Oil On Board | 14 x 15 inches “We pass these beautiful Kerry Hill sheep almost every morning on our daily dog walk. I was very kindly allowed to take photos and paint Steph the farmer feeding her sheep. It was early spring with blossom on the trees, a slight frost and pale sunlight raking […]
Oil On Board | 13 x 18 inches “A good friend introduced me to these two farmers, they were such traditional characters. They farm in Norfolk using old fashioned techniques. It was such a pleasure to spend an afternoon with them and getting photos of them combining. I took the photo for this painting while
Oil On Board | 12 x 18 inches “This was the second painting I completed of the two famers. It was such a great subject; I was keen to include Methwold church in the background which created a real sense of space in the painting.”
Oil On Board | 11 x 18 inches “My father, sister Billie, myself and our three dogs all went to Holkham beach early one summer’s morning . On the drive home, after having a swim and walking to the beach huts and back, I spotted these cattle in the stream at Warham Bridge. The lighting
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Oil On Board | 12 x 15 inches “It was a day of sunshine and very heavy thunderstorms. I had been for a horse-riding lesson and then went straight to Oxnead, a lost settlement and former civil parish, now in the parish of Brampton, in the Broadland district. The cattle were stood perfectly by the
Oil On Board | 8 x 10 inches “It was just the most perfect afternoon in March, a better day wouldn’t be found in the height of summer. Not a breath of wind in the air and the small waves lazily lapped on the shore. It was a joy to paint such a beautiful subject
Oil On Board | 8 x 10 inches “It was a bitterly cold Saturday morning, right in the middle of the big freeze that we had in December. Luckily, this view was just down the narrow country lanes close to where I live and so I decided to cycle. Now cycling in the ice isn’t
Oil On Board | 8 x 10 inches “You may recall last year I wrote of the trials I have faced on previous occasions while painting this view of Salthouse church. I’m pleased to say that there were no such difficulties on this occasion. I thoroughly enjoyed working in the warm sunbeams of late afternoon,
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Oil On Board | 8 x 10 inches “It wouldn’t be right for me to do an exhibition and not include a painting or two of Cornwall, because it was in Cornwall where my love of painting was ignited 15 years ago! This one is of Porthcothan beach at sunset, painted while on holiday there
Oil On Board | 10 x 8 inches “It was a beautiful autumn last year in Norfolk. The leaves clung to the trees, with spectacular colour, well into December. I painted this on an evening in November. There isn’t much better, certainly nothing more peaceful, than painting by a river. Where there’s a river, there
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