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Hot in Over
Enjoyable few hours painting near Over at the weekend. Started early morning before the sun got too high and bleached out the colour
Read MoreRather Blustery on the Suffolk Coast
I recently spent a few days on the Suffolk Coast but hardly saw the sun until the last day. The wind was a real pain. I still came away with about 20 painting that would be worth some more effort to finish. I do like the Suffolk Coast as it not as overpainted as some…
Read MoreGrowing with Cambridge Open Studios
Through the Cambridge Open Studios website NIAB, an internationally known agricultural research organisation, approached me for paintings to hang in their new Innovation Hub near Soham. It is great that they are prepared to support local artists in this way, and it is a fantastic motivator for me to get out there and produce more…
Read MoreHighs and Low in a day
Day started bright but the light soon turned rather flat. However I spent the morning in the (relative) high lands enjoying those muted greens still with a hint of Autumn ochres. Then off to find a new location just down the road where I try a “big sky”.
Read MoreNorthants or bust
Back over the border on a dull but perfect morning for painting. A cold to start but no wind for a change. Both painting need some tweaks here, mainly softening some very strong diagonals, but the basics are fine to me. Deliberately worked on keeping the colours under control with earth colours knocking back the…
Read MoreRivers and Fens at Easter
Rather a windy and cold Easter but I have been out painting most of the time. The River Nene at Wadenhoe provides many subjects and I have come away with a dozen or so virtually completed paintings. Painting in dull weather forces a concentration on tones which is rewarding but surprisingly difficult. Getting distant trees…
Read MoreDecember Post – last one for 2016
Not posted any thing for a while as I have been rather busy with life and repairing an old MG that I use on my painting trips. I have also been very busy in the studio completing and framing twenty or so paintings from recent months. A gallery in Cambridge has started talking my work…
Read MoreReview of the last few weeks
Autumn is a great time of year for painting. but also a time to look back over the summer, review the successes and the not so good. Definitely widened my choice of subjects this year, and in the main gone for more adventurous compositions. Not many weeks ago I hiding from the sun at Battlesbridge…
Read MoreCatching Up from the Summer
Not posted for a while – been painting most days but been “pushing” myself regards both technique and subject matter and not happy to share efforts just yet. A few more standard offering below. I like the Earith one but would lie to repeat with less acidic viridian green. Pleased with the sky on the…
Read MoreSeaside and Townscapes
I have started hanging my paintings for Cambridge Open Studios and pleased with the variety in subject matter than previous years. Recently been up to Cromer for a days painting, somewhere I would have never considered trying a year or two ago. This contrasted with an afternoon in the middle of Oundle, deep in Northamptonshire.…
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