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Tag Archives: art
Upton Virtual Studios: 30-31 May, 2020
2020 is proving a difficult year for everyone! For artists such as me, with art galleries closed and arts events cancelled because of the covid-19 pandemic, there has been a huge effect on the showing and selling of art work. … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Open Studios
Tagged art, Art Events, Nottinghamshire, Notts, Open Studios
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Smaller Pieces
I have been working on some smaller compositions this Autumn. Compressing my method of work has been a challenging but useful process for making spontaneous plein air works. Some of these smaller pieces will be at my open studio this … Continue reading
Posted in en plein air, Lincoln, Newark-on-Trent
Tagged art, en plein air, Lincoln, Newark-on-Trent, paintings, Upton
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Paint Out Norwich 2018 – Day 2
Our theme for the Sunday (14 Oct) sessions of Paint Out Norwich was the Medieval townscape, for which Norwich is renowned – we were directed to the Cathedral area and Elm Hill for the day. Morning Session – I found … Continue reading
Posted in Landscapes, Norwich
Tagged art, en plein air, Norfolk, Norwich, Norwich Cathedral, paintings
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Paint Out Norwich 2018 – Day 1
With the Paint Out Norwich competition concluded I’ve spent a couple of days recovering before typing up my hand-written notes. I wanted to say a little about some of my paintings and thought I would do some short blog pieces … Continue reading
Posted in en plein air, Landscapes, Norwich
Tagged art, Carrow Abbey, Colemans Factory, en plein air, Norfolk, Norwich, Norwich Guildhall, paintings, St Peter Mancroft
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Paint Out Norwich 2018
I am taking part in the ‘Paint Out Norwich 2018‘ en plein air painting competition along with 35 other artists. We started on Saturday with three sessions (morning, afternoon and nocturne) on each of Saturday & Sunday and continue with … Continue reading
Posted in en plein air, Norwich
Tagged art, en plein air, Norfolk, Norwich, Norwich Cathedral, paintings
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Staithes Beck from North Side
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
Posted in Galleries & Events, North Yorkshire Coast, Seascapes, Staithes, Staithes Gallery
Tagged art, North Yorkshire, paintings, Staithes
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Staithes Beck & Footbridge
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
Posted in Galleries & Events, North Yorkshire Coast, Seascapes, Staithes, Staithes Gallery
Tagged art, North Yorkshire, paintings, Staithes
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Staithes from the Beck
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
Posted in Galleries & Events, North Yorkshire Coast, Seascapes, Staithes, Staithes Gallery
Tagged art, North Yorkshire, paintings, Staithes
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The Slipway at Beckside, Staithes
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
Posted in Galleries & Events, North Yorkshire Coast, Seascapes, Staithes, Staithes Gallery
Tagged art, paintings, Staithes
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Cowbar Nab at Staithes
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
Posted in Galleries & Events, North Yorkshire Coast, Seascapes, Staithes, Staithes Gallery
Tagged art, North Yorkshire, Staithes
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