Tag Archives: #Wales

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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Dog-walker, Caswell, Gower

Posted on June 22, 2018 by pobbles2000

This painting was finished this morning although it was started some weeks ago. Caswell Bay is one of the more easily accessible bays of Gower with a broad sandy beach. Oil on canvas board, 12 inches square (30x30cm).

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Moon rising over Mumbles Head

Posted on June 20, 2018 by pobbles2000

The weather has been miserable over the last week, mist and murk, so I haven’t been able to get out drawing. Instead I’ve been finishing a few paintings that have been hanging about in the studio for far too long. … Continue reading →

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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.

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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.

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Frames from St Ives, Cornwall

Posted on September 7, 2017 by pobbles2000

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. I … 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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