Mike Horton

Hi, I am self taught (raw bluff) and been at it a very long time. I started drawing at a very young age and was encouraged by my family and friends. However, life gets in the way and the need to work was more important than a dream of art school. I stopped drawing in my late teens and found I had a even stronger draw to Punk Rock! For the next twenty years I was bashing a guitar, working and neglecting art. As with most men it takes a woman to set them on the right track and, it’s true in my case. I married in my early 40’s and put the guitar in charity and picked up a brush at my wife’s insistence as I always said I used to draw. Fast forward to now and this below is what I create. PS The guitar is back, just not as loud.

Covid the Cat
Durdle Door – A Sketch
No Title Necessary
Water’s Edge – Purbeck
Portrait of King Fisher
Paw-trait of Edward Fox
Wild Ink
Midsummer in Purbeck
West Ridge to Corfe
Before the Invasion
Watcombe Down
Old Harry
Old Harry from Durlston in 20 mins
The Purbecks from Arne
Fisherman’s Friend
On the Beach
Puffin
Puffin Rock
Puffin Rock 2
Old Harry


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