Finally made it to Margate to see my work on the wall, alongside all the other Semi Finalists from Sky Landscape Artist of the Year…..and very close indeed to a great Turner exhibition! 😱 What an unexpectedly unusual year 2016 has been for me. Thanks for all the good wishes. 🍾A very Happy New Year […]
Bright but chilly – spent too long looking at shadows on the boat hulls and then lost the light.
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It was a blustery cold day here yesterday near Pen y Fan but fantastic to be up in the hills in my boots after such a long time and also have the chance to stop and draw on the way down. Belated seasonal greetings to you all x
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Another damp winters day, but although I set out to paint the greyness- there was quite a lot of colour in the sky so I painted that instead.
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I sent these two sketchbook copies off to their new home last week. More great frames from Steve at Trafalgar Framing!
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Well this is where my two worlds collide! Sketching the only Royal Marine memorial in London, which sits directly outside the Mall Galleries….which was my next stop yesterday as I went to see the fabulous RIO exhibition which is currently showing! Really enjoyed seeing work by Adam Ralston, Maria Rose, Helen Davison, Tom Stevenson, Andrew
A dull damp day for watercolour outside yesterday. No chance of washes drying so I worked on 3 or 4 simple colour blocks.
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(Photo by Justin Downing )Look what opens today!! Many thanks @howardlweaver for posting on Twitter. How are you Howard? I’ll be heading over to visit the exhibition soon 😊https://www.turnercontemporary.org/exhibitions/sky-arts-landscape-artist-of-the-year-2016#.WEZ04sdGTb8.twitter
Two pieces from the Autumn heading off to a new home today. As ever it is both good and a little sad to see things leave; these two particularly, as they helped me developing my understanding about how I should pay more attention to things that just happen to catch my eye. Although made in
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Here is one of the pieces that I made whilst tying to workout my commission on LAOTY, which I will be saying goodbye to this week – as it heads off to its new home…. back in beautiful Northern Ireland! It is a more accurate representation of the weather during my visit day, and although