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Monday, February 01, 2021
Sunday, November 01, 2020
Spring under lockdown, a totally new experience.
Painting the Hawthorne blossom along the escarpment road on Salisbury Plain
Last year the Hawthorn blossoms were exceptional. Every spring is so busy I am always rushing past them but last year I vowed I'd take a week off to paint some. Little did I know what was around the corner with total lockdown when one couldn't do more than a short 1 hour exercise and not drive to any location. Still the lockdown came to an end before the blossoms had faded and I managed to I managed to do some, and and also painted in the garden.
Painted from Salisbury Plain, facing west, a view of Roundway hill, the scene of a civil wall battle, can be glimpsed between the bushes.Facing North, over the vale of Pewsey
View from the Easel
Cow drinking in shade under s tree between Little and Great Cheverell
Cherry Blossom in the garden next door to mine
Wednesday, October 07, 2020
Painting the Autumn Beech Trees, at Avebury Stone Circle, Wiltshire.
The four great Beech Trees at Avebury, also sometimes referred to as "Tolkien’s Trees”. There is a photograph of him sitting under them and he reputedly used to sit on the roots finding inspiration for his stories."
This was a week later Larger Format, many of the leaves had fallen
A windy day, painted atop the earthwork ridge looking North.
Sunday, February 23, 2020
Vale of Pewsey
View from Etchilhampton hill into the Vale of Pewsey on a hot September day.
Oak tree in a quiet farm lane, trying to capture the dappled light and shade in the trees
Oak tree in a quiet farm lane, trying to capture the dappled light and shade in the trees
Pembrokshire in August
SKOMER ISLAND,
PembrokshireWest Wales
Painted, late afternoon, whilst my family went for a walk within the span of about an hour.
My plan is to return and do a series to capture the change of light and the weather, over a few hours.
Freshwater West
A view of Newgale Sands on a cloudy afternoon.
The rocky beach at Freshwater West
The
CLOUDS on Salisbury Plain
Clouds can be a lovely subject but a challenge. because they change so quickly, second by second, so one has to work at lightning speed and somehow arrive at composition at the end.
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Flowering rapeseed fields in Wiltshire
I enjoyed painting this on a glorious sunny morning in May, the huge fields of flowering rapeseed crop near Chirton and Marden in Wiltshire. Trying to capture the sense of scudding clouds casting shadows on a breezy day.
I used 'artistic license to compress the landscape considerably and encompass the ploughed red earth area on the left.
(oil on gesso plywood panel 10" x 24") Unusually wide format
I used 'artistic license to compress the landscape considerably and encompass the ploughed red earth area on the left.
(oil on gesso plywood panel 10" x 24") Unusually wide format
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Evening Hawthorne
The Hawthorne have been so splendid this year. I managed to escape from the stained glass studio and find some time to paint a tree in a quiet rural cul-de-sac near the canal at All Cannings Village in the Vale of Pewsey, Wiltshire.
It definitely needs more may-blossom, shall try to continue with it or start a larger study but this is the first spontaneous splash of paint
The medium is oil on primed board. Size 12" x 10"
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