Artist Contemplating

Looking out to sea the artist contemplates the next move, soaks in the atmosphere of the sea as it crashes against the rocks down below.Squinting her eyes to look at something distant that has caught her eye,the image burns on the minds eye for a while simmers and stored away for future [...]

Winter’s Dawn

Both paintings are 6inches x4inches and Acrylic.
We are moving nearer winter when the days sometimes never really seem to get light, a time of lots of sunrise ans sunsets as the days are shorter.
Playing around with the colour red here as well, red is a strong coloure so needs dilluting a bit browns go well [...]

Triptych

This is just seeing if I can do it as the idea has been in the back of my mind for some time.I cannot for the life of me remember the correct name for Three paintings together perhaps someone can enlighten me!
The power of Twitter strikes again! have the name I was looking for [...]

Sir Terry Frost R.A (1915-2003)

Here aare some brilliant images by Terry Frost.Chosen at random because I just enjoyed the colour,connections with Newlyn and Cornwall

Colour Rhythm Newlyn
Lithograph, 1997
 
 

Frisky (detail) Sir Terry Frost 2003
 

 
Sir Terry Frost screenprint “Malaga Blue and Orange”
 
 

A Journey Into Abstract

The first of a series I think,this somewhat of a new departure a journey into abstraction. it still wants to be landscape but…could be a form of mind map or even thought forms something known but unseen,sensed.
It wants to be something but it is not…..
I feel there is more to happen with this new series [...]

The Wanderer

Standing on a Rock
absorbing the landscape before the eye
Master of all
Owner of none
Nature Surpreme
The person on the rock reminds me of the  famous painting by Casper David Friedrich (1774-1840)
Still in drawing mode!

The Energy Of Drawing

Drawing has a different energy to that of painting, perhaps obvious but worth stating here. There is a more direct connection between the hand and the mind for one thing and can be a lot harder to do. You do not have to be a good drawer to be a painter or good painter to [...]

By The Light Of The Moon

By the light of the moon
the old tree stands
old and worn
twisted shape
still hope
standing there
by the light of the Moon

Winter Sunrise!

Mixed Media 7insx5ins
The winters sun rising at the coast is special,the sound of the waves everything fresh for the new day….the sun begins its short journey across the sky.

Angel Pavement by J.B.Priestley Cover Image

The image in the cover of this book is what its been like in this part of the world  wet!!
Charles Ginner was the Artist and the tile of the painting is “Flask Walk” You cuould call the artist a painter of social realism and his paintings show life as it was .
The book is worth  [...]