Oil on Board | 16 x 25 inches “By chance my girlfriend spotted this scene from a footpath which ran through a local farm. I couldn’t believe my luck as we followed the friendly geese, through the farm, to the frozen pond. Bullocks were wintering in old barns beside the pond, the sound of sheep […]
Oil on Board | 15 x 24 inches “We had a spell of sea frets in July that lingered all day. It was such a grey, almost uninspiring morning, until I saw the rams at a trough. They were not bothered by my presence and I was able to get a great photo of them.
Oil on Board | 14 x 20 inches “The valley that is the backdrop behind the cattle is absolutely stunning. Every time I walk to Port Quin I marvel at it; whether it be clad in primroses in spring, the golden trees in autumn or the steely blue frost in winter. I took the photograph
Oil on Board | 18 x 14 inches “I painted this during the first UK lockdown. Only being allowed out for 30 minutes to exercise meant I begrudgingly had to work solely from photographs this one being taken on one of our daily dog walks. The light in early April is really unusual, there is
Oil on Board | 12 x 19 inches “It was awful weather at the meet, the rain coming in almost horizontally and bitterly cold. Somehow I managed to get some good photographs to work from. I wrote this poem to remind me of the day: Winds through the fir trees wailed and roared,Mist came down
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Oil on Board | 12 x 19 inches “I’ve been meaning to paint this horse at Salthouse for some years and I’ve finally felt I achieved the right composition. What a beautiful subject … it was a great challenge to paint the dark and lights on the horse against the sky.”
Oil on Board | 13 x 17 inches “The light on this bull was beautiful; I loved all the lost and found edges in this painting.”
Oil on Board | 13 x 17 inches “I don’t usually like painting clear blue skies in the height of summer, I find the colours too bright and almost flat mainly because there are no soft edges. However, when the subject is this good I just had to work with it. I added some lovely
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Oil on Board | 12 x 16 inches “I spent so much time in this field at the top of Church Hill, above Port Isaac, photographing, painting and drawing this herd of cattle. Being up so high, I was able to get the big sky in – just like a Norfolk landscape where it’s usually
Oil on Board | 12 x 16 inches “I came across some great advice on painting fingers ‘only paint one bright highlight per hand, even if you can see more. To many highlights flatten the natural arch of the fingers’. I had this in mind while painting this and found it very useful.”