Paintings from Nature with Passion
Trees and yet more trees, it’s all about observation! I have spent many hours this year in parks and woodlands sketching and painting trees. I have been doing this for 25 years, and once I spent a whole year, just trying to understand them. Here are some recent results. Above, walking in King George VI […]
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I have been back to Norfolk again, Yes, i’m on the road again! A self-contained cottage and some new brushes, A while ago, before covid appeared, I was invited to participate in Paint out Norfolk 2020. Then everything was put on hold during lockdown when one by one, all my plans were cancelled, and lockdown
At last – we are free to go out painting again! How I’ve missed it, Now I know why they say – you don’t truly value freedom, until you lose it! The freedom to go painting, ‘plein air painting’ is the most fun you can have in the open air, and yet still be legal! Since
lockdown and beyond my strategy for coping! Being creative through art can be life changing! Lockdown and beyond my strategy. With all that is happening in the world right now, having a creative skill has been keeping me sane. OK, so some days I just can’t bring myself to do anything useful. On other days,
My Latest paintings – Lockdown inspiration Ideas My Latest paintings After I had painted a selection of views from upstairs windows and in the garden, see my earlier post, my thoughts turned once again to my time painting in Venice, and what a special time that was. So I decided to work up some larger
Lockdown Creativity what’s that! Lockdown Creativity oil paintings! What have you been doing under this ‘lockdown’? I’ve used the Lockdown to create unique original paintings, for sale, yet have found it to be really challenging on some days, with a vivid imagination working overtime, trying to come to terms with all the troubles we are
How to Cope with isolation! Isolation Excitement, creative ideas I am a ‘plein air’ artist, which means that unlike most other artists, I prefer to work out doors, on location. So you can imagine my disappointment to wake up and be told we have to self isolate, to stay safe. Shock, Horror, it took
Painting Spring Flowers how I do it People who know me say that I only paint flowers when it is raining outside, and mostly they are correct. Painting Spring Flowers how I do it Here are some daffodils which I painted for you. I placed them in an antique blue and white jug. It is
Still life painting is an excellent way of using all my skills of observation, when it is too cold to venture outside to paint! Still life painting in cold weather. My friends and I meet up in each other’s studios where we set up still life subjects. We also paint each other, for a change,
Oil paintings of Burgundy – In late August I was invited to Burgundy for a few days, and was blessed with lovely warm and dry weather. Here are some of my oil paintings of Burgundy. This is the village of Santenay which nestles in the Cote D’Or wine region. I painted it from the