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.
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.
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.
Mist rising with early morning sun trying to break through behind Great Tor, Gower. This is a 12inch square oil painting on canvas board that I made some time ago.
The east end of Pobbles Bay, Gower at low tide. It was a showery autumnal day and I liked the way the light was shifting and playing on the cliffs. This is a 10 x 10 inch oil painting on canvas board.
This small oil painting sold last week from Gower Gallery in Mumbles (www.GowerGallery.co.uk) This is my only record of it – I am annoyed that I forget to photograph it before it was framed and hanging in the gallery.
This is a small 6 inch square oil painting on canvas board completed recently in one outdoor session. I was standing at my easel on a hill in The Oxwich National Nature Reserve, Gower. The beach, Oxwich Bay, is just over the brow. In the distance is the north Devon coast.
I was attracted by the simplicity of the composition, the sense of mystery and anticipation suggested by the sandy path and the emptiness of the scene.
Caswell is one of the most popular bathing bays on the Gower Peninsula in south Wales. The distant headland is Pwll Du. 10 x 10 inches oil painting, on canvas board.
A subject I’ve tackled previously, but never tire of. This is a 30cm square oil painting of, what is in my opinion, one of the most beautiful bays in the UK. I’ve taken a more intimate viewpoint rather than the usual panoramic perspective of the vast beach in all its splendour.
This is the path between Caswell and Langland Bays on the Gower Peninsula, south Wales. I used thicker paint than I do usually, particularly in the foreground. I enjoyed working the paint with brush and knife, and like the way the direction and quality of the brushstrokes remains visible, bringing out the character of the oil paint.
A 10×10 inch oil painting on canvas board.
Les Thomas - the painter's progress 