A warm welcome to my website - an online gallery of my paintings, drawings and sketches.

Surrounded by the beautiful Wiltshire countryside, there are new landscapes to paint around every corner, and many of my paintings are of the hills and fields within a few minutes of home in the Pewsey Vale. The rest could be anywhere in the world! I usually take my sketch book when we go on holiday, and this contains tropical beaches and snow covered mountains.

My ideal painting day would be to sit with my easel in the sunshine, (probably listening to Test Match Special) recording the changing light and landscape. Some of these pictures are from the great outdoors, with the rest being studio paintings, drawn up from sketches or photographs. Painting is a hobby that fits in around work, so sitting in a field is not always an option!

I'm setting up this website in spring 2006, so hope that it will grow and contain more pictures in the coming months. If you would like to see the latest pictures, please click on 'new pictures' above. Alternatively, please send me an email to paul@itinerant-artist.co.uk and I will send you an update when a few new pictures are online.

I hope you enjoy the pictures; most are for sale so please get in touch if you would like to buy one.

Paul Oakley

April 2006