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Oil on Board | 7 x 8 inches   About the painting:“It started off as a beautiful evening when I began this painting, however, as is the way with Cornwall, the next weather front is never far away. Halfway through my father and I got caught in the rain and we were soaked … I […]

Oil on Board | 7 x 8 inches   About the painting:“The light was so good on the final days of our holiday in Cornwall. It was really misty in the mornings then giving way to glorious sunshine, with hues of autumn, in the afternoon landscape. I would take my paints with me on the

Oil on Board | 7 x 8 inches   About the painting:“It had been trying to snow all morning and then just before lunch it finally started to settle. The storm passed and my father and I rushed out while the light was still good. I had forgotten to bring a hat which proved costly

Oil on Board | 6 x 9 inches   About the painting:“I painted this from a rocky outcrop at Messack Point part of the Roseland Peninsula, possibly my most favourite spot, in Cornwall. From ‘St Just in Roseland Church’ a picturesque creek-side path makes its way to a hazel grove. The path then quickly ascends

Oil on Board | 6 x 9 inches   About the painting:“I was determined to paint these sheep on the clifftops above Porthcothan. I cannot recall how many times, on bright afternoons, did my father and I traipse from the holiday cottage in the valley, all the way up to the cliff tops, in the

Oil on Board | 7 x 6 inches   About the painting:“After an hour and a half stake out with my father, our patience was finally rewarded with this magnificent snow moon that rose over the estuary at Morston. It was so cold and there was an eerie stillness in the air … I quickly

Oil on Board | 7 x 5 inches   About the painting:“I painted this on the first morning of our holiday to Cornwall last March. The garden was full of daffodils, so I found a vase from the holiday cottage bathroom and popped a couple of ‘daffs’ in the vase and got to work in

Oil on Board | 7 x 5 inches   About the painting:“My father and I went to an auction at Glandford, Norfolk just before Christmas, while we were waiting for our lots to come up, we went for a drive and chanced upon some hawthorn trees which were absolutely full of berries and alive with

Watercolour | 6 x 11 inches   About the painting:“Last January/February time I had a terrible painters block. Having had very little inspiration to paint (and what I did paint was awful!) one afternoon, after another frustrating day, I took a photo of my dog Beau. She was backlit by a cool light from the

Watercolour | 6 x 11 inches   About the painting:“It was extremely difficult to capture the transition of colour in the sky of this painting, especially the glow of light around the sun. I layered the sky with around half a dozen glazes of transparent colour to achieve this. It was all about getting the