When I was a child growing up on the south coast of England, the sea was part of my life; a source of fascination, danger and beauty existing alongside the town in which I lived. I fished for newts, eels and sticklebacks in safer locales; streams, ponds and rivers, and kept them in tanks at my school and at home. I obsessively drew detailed pictures of fish, copying them from text books borrowed from the library. Jacques Cousteau's tv specials were favorite viewing, along with Gerry Anderson's Stingray and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. The underwater world fueled both my imagination and my love of making art. After years spent making crazy, underground theater productions and kids' tv animation series, I turned 40 and found myself living on the Californian coast, alongside one of the world's richest underwater ecosystems. I decided I should finally learn to scuba dive. I took to it easily, and the ocean again became part of my life. I became a PADI 'Master Diver' in 2002.
Finally, a few years ago, when painting had become my major artistic outlet, I realized that I needed to start combining the two major interests in my life, and use my art to capture what it felt like to be under the ocean experiencing this beautiful, fragile, hostile environment, especially in the cold, but exceptionally rich, Californian waters close to my home. I feel in some ways like I have only just begun this phase of my art career, and am excited to see how it will evolve...
Finally, a few years ago, when painting had become my major artistic outlet, I realized that I needed to start combining the two major interests in my life, and use my art to capture what it felt like to be under the ocean experiencing this beautiful, fragile, hostile environment, especially in the cold, but exceptionally rich, Californian waters close to my home. I feel in some ways like I have only just begun this phase of my art career, and am excited to see how it will evolve...
GIANT SEA BASS ENCOUNTER
48" x 36" acrylic on canvas - AVAILABLE (prints also available - see SHOP)
FATHER and SON
48" x 36" acrylic on canvas - AVAILABLE (prints also available - see SHOP)
SEA NETTLE
36" x 24" pastel on marbled paper - SOLD (prints available - see SHOP)
DEIMATIC TWO-SPOT OCTOPUS
36" x 24" pastel on marbled paper - SOLD (prints available - see SHOP)
SCORPIONFISH
36" x 24" pastel on paper - SOLD (prints available - please enquire)
SCORPIONFISH
36" x 24" pastel on paper - SOLD (prints available - please enquire)
GIANT PACIFIC SEAHORSE
36" x 24" pastel on paper - AVAILABLE (prints also available - see SHOP)
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
48" x 24" acrylic on canvas - SOLD (prints available - please enquire)
GIANT PACIFIC OCTOPUS
36" x 24" pastel on Marbled Paper - SOLD (prints available - see SHOP)
GIANT KELPFISH
14" x 28" acrylic on canvas - AVAILABLE (prints also available - please enquire)
KELP BASS
24" x 24" acrylic on wood - SOLD (prints available - please enquire)
WHITE ABALONE
24" x 16" pastel on Marbled Paper - SOLD (prints available - please enquire)
TWO-SPOT OCTOPUS III
36" x 24" pastel on Marbled Paper - SOLD (prints available - see SHOP)
OCEANIC MAGIC
32" x 32" acrylic on canvas - AVAILABLE framed (prints also available - see SHOP)
CASINO POINT
48" x 24" acrylic on canvas - AVAILABLE (prints also available - see SHOP)
SAN DIEGO DIVER - Bill Powers/Powerscuba
36" x 24" acrylic on canvas - PORTRAIT COMMISSION
SCUBA FAMILY
48" x 36" acrylic on canvas - PORTRAIT COMMISSION
COMMON OCTOPUS
36" x 24" pastel on Marbled Paper - AVAILABLE (prints also available - see SHOP)
SEA LION SAFETY STOP
30" x 30" acrylic on canvas AVAILABLE (prints also available - please enquire)
COLDWATER CORALS
20 x 24" acrylic on canvas - AVAILABLE (prints also available - please enquire)