Oil on Board | 14” x 9″ ‘This is the opposite view from where I painted “A Venetian Back Water”. Scuola Grande Di San Marco is the white building at the end of the alley. The joy of Venice is not having to travel very far for your next painting.’
It has always been a dream of mine to travel to Venice and follow in the footsteps of some of my favourite artists who were also inspired by this amazing location. Edward Seago, John Singer Sargent and recent contemporary artists Prof Ken Howard OBE RA, Brian Ryder ROA FIEA and Trevor Chamberlain RSMA ROI WGA. Painting transports
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Pastel | 3.7 x 7 inches It’s a great subject to try out in pastel with effective lights and darks and vibrant colours.
Oil on board | 29 x 20 inches Every time I pass the fish cellars in Port Isaac I think it would make a great painting and now I’ve finally painted it. No detail was left out and the ‘square brush technique ‘ gives the lovely soft edged effect.
Pastel | 5.5 x 7.5 inches With paintings like this I think it’s important to include ‘life’ such as animals or people; to give another point of interest in the painting.
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Pastel | 6.25 x 9.75 inches Subjects like this are absolutely perfect for pastel. The misty atmosphere, the frost, the stillness and muted colours just work so well.
Pastel | 6.75 x 11 inches I initially tried this subject as an oil but I didn’t like it. But it worked perfectly as a pastel. It was a freezing cold morning, mine and my father’s faces ached as the fourty-plus-mph-wind hit it, then almost constantly the sea spray soaked us as we walked along the
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Pastel | 5.25 x 8.5 inches Usually my pastels are quite tight and detailed but I freed myself up in this one. I tried a metallic pastel in the sky and in different lights it shines a bit.
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