Category Archives: Art

Zennor, Cornwall

Posted on February 14, 2019 by pobbles2000

This is a painting started some time ago and completed today. It is from a sketch I made on a visit to the ancient village of Zennor near St Ives a couple of years ago. I tucked myself away from … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cornwall, National Trust, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Worms Head, Rhossili

Posted on February 14, 2019 by pobbles2000

Looking towards Worm’s Head from the Rhossili cliff tops. The Worm snakes out for about a mile into the Bristol Channel and is only accessible during a window of about four hours at low tide. This is a 10×12 inch … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Oil painting, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

January day, Three Cliffs Bay

Posted on February 10, 2019 by pobbles2000

Finished today… at least I think it’s finished. Someone said a painting is never finished, it’s simply abandoned. Knowing when to stop – or to abandon the painting – is something of a challenge for me. I do tend to … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Oil painting | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Dog Walkers, Langland Bay

Posted on January 30, 2019 by pobbles2000

I don’t post a painting for several months and then two come along in as many days! I made this small painting today, and it’s still glistening wet. It’s a 10x12inch oil painting on canvas board, and took about three … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Gower, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Moonlight over the Great Tor

Posted on January 29, 2019 by pobbles2000

This is a bit different for me – a nocturne of Three Cliffs Bay, Gower, looking towards the Great Tor. I painted it in one hit today, and it’s still wet. I need to take another photograph when it’s dry. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Gower, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Rhossili – weather closing in (SOLD)

Posted on July 19, 2018 by pobbles2000

This painting was worked up from the initial sketch reproduced below. In many ways I like the unadulterated rawness of the sketch. There’s always a danger of over-working a painting, refining it and and putting in too much detail leaving … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Oil painting, seascape, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Gower Surfer

Posted on July 4, 2018 by pobbles2000

This is an oil painting finished today 10 inches square, framed size 17 inches square. The frame shown is a ‘St Ives style frame’, popularised by the modernist painters who inhabited that area of Cornwall around the mid twentieth century. … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Rhossili cliffs and Worm’s Head

Posted on December 13, 2017 by pobbles2000

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.

Posted in Art, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

Three Cliffs, high tide, summer morning

Posted on December 2, 2017 by pobbles2000

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.  

Posted in Art, Uncategorized | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Mumbles, November light

Posted on November 29, 2017 by pobbles2000

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.

Posted in Art, Gower, Oil painting | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment