Bas Relief Paintings
My bas relief paintings grew naturally from my work with cold porcelain clay. After years of shaping small details by hand, it felt right to bring that love of texture into my painting practice. These pieces combine gentle sculptural forms with layers of colour, creating artwork you can both see and softly feel.
Each painting is inspired by my connection to nature—meadow flowers, quiet landscapes, and the shifting moods of the sea. Bas relief allows me to honour these subjects in a more tactile way, giving depth to petals, grasses, and waves so they hold a quiet presence on the canvas.
All pieces are created on gesso-primed cradled panels, making them durable and beautifully presented. They arrive ready to hang as they are, or you can choose to frame them if you prefer.
This work is simply an extension of what I love most: noticing the beauty of the natural world and giving it form through my hands.
The Meadow Guardians Collection
A bas relief series honouring the quiet life of the wild
The Meadow Guardians is a series of bas relief paintings celebrating the quiet presence of wildlife in meadow and woodland settings. Each piece combines hand-sculpted cold porcelain details with softly layered paint, creating artwork that holds both visual depth and gentle texture. Raised stems, grasses, and foliage invite the viewer into scenes that feel close and alive.
The collection features the calm night wanderings of the badger, the tender stillness of hares under the moon, the alert grace of the fox, the warm glow of a hare in daylight, the quiet confidence of a fox among tall grasses, the ancient strength of the stag, and the soft watchfulness of a barn owl resting in the meadow.
Painted on gesso-primed cradled panels, each piece arrives ready to hang or frame.
Together, these works honour those small, timeless moments when an animal pauses and the landscape seems to breathe with it—a gentle reminder of the beauty and stillness held within the natural world.
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Whispers To The Moon
16 Inch x 16 Inch
Whispers to the Moon is a gentle, nighttime tableau featuring two hares paused in quiet communion beneath a glowing moon. Created with hand-sculpted cold porcelain details, the raised grasses and wildflowers give the scene a soft, tactile depth, allowing the hares to feel nestled within the landscape itself.
Set against a deep starlit sky, the hares lift their faces toward the moon as if listening, or perhaps offering a silent message of their own. This piece captures that delicate moment when nature feels both intimate and expansive — a meeting point between stillness, wonder, and the quiet presence of the night.
Crafted on a gesso-primed cradled panel, it is ready to hang or frame to suit your space.
Midnight Fox
10 inch x 12 inch
Midnight Fox captures a quiet moment of stillness beneath a crescent moon. The fox stands gently illuminated against a deep night sky, surrounded by sculpted meadow grasses and wildflowers created with hand-shaped cold porcelain clay. The raised textures bring a soft dimensional quality to the piece, allowing the fox to feel both present and sheltered within the landscape.
His alert yet peaceful expression reflects the quiet awareness of the nocturnal world — that delicate balance of curiosity, intuition, and calm that belongs to night wanderers. Painted on a gesso-primed cradled panel, this artwork is ready to hang or can be framed to suit your space.
Meadow Dream
10 inch x 12 inch
Meadow Dream captures a quiet, sun-warmed moment in the heart of the meadow. A hare pauses among delicate wildflowers, its gaze lifted as though caught in a gentle daydream. Sculpted cold-porcelain details bring a raised, textured depth to the grasses and blooms, creating a soft three-dimensional landscape around the hare.
The warm earth tones and stencilled meadow silhouettes evoke the feeling of late afternoon light — that peaceful time when everything slows, and nature feels close and calm. Painted on a gesso-primed cradled panel, this piece is ready to hang or can be framed to complement your space.
Among The Tall Grass
10 inch x 12 inch
Among the Tall Grass portrays a quiet moment of watchfulness in the wild. A fox sits poised amidst sculpted meadow stems and seed heads, its warm coat standing out beautifully against the deep greens of the background. Each blade and bloom is shaped by hand using cold porcelain clay, giving the foreground a raised, tactile texture that draws the eye into the scene.
The fox’s alert yet peaceful posture suggests a creature completely at home in its surroundings — aware, attuned, and held by the shelter of the tall grasses. The combination of textured details and soft painted layers creates a sense of depth, as though you’re catching a glimpse of wildlife just as the world pauses.
Painted on a gesso-primed cradled panel, this piece is ready to hang or can be framed to suit your space.
Born Of Fern And Shadow
10 inch x 12 inch
Born of Fern and Shadow captures the quiet strength of a stag emerging from the depths of the forest. Surrounded by raised ferns sculpted by hand in cold porcelain clay, the stag appears both sheltered and shaped by the land itself. The textured foliage creates a richly layered foreground, while the deep greens and shadowed blues behind him evoke the stillness of the woodland interior.
His steady gaze and weathered antlers give the painting a sense of presence — a moment where nature feels ancient, watchful, and alive. The combination of bas relief textures and softly blended paint brings depth and movement to the scene, as though the stag has stepped forward just long enough to be seen.
Created on a gesso-primed cradled panel, this artwork arrives ready to hang or can be framed to suit your space.
Night Wanderer
10 inch x 12 inch
Night Wanderer captures a quiet moment beneath the deep blues of the night sky. A badger pauses among raised meadow stems and seed heads, each one shaped by hand in cold porcelain clay to create a soft, tactile foreground. The layering of stencilled silhouettes and sculpted details gives the piece a sense of depth, as though the badger is moving through a living, breathing field.
With its lifted gaze and calm presence, the badger feels attuned to the stillness of the night — an observer of the gentle shifts in light, sound, and shadow that belong only to nocturnal wanderers. The subtle glow around the forms adds to the dreamlike quality, inviting you into a moment of silence and connection.
Painted on a gesso-primed cradled panel, this artwork arrives ready to hang or can be framed to suit your space.