Tag Archives: AONB

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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Late afternoon, Three Cliff Bay, Gower (SOLD)

Posted on May 9, 2017 by pobbles2000

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 … Continue reading →

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Mewslade, Gower

Posted on May 9, 2017 by pobbles2000

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. … Continue reading →

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Great Tor, Gower

Posted on December 6, 2016 by pobbles2000

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.

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Pobbles Bay, Gower

Posted on November 12, 2016 by pobbles2000

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.

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Path to the beach (SOLD)

Posted on August 24, 2016 by pobbles2000

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 … Continue reading →

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