exhibition including work by emerging, professional and well-known portrait […]
Thought is was about time I gave you all an update on what this artist and portrait painter is up to! On my Easel… Right now I have a commission for a gentleman who lives in Rotherham. The portrait painting is of his late wife whom I was lucky enough to have met a couple of […]