Simon Goss RCA
@draftsmann.bsky.social
Welsh speaking artist, graphic designer (of @henaturist.bsky.social), writer, rugby sufferer and draftsman in the classical sense. Member of the RCA. All artwork shown is for sale - DM me.
www.portraitpainter.me.uk
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www.landscapepainter.me.uk
Pinned
I am taking nude portrait commissions either from photos or via zoom - pose for me!
#naturism #naturistportrait #naturistart #nudeportrait #nudeart #commissionportrait #livealittle
#naturism #naturistportrait #naturistart #nudeportrait #nudeart #commissionportrait #livealittle
It is my birthday and here is a story I wrote about my eighteenth many years ago
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A Liminal Man
Born towards the end of New Year’s Eve of 1963, I managed to save my mother’s blushes by not quite being a New Year’s Day baby. She would…
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December 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
It is my birthday and here is a story I wrote about my eighteenth many years ago
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Today's free story is about the snows of winters past. Will we ever see their like again?
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Balaclava time
The bathroom window had ice inside. Not frosted, frozen. I could see my dragon breath as I stood peeing through my shrivelled billy…
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December 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Today's free story is about the snows of winters past. Will we ever see their like again?
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My free offering today is a story about our relationship with family photographs, Faded Pictures:
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Faded pictures
Faded pictures in the hallway. Which of them brown ghosts is he?
Aisling, Shane MacGowan
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December 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
My free offering today is a story about our relationship with family photographs, Faded Pictures:
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Each day for the next week I am giving free access to one of my stories on Medium.
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Eyjafjallajökull
The day the planes stopped
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December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Each day for the next week I am giving free access to one of my stories on Medium.
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I. Skim.
Rearranging the cosmos, one perfectly formed pebble at a time
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December 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Reposted by Simon Goss RCA
It's hard to find a better album than this one. This is one of those albums you throw on when some troglodyte wants to say, "PuNk MuSiCiAnS cAn'T pLaY".
#nowspinning #vinyl #vinylcollection #deadkennedys
#nowspinning #vinyl #vinylcollection #deadkennedys
December 18, 2025 at 2:08 AM
It's hard to find a better album than this one. This is one of those albums you throw on when some troglodyte wants to say, "PuNk MuSiCiAnS cAn'T pLaY".
#nowspinning #vinyl #vinylcollection #deadkennedys
#nowspinning #vinyl #vinylcollection #deadkennedys
Each day for the next week I am giving free access to one of my stories on Medium. This one is about the fun I've had with Yoga. Downward Facing Dad:
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Downward Facing Dad
Namaste, kids
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December 19, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Each day for the next week I am giving free access to one of my stories on Medium. This one is about the fun I've had with Yoga. Downward Facing Dad:
medium.com/ellemeno/dow...
medium.com/ellemeno/dow...
Each day I will be posting outside-the-paywall access to one of my stories on Medium for the coming week. Today's is "Dangerous Chips":
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Dangerous chips
“She cooked the chips in the fire!?”
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December 18, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Each day I will be posting outside-the-paywall access to one of my stories on Medium for the coming week. Today's is "Dangerous Chips":
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A story I wrote a short time ago:
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Made with Love
Knit one, purl one
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December 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A story I wrote a short time ago:
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Going to have to take a week off work with a hangover when that bin of giblets in a shit suit finally carks it.
December 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Going to have to take a week off work with a hangover when that bin of giblets in a shit suit finally carks it.
Every year I post a collage of my nine favourite Hands, Heads & Tails of the year.
Here are my favourite tails of 2025.
#watercolourportrait #portraiture #welshart #oilportrait #nudefemale #nudeportraitpainting #originaloilpainting #originalwatercolour #oilportraitpainting #commissionportrait
Here are my favourite tails of 2025.
#watercolourportrait #portraiture #welshart #oilportrait #nudefemale #nudeportraitpainting #originaloilpainting #originalwatercolour #oilportraitpainting #commissionportrait
December 15, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Every year I post a collage of my nine favourite Hands, Heads & Tails of the year.
Here are my favourite tails of 2025.
#watercolourportrait #portraiture #welshart #oilportrait #nudefemale #nudeportraitpainting #originaloilpainting #originalwatercolour #oilportraitpainting #commissionportrait
Here are my favourite tails of 2025.
#watercolourportrait #portraiture #welshart #oilportrait #nudefemale #nudeportraitpainting #originaloilpainting #originalwatercolour #oilportraitpainting #commissionportrait
Last of the mussels for now.
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 20x25cm (small).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 20x25cm (small).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
December 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Last of the mussels for now.
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 20x25cm (small).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 20x25cm (small).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
Another mussel.
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 30x40cm (large).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 30x40cm (large).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
December 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Another mussel.
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 30x40cm (large).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 30x40cm (large).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
Another of the small mussels.
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 20x25cm (small).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 20x25cm (small).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
December 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Another of the small mussels.
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 20x25cm (small).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 20x25cm (small).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
Every year I post a collage of my nine favourite Hands, Heads & Tails of the year.
Here are my favourite heads of 2025.
#watercolourportrait #portraiture #welshart #oilportrait #nudefemale #nudeportraitpainting #originaloilpainting #originalwatercolour #oilportraitpainting #commissionportrait
Here are my favourite heads of 2025.
#watercolourportrait #portraiture #welshart #oilportrait #nudefemale #nudeportraitpainting #originaloilpainting #originalwatercolour #oilportraitpainting #commissionportrait
December 10, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Every year I post a collage of my nine favourite Hands, Heads & Tails of the year.
Here are my favourite heads of 2025.
#watercolourportrait #portraiture #welshart #oilportrait #nudefemale #nudeportraitpainting #originaloilpainting #originalwatercolour #oilportraitpainting #commissionportrait
Here are my favourite heads of 2025.
#watercolourportrait #portraiture #welshart #oilportrait #nudefemale #nudeportraitpainting #originaloilpainting #originalwatercolour #oilportraitpainting #commissionportrait
Reposted by Simon Goss RCA
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
One of the small mussels.
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 20x25cm (small).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 20x25cm (small).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
One of the small mussels.
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 20x25cm (small).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 20x25cm (small).
www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
Another mussel.
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 30x25cm (medium).
More here - www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 30x25cm (medium).
More here - www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Another mussel.
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 30x25cm (medium).
More here - www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350, large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 30x25cm (medium).
More here - www.landscapepainter.me.uk/still-life
#seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting#artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
Another from my sea shell series.
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350 and large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 40x30cm (large).
#seashell #seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting #oilpaint #artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350 and large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 40x30cm (large).
#seashell #seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting #oilpaint #artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
December 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Another from my sea shell series.
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350 and large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 40x30cm (large).
#seashell #seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting #oilpaint #artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
All for sale - small ones are £275, medium £350 and large £450 - float framed in black ash. (+P&P)
Oil on hardboard 40x30cm (large).
#seashell #seashellpainting #mussel #musselpainting #oilpaint #artforsale #naturepainting #artforsale #buyoriginalart
Every year I post a collage of my nine favourite Hands, Heads & Tails of the year.
Here are my favourite hands of 2025.
#watercolourportrait #portraiture #welshart #oilportrait #nudefemale #nudeportraitpainting #originaloilpainting #originalwatercolour #oilportraitpainting #commissionportrait
Here are my favourite hands of 2025.
#watercolourportrait #portraiture #welshart #oilportrait #nudefemale #nudeportraitpainting #originaloilpainting #originalwatercolour #oilportraitpainting #commissionportrait
December 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Every year I post a collage of my nine favourite Hands, Heads & Tails of the year.
Here are my favourite hands of 2025.
#watercolourportrait #portraiture #welshart #oilportrait #nudefemale #nudeportraitpainting #originaloilpainting #originalwatercolour #oilportraitpainting #commissionportrait
Here are my favourite hands of 2025.
#watercolourportrait #portraiture #welshart #oilportrait #nudefemale #nudeportraitpainting #originaloilpainting #originalwatercolour #oilportraitpainting #commissionportrait
I have a new article on life drawing published in online magazine Counter Arts:
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5 Nudes: Beth
Five life drawings of one model
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November 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I have a new article on life drawing published in online magazine Counter Arts:
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Reposted by Simon Goss RCA
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
Nude Portrait Commission | Simon Goss RCA
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November 25, 2025 at 11:48 AM