Oil on Board | 7 x 10 inches About the painting:“I really liked the hazy light caused by the wind and sea spray. The choppy conditions turned the sea an earthy blue colour, which isn’t always particularly appealing to paint, however it really worked well on this occasion and I was very pleased with […]
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Oil on Board | 7 x 10 inches About the painting:“I spotted this subject on a dog walk and liked the hazy ‘contre jour’ light. I cycled the same route the following morning and was pleased to see the same hazy atmosphere with the added bonus of a mist lifting off of the rape-seed
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Oil on Board | 7 x 10 inches About the painting:“I painted this from the holiday cottage balcony after a beautiful evening swim at St Mawes in Cornwall. It was such an idyllic scene, but it was a real challenge to paint. Figuring out how to make complementary colours (blue of the hillside and
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Oil on Board | 7 x 10 inches About the painting:“I spotted these sheep whilst I was driving out of North Walsham one day in December, I only caught a glimpse but the autumnal colours in the copes and undulating field sparked an interest. The next nice day my father and I went out
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Oil on Board | 7 x 10 inches About the painting:“I had been looking forward to watching the Carabao cup final all week. But I was struggling with motivating myself to work so was desperate to get outside and paint. I went to Burnham Overy Staithe and was rewarded with this perfectly stunning scene.
Oil on Board | 10 x 7 inches About the painting:“I was hoping the mist would lift while we walked the dogs to Messack Point in Cornwall. Unfortunately, it didn’t, and I certainly needn’t have bothered carrying my paints all that way either! However, while I was in the shower, my father knocked on
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Pastel | 6.5 x 9.5 inches About the painting: “Dark stormy skies over sunlit oil seed rape fields are a joy to see and paint. I took the photo for this on my way to a horse-riding lesson. I was on my tip toes at full stretch with my camera to be able to
Oil on Board | 6 x 10 inches About the painting: “There were a few rain clouds in the sky and despite the forecast looking clear, my father and I got caught in a couple of rain showers while we were out, as is often the way in Cornwall! I had spotted this subject
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Oil on Board | 6 x 10 inches About the painting:“My father and I set off after my riding lesson for Burnham Overy Staithe on the Norfolk Coast. Being the middle of the winter there wasn’t much time to paint before the sun set. I quickly set to work and got down the basic
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Oil on Board | 8 x 8 inches About the painting:“A morning of mist gave way to warm sunshine and a flat calm sea. I painted this from Summers Beach looking towards Pendennis Castle- a King Henry VIII fortress near Falmouth, Cornwall. While I was working a couple of young and inquisitive St Mawes lads