'Ullswater, Lake District', Crayon on Paper, 2004.

'Ullswater, Lake District', Crayon on Paper, 2004.

'Ullswater, Lake District', Watercolour on Paper, 2004.

'Land's End', Cornwall', Crayon on Paper, 2003.

'Land's End, Cornwall', Crayon on Paper, 2003.

'Kynance Cove, Cornwall', Crayon on Paper, 2003.

'Kynance Cove, Cornwall', Crayon on Paper, 2003.

'Kynance Cove, Cornwall', Crayon on Paper, 2003.

This next set of drawings are from my first trip away when I first moved to the UK for five year stint, a road trip to Cornwall in the south west of England.

'Regents Park, London', Watercolour, 2004.

'The Durdle Door, Dorset, England', 2006.
This piece is from another day trip out of London down to the south coast.

'Pond in Regents Park, London #2', 2003.
I lived in London for several years near Regents Park and would often walk and run through it, especially in the school holidays. This piece shows the looser style of painting that I still used until a few years ago.

'Kynance Cove, England', 2003.
Another piece from a road trip to Cornwall in 2003.

'Kynance Cove, Cornwall, England', 2003.
During my first summer in the U.K I spent a long weekend in Cornwall staying in B&B's and visiting such delightful places as 'Mousehole'. Kynance Cove was near the southern most tip of the country and even during the English summer, was very cold for swimming.

'Ted's View, Peak District, England', 2006.
For a while, whilst living in the UK, I had access to a car and used it to make trips around England during weekends and school holidays. After a trip to see family in Liverpool I took a detour on the way back to London to travel through the Peak District. I was only there for a day but this view overlooked rolling hills, ferns, bramble and had a bench bearing a plaque 'Ted's View', testament to some sorely missed, local character.