Monday 21 December 2009

Winter light II

13 x 18 cms
Mixed media on card

Sunday 13 December 2009

Winter light, Falmouth

13 x 18 cms
Mixed media on card

Blue nightscape

18 x 13cm
Mixed media on card

Winter nightscape with trees

18 x 13 cm
Mixed media on card

Sunday 15 November 2009

Autumn Nightscape

Acrylic on prepared card
24 x 30 cm

Sunday 25 October 2009

Falmouth Nightscape

Acrylic on prepared card
24 x 30 cms
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And here is the finished painting. I've enjoyed doing it so much that I can feel a series coming on...

Thursday 8 October 2009

Falmouth night - a work in progress

Acrylic on prepared card
24 x 30 cms

I have long been fascinated by the sight of the docks as night falls, especially if the evening is misty. As an experiment I took some photos and this painting is the result. I wasn't sure how to get the effects I wanted and this is still being worked on. Not using a brush seemed to help...

Gun Street, Spitalfields

Acrylic on canvas
35 x 45cms
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Christ Church Spitalfields has featured in two previous paintings. Churches are amongst my favourite architectural subjects and this beautiful Hawksmoor building has a majestic quality. The streets of Spitalfields are steeped in history and with a very different feeling to the rest of the city. This shop and cafe immediately appealed to me as a subject for a painting, particularly with the church just visible in the background.

In the Orangery II

Mixed media on prepared card
31 x 25 cm approx
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Friday 8 May 2009

Exhibition at Over the Moon Gallery St Agnes, Cornwall. 15th May to 20th June 2009. Open Tues-Sat 10 - 4.30 & Bank Holiday weekend

South Bank evening III
Acrylic on canvas
70 x 6o cm
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This is the final painting in the South Bank series. Night has fallen and the city has taken on a golden glow. Meanwhile the lights of the city reflect off the clouds with a strange ethereal greeny tinge . I loved the reflections on the water; it was such a still night that there looked to be two of all the buildings, one above and one below the Thames.

Archway, St. Ives

Acrylic on board
29 x 20 cm
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Tuesday 21 April 2009

Covent Garden sunset

Acrylic on paper
18 x 13 cm
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In the Gardens, Port Eliot

Acrylic on board
40 x 50 cm
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Port Eliot is the seat of the Earl of St Germans, currently Peregrine Eliot, whose family have occupied the house since the 1540s. The house occupies a beautiful setting on the banks of the Lynher estuary, near Plymouth. The walled gardens are a favourite part of the estate and the Orangery offers intriguing views through these romantic spaces. I visited the estate on the most perfect summer's day and it has provided inspiration for many paintings, some inside and some outside the Orangery.

South Bank evening II

Acrylic on paper
34 x 29 cm
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Monday 30 March 2009

Covent Garden Evening

18 x 13 cm
Acrylic on paper
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