Category Archives: Staithes

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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Affordable Art Fair

Posted on 25 February, 2014 by

During January and early February I was preparing paintings to send to the Wren Gallery for their stand at the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea Park London (on 13-16 March). My compositions focussed on the harbours of Staithes in the … Continue reading →

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Harley Gallery 2013 Open Exhibition

Posted on 19 January, 2013 by

Pleased to have my most recent Staithes painting selected for the 2013 Harley Open. The painting is, once again, focused around the beck and the footbridge. The work emerged from a late afternoon walk during a weekend visit to the … Continue reading →

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