work

Pastel | 5.25 x 7.5 inches

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. 

Pastel | 4 x 6 inches I painted this pastel from an oil I had sketched on location. The view is from Port Isaac to Port Quin – showing Doyden Castle and the shimmering bay beyond. I also completed this scene in a watercolour; each medium offers something different to this beautiful subject. 

Pastel | 3.75 x 6.75 inches Usually if it looks to be a nice sunrise I cycle down to Mundesley and get photos or paint down on the beach. If I’m lucky the fisherman will be heading out, or the tide will be out giving beautiful reflections in the wet sand. I added the figure

Watercolour | 7.25 x 6 inches I saw this subject in the terms of a watercolour painting straight away. The stunning light, dark shapes and contrasts between were perfectly suited for this medium. 

Watercolour | 4.5 x 5 inches I finished this little experimental watercolour without any drawing, I went straight in with paint. It made me look harder at the face and made me squint more to simplify the shapes and colours. 

Watercolour | 6.5 x 9 inches I would like to include swirling crows more often in my work as I see it happen quite a lot. George Clausen’s painting “The Rickyards, A Winter Idyll” and Von Zugel’s painting “Heavy Labour” are good paintings that include swirling crows. 

Watercolour | 8 x 5 inches This feels like a plein air piece especially with the loose and descriptive brushstroke in the foreground sea. The colour combination of the oranges with the cerulean blue work quite well. 

Watercolour | 7.5 x 10.5 inches I really like paintings that depict the moments after the sun has gone down and you get either a really orange or a silver glow. Early Munnings paintings of Costwick common, The Norwich school and some Clausen painting show this. I got the idea to paint this on a

Watercolour | 6.75 x 7.75 inches I usually get really annoyed when the “treeing effect” happens which can be seen just above the horizon; but now I’ve grown to love including it in my watercolours if I can. It’s seen a lot in Brandon Cox paintings.