Racing Lines
Art by Maxine Dodd
Tour de France Revisited, 2013 – Givors – Mont Ventoux
Happy Bastille Day! This look back through my Racing Lines archives brought me to this painting made during 2013 Tour de France…
Tour de France Revisited: 2016 – Stage4 Saumur to Limoges
Tour de France revisited, Stage 4, 2016, read more…
Chilwell SuperStrike
Premier League football came out of Lockdown to strangely silent stadia, fans on Zoom, commentary with or without crowd sounds… See more
Artists Support Pledge
Artists supporting artists during the pandemic crisis, for every £1,000 sales, the artist pledges to buy a work of art from another artist. Anyone can buy artworks offered in the pledge and to encourage sales, the works of art featured are no more than £200.00 (plus postage and packing) Here are five pieces of mine offered on my new Racing Lines Boutique set up…
Tour de France – Stage 7 – Revisited
Bonjour! It’s nearly July and for me, that means only one thing – Le Tour! See more….
Thursday #3 – Green aprons
Clap for our carers, Thursday evenings 8pm
Hospital – 3
More drawings capturing NHS at work, see more…
Thursday #1 – ‘Resus is a high level PPE area’
The initiative to clap for carers officially came to a close last week – so I wanted to offer a gesture of support to everyone providing continued, dedicated service by publishing a picture on Thursdays at 8pm, the time we all came out to clap. This image is a study drawing, made in oil pastel and ink, of doctors and nurses entering resus through…
Hospital
It’s hard to know where to begin… what a time it has been and will continue to be. Everything turned upside down. Tranquility where there was turmoil, confusion where there was certainty. Every news bulletin brings a new story and a new facet to the crisis. At the beginning of the year, my mum was admitted to Leicester Royal Infirmary and subsequently the Glenfield…
Crowds by the Cherry Tree – Women’s Tour of Yorkshire
Hello! It’s been a bit hectic the past week or so with Open Studios and other bits and pieces, so I’m still working through some highlights from the remaining stages of this year’s Tour de Yorkshire. This piece was from the Women’s race, on the final stage – showing the crowds waving the peloton by. This scene stood out because of the view from…
Six Nations 2019 – Round 1
Hello! What a start to 2019’s Six Nations Rugby tournament? Simply stunning! It was exciting and unpredictable with results not going as expected and play just fabulous to watch. Here are some of my first impressions from last week – quick sketches and one finished piece, as they came, warts and all! Roll on Round 2!
Challenge Mallorca 2017: Trofeo Porreres
Hello! Mallorca is a popular winter training ground for many top cycling teams, the terrain of the island providing a great mix of climbs and long flats – bathed in gentle sunshine. This winter has been extraordinary with the island (and most of southern Europe) subject to storms and snowfalls for the first time in many years. Glad to say that things settled a little on…
