Category Archives: Seascapes

Paint Out Norfolk 2020 – Day 6 (Wells-next-the-Sea)

Posted on 21 July, 2020 by

Wells-next-the-Sea is an old favourite of mine, with its many distinctive features and so I was delighted that this was one of the options for our sixth day of plein air locations. By the time I’d arrived the sun was … Continue reading →

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Paint Out Norfolk 2020 – Day 4 (Cromer)

Posted on 20 July, 2020 by

The weather forecast for Sunday (19 July) was unpromising but we were bidden to various parts of the coast regardless. I chose Cromer, arriving in inclement conditions, donning wet weather clothing and set off around the town to find an … Continue reading →

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Paint Out Norfolk 2020 – Day 2 (Winterton-on-Sea)

Posted on 17 July, 2020 by

Today we journeyed east (from Norwich) and found ourselves amongst the sand dunes and marram grass of Winterton on Sea. I arrived early, before the beach car park opened for business and (parking temporarily in the village) set off to … Continue reading →

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Paint Out Norfolk 2019

Posted on 8 July, 2019 by

This is my account of Paint Out Norfolk (Sainsbury Centre) 2019, which ran from 1-5 July, with the exhibition private view and prize giving held on 5 July, and the exhibition running from 6-7 July, 2019. Monday (1 July) – … Continue reading →

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Staithes Beck from North Side

Posted on 25 January, 2018 by

Compositionally here, in this final Staithes view, my primary interest was in the dynamic procession of post and rail, springing diagonally from the foreground and branching off in the distance of the painting. The starkness I found came in part … Continue reading →

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Staithes Beck & Footbridge

Posted on 21 January, 2018 by

This Staithes painting revolves around the footbridge over the Beck and in particular, the upright form of its nearside buttress. A bright and briskly sunny day enhanced the shadows and highlighted the roughly textured courses of masonry and cobbles. This … Continue reading →

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Staithes from the Beck

Posted on 14 January, 2018 by

I enjoyed playing with the complimenting colours of blues and oranges in this composition. The foreground boat, held in suspension by its web of moorings, set the key hue of orange, tints of which are echoed in the silted estuary, … Continue reading →

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The Slipway at Beckside, Staithes

Posted on 12 January, 2018 by

This stretch of wharfage lies along the upper reaches of the Staithes estuary. I found here a spiralling accumulation of compositional elements. In the foreground, reaching from the right, a cobbled boat-slide sweeps underneath moored fishing boats, lying at angles … Continue reading →

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Cowbar Nab at Staithes

Posted on 10 January, 2018 by

I recently completed a new series of Staithes paintings, that are now in the Staithes Gallery and wanted to write a little about them. In this first work, the monumental land mass of Cowbar Nab dominates this view of Staithes … Continue reading →

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Charlestown

Posted on 5 July, 2017 by

This painting of Charlestown in Cornwall was selected for ‘Open 28‘, the East Midlands Open Art Exhibition in Leicester, which is on at the Old Library Gallery, 50-54 Belvoir Street, Leicester, LE1 6QL from 6 July to 26 August, 2017. … Continue reading →

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