Category: Paintings

Bluebells, Bretton Hall, May 2021

Bluebells, Bretton Hall, May 2021Oil on canvas90cm x 60cm It’s now fifty years since I ceased to be a student here, but I still find inspiration whenever I visit; especially when I walk round the Upper Lake, where the bluebells are paticularly abundant this year.

Lockdown Food: Goldfinch

Lockdown Food: GoldfinchAcrylic on canvas board50cm x 40cm A significant feature of lockdown has been feeding the wild birds so that, if the garden is the only place we’re allowed to visit, then at least it’s not deserted. So providing food, and increasing the number of feeders for the birds is a pleasant diversion.

Lockdown Food: Popmaster

Lockdown Food: PopmasterAcrylic on canvas40cm x 50cm I’ve been painting throughout all of the lockdowns (living in Wales I’m not sure how many there have been, it just seems, after almost a year, that, with a brief surfacing for air last summer, we’ve been confined all the time), but this is my first ‘Lockdown’ painting.… Continue reading Lockdown Food: Popmaster

Motif #1

Motif #1Acrylic on canvas30″ x 24″ From Wikipedia: Motif Number 1, located on Bradley Wharf in the harbor town of Rockport, Massachusetts, is a replica of a former fishing shack well known to students of art and art history as “the most often-painted building in America.” The original structure was built in 1840 and destroyed… Continue reading Motif #1