6 July 2017

Oil on board, 7×10″ This was a beautiful subject, I painted this before doing a telephone interview to help calm my nerves a bit!

Oil on board, 7×10″ When I started this painting there was bright sunshine, part way through it started to rain. Pretty undeterred I continued. You can see the green light on the water in the background, this was the bit I kept to remind me that there was sunshine!

Oil on board, 7×10″ This is another favourite subject matter and I particularly enjoyed painting the skeletal trees in the background.

Oil on board, 7×10″ This is one of the most stunning subjects near to where we live. I never tire of painting this scene. When we arrived to set up, we startled a flock of crows and I knew that this would be a prominent feature in the piece. I also like the warm tones

Oil on board, 7×10″ The aim here was to capture the first golden shards of sun. Though the sun was not high enough to cast light onto the sheep or the field, I think I made the right decision to have a more appealing sky.

Oil on board, 8×8″ This is a lovely subject, church, fresh water stream running across the sand into the sea. This was the first painting I completed when I met up with a group of artists in Rock for the day!

Oil on board, 8×8″ I was able to take complete advantage of a couple of really low tides last year and was able to paint the opposite view into the harbour. It was a very satisfying subject and I hope to repeat again in the afternoon light when I can paint contre-jour.

Oil on board, 8×10″ I painted two initial pochade box studies, but although this painting was finished in the warmth and comfort of my studio, I hope I have still captured the sharp frosty light.

Oil on board, 8×10″ We were walking the coastal path to Marazion and by chance this beautiful subject presented itself. I took lots of photo’s and that evening painted this working from my laptop.

Oil on board, 8×12″ I spotted this magnificent subject while playing football down the park! Everything was starting to frost over and the apricot shards of light shone through the trees. I returned the following evening at the same time and although it wasn’t so frosty, the impact of the light was just the same,