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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Oil On Board | 8 x 10 inches “When leaving my exhibition last July, my father and I would drive home on the coast road and I would scout for painting ideas. This was such an occasion; we went back when the light was right and I painted this little oil looking over Salthouse. I
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Oil On Board | 8 x 10 inches “The weather was absolutely roasting hot on the afternoon I painted this, I nearly burned to a crisp! Despite the heat, the subject and light were beautiful. A distant field fire gave a lovely blue tone to the distant trees. The sky was full of clouds in
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Oil On Board | 10 x 7 inches “Bittersweet memories are attached to this painting. It was a beautiful subject- something a bit different for me – I worked in bliss knowing that my football team Leeds United were winning at halftime against Spurs. Alas, by the time I’d packed up my paints and made
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Oil On Board | 7 x 10 inches “Following in the footsteps of East Anglian greats Edward Seago RBA RWS (1910 – 1974) and Sir John Alfred Arnesby Brown RA RBA (1866 – 1955), I painted the beautiful view over Brancaster from Barrow Common.”
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Oil On Board | 7 x 10 inches “I love these mornings you sometimes get in March; everything is quiet and still. This view is just a short cycle from where I live but confess, I had misjudged where the sun would rise. I was working away before sunrise, having undertaken my drawing I had
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Oil On Board | 7 x 10 inches “I had undertaken an awful painting just before I started this one so there was nothing like getting another chance to make amends so quickly! I knew straight away I was onto a winner. I worked in the evening sun watched by my father and some friends
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Oil On Board | 7 x 10 inches “Haltcliffe Navigator – what a name for a bull. As my friend joked upon showing her the painting- he certainly was navigating! His muscles rippled and tensed as he made his way after a cow and was such a fantastic subject to paint.”
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Oil On Board | 7 x 9 inches “This is probably my most favourite view in all of Norfolk, made even better by streaks of cloud, shadows and pockets of light. So much for flat Norfolk!“
Oil On Board | 9 x 7 inches “A still life, and especially a still life of flowers, is not my usual choice of subject. But I did enjoy the change and I loved trying to capture the warm and cool light on thecopper jug. I also decided to publish this piece as a limited