Tag Archives: Art

Giving the old tub a lick of paint (SOLD)

Posted on May 10, 2014 by pobbles2000

Giving the old tub a lick of paint, at low tide on the Loughor Estuary at Penclawdd, Gower. This estuary is famous for its salt marsh lamb, and for its cockles. An 8inch square oil painting on gesso prepared board – … Continue reading →

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Three Cliff Bay, Gower (SOLD)

Posted on May 7, 2014 by pobbles2000

30cm square oil painting on canvas board finished today of Three Cliff Bay, on The Gower Peninsula near Swansea, south Wales. A beautiful part of the world!

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Morning sun, Mumbles

Posted on May 3, 2014 by pobbles2000

Another 8 inch square oil painting of the lighthouse at Mumbles viewed from Bracelet Bay. A May day, the early morning mist is clearing allowing milky sunshine to break through.

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The rawness of reality

Posted on May 1, 2014 by pobbles2000

As I was watching a costume drama on TV recently I started wondering why it didn’t look quite ‘real’. It’s difficult to put my finger on it but somehow the images on the screen look too clean, too precise, uncluttered … Continue reading →

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Bracelet Bay, Mumbles (SOLD)

Posted on May 1, 2014 by pobbles2000

An 8 inch square oil painting, painted on a grey day, so typical of so many days in this part of the world.

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Boy fishing off Mumbles rocks (SOLD)

Posted on April 11, 2014 by pobbles2000

Another small 8 inch square oil painting finished this morning.

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North Penwith Coast, Cornwall

Posted on April 3, 2014 by pobbles2000

Another painting in the series from Cornwall. Oil on gesso-prepared board, 12 inches square.

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Near Gurnard’s Head, Cornwall.

Posted on April 1, 2014 by pobbles2000

Oil painting on gesso prepared board, 13 X 16 inches. The rugged north Penwith coast of Cornwall near Gurnard’s Head about halfway between St Just and St Ives.

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Gurnard’s Head, West Cornwall

Posted on March 29, 2014 by pobbles2000

Oil on gesso-prepared board, 14 inches square. I made this painting from information gathered last week on a trip to St Ives. Gurnard’s Head is a promontory on the spectacular north Penwith coast a few miles west of St Ives. … Continue reading →

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Mumbles sunrise

Posted on February 13, 2014 by pobbles2000

This is a small 8 inch square oil painting of a recent winter sunrise over Mumbles Head and its lighthouse. I think this is the first sunrise – or sunset – that I have ever painted, which is perhaps surprising … Continue reading →

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