TOM OAKLEY


A visit to Ely Cathedral way back in 1949 inspired me to start detailed cathedral drawings in pen and ink.

42 years later when faced with retirement I took up watercolour painting, gaining experience by joining a village art club.  Detailed pencil work is still my favourite medium and can often be used in conjunction with watercolour wash.

Subjects:  landscapes and estuary scenes in watercolour, architectural work in pencil, also steam locomotives, ships and aircraft which lend themselves to detailed pencil work.

January 2018 - Tom completed four more fabulous drawings - the detail is incredible.  See below.

February 2019 - The drawing on the right is a more recent one, drawn while recovering from a cataract operation.

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Magdalen Tower Bridge, Oxford

Fountain's Abbey, Yorkshire

Palace of Westminster Clock Tower

Royal Naval College, Greenwich

River Blackwater

Ocean Racing

Thames Sailing Barges

Bury St Edmunds Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral

Woodland Scene