Rhossili cliffs and Worm’s Head

Posted on December 13, 2017 by

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An oil painting of the dramatic cliffs at Rhossili, Gower, with Worm’s Head in the distance painted against the light and finished today. It’s on 10 inch square canvas board.

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Three Cliffs, high tide, summer morning

Posted on December 2, 2017 by

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This is a reworking of a painting I completed and posted here last June. Not sure if it’s an improvement! It’s another 10inch square oil painting on canvas board.

 

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Mumbles, November light

Posted on November 29, 2017 by

An oil painting of Mumbles Head looking across Bracelet Bay towards the lighthouse on a grey, damp, November morning. Ten inches square on canvas board.IMG_1446

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Frames from St Ives, Cornwall

Posted on September 7, 2017 by

An oil painting of Langland Point finished today. Not the first time I’ve tackled this subject, and it’s one I now paint from memory. The second painting I completed some time ago en plein air at Porthmeor Beach in St Ives.

IMG_1439IMG_1440I bought these simple tulip-wood frames on a trip to St Ives, Cornwall. I like these frames but unfortunately I can’t get the same locally in south Wales. It seems it is a style peculiar to St Ives, so whenever I go there I stock up and make paintings to fit.

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Late afternoon, Three Cliff Bay, Gower

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

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This is one of the ‘classic’ views looking down upon Three Cliff Bay on the Gower Peninsula, the first designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in the UK.

The warm colours reflect the late afternoon April sunshine. Oil painting on canvas on board, 31 x 31 cm.

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Mewslade, Gower

Posted on May 9, 2017 by

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Mewslade is one of the less accessible bays on the Gower Peninsula, but is also one of the most dramatic, being enclosed by soaring limestone cliffs. The cliff shown in this small oil painting is Thurba Head to the west of the bay. On top of this cliff are the remains of an iron age fort.

In this particular painting, I have applied the paint quite thickly giving a textured impasto effect. Oil painting on canvas prepared board, 30 x 24 cm.

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February light, Langland

Posted on March 15, 2017 by

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I was sitting enjoying a coffee on the terrace of Langland Brasserie overlooking the bay when I was struck by the beautiful winter light glinting off the water of the Bristol Channel – predominantly soft greys, greens and blues… This 10 inch square oil painting is a product of that experience.

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