Heavy Frost and keen to paint went near bye and painted this au-plein-air in about 15 or 20 mins. Very pleased with the result and enjoyed it immensely.
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Wednesday 31 December 2014
Winter Orchard
Very cold day I felt anxious to get out Went down the road and did this painting au-plein-air in about 20 mins. I am very pleased with the result. Painted with palette knives.
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Saturday 27 December 2014
Venice Byeway
A view just off the Grand Canal. Everywhere you look there is remarkable and interesting.
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Piper Trees
This is a piece of work which was inspired by the remarkable drawing and ink sketches of trees made by John Piper. Many of these sketches are owned by The Aylesbury Museum, and i found them very inspiring.
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Joel O'keefe
Grandson asked ifI would paint his favourite artist. I selected the picture to paint o that it would be a surprise, but also in order to do a good painting I needed to want to paint it. He said he was very pleased.
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Squirrel Cottage
View from the back of the cottage we rent. Really spectaculr at times
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St Mark's Domes
View of St. Marks from the top of the Campanile tower in St Marks Square.
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Salute Dusk
Split view, as I have done before,of the Salute just as the sun was setting. Wonderful moment.
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Sunday 26 October 2014
Delhi Doorway
Wonderful back street in Delhi, without the noise and the rubbish.
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St Mark's Domes
More of Venice this was seen from the top of the Campanile in St Marks Square .
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Venice Abstract
This is how I see Venice in the semi abstract. A new move on my part towards abstract.
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Wednesday 8 October 2014
Susan Group
An exercise at an art day strangely satisfies with altered perspective.
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North Dean Hill
A mixed media piece I had great fun with wooden panels as part of the design sting and dry grasses. This is where HS2 may have come to make tunnels in beautiful Bucks.
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Wednesday 23 July 2014
Grancaffe, Venice
A bar set up in St. Marks Square during the Carnival. Exciting light effects and usually busy but notwhen it is late and very cold.
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Allotment Trees
I believe these trees are apple. They are interesting shapes on an evening with the sun low in the sky.
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Water Butt
A lot of blue plastic sheeting and the same colour water butts are used on these allotments.
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Allotment Huts
One of several pictures I have painted of allotments. A really aspiring area that I am still looking at and finding super scenes to paint.
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Sunday 22 June 2014
Carnival Clowns
A family dressed as clowns going to the Venice Carnival. All floating and wispy like phantoms and ghosts.
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Green Houses
We had the chance to go into Bradenham Manor grounds, these greenhouses were gently falling down unkempt and unloved super subject matter.
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Evening Trees
Wonderful scene. Warm colours of sunset, mist in the valley, soon to be Spring.
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Sunday 27 April 2014
Broken Favourites
Two wonderful bowls were on a cupboard on the wall. The cupboard fell off the wall and my two treasured bowls were no more.I'm still upset about it!
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Going home from the Carnival
Wonderful trip to Venice to see the Carnival for the first time with our granddaughter.
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Dumped 3
This was painted as a limited palette exercise using colours I never use. This is a huge field which originally was full of 60's, 70's, cars trucks all manner of things. The guy who owned the field had put up a notice saying all trespassers will be shot !
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Two Oaks
This very near where I live. I have been trying to appreciate my surrounding more and painting au-plein-aire as many days as I can.
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Wednesday 19 February 2014
Waiting for Fish
An Indian porter waiting for more oats to come in with the catch. The crowd are at the auction his trade union job is to collect the fish when they have been sold and take them to the buyers vehicle!
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Old Arcade, Silverton
Wonderful train which goes up to Silverton in full steam. This is the end of the line.
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Dumped
This was a huge field which had once been full of old cars, which were sold to be cannibalised, by passing interested motorists.!
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Barn Shop USA
Super barn in Colorado selling everything! As it is in a hunting mining area some very odd things indeed.
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Thursday 6 February 2014
Pink Cloth 2
I had to carry on using the same basic cloth with various pieces that I love.
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Pink Cloth 1
This was such fun and a move i have been trying to make towards abstact.
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Night Fox
A fox picture I have been trying to paint for some while. Very enjoyable using large brushes with many colours loaded at the same time.
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