Patterns.

Warm Shores   Oils on board  4 x 4 inches  SOLD

Patterns of colour and tone work together in this little study.

Studio Musings...

There is a time when a painter can be 'on a roll' and work seems to leap off the easel.

I must add this does not happen every day!  

I have learned to let the paintings speak to me 

and if the mood is right I will go with the flow.

All sense of time vanishes. 

Cool shades.

Snow Glistens   Oils on canvas board   6 x 6 inches   SOLD

Warmth peeps through the grey of winter.

Wet fields with little drifts of snow.

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Winter Field   Oils on board  4 x 4 inches  SOLD

A golden glow lights up the winter field.

A tiny painting with a big personality.

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Cold nights.

Ice Pool    Oils on board  6 x 6 inches   SOLD

Frozen water meadows.  Little traces of warmth in the sky.

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Studio Musings...

This week I was interested in working on a series of tonal studies in grey.

Grey is a wonderful colour to mix and use.

Other colours 'pop' out, highlighted by the soft subtle shades of grey.

Winter Track   Oils on canvas board   6 x 6 inches  £ 65

The water meadows in winter.  

A track leads the way across the fields.

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From my studio...

These paintings are in my online gallery

at Daily Paintworks.com.

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Low water.

Water's Edge   Oils on stretched canvas  9 x 12 inches   £ 90   $ 120 

The tide is out...morning light arrives on the East coast.

Studio Musings...

A change of support from firm canvas board to stretched canvas.

I like to change sizes and supports to keep a variety of paintings in my studio.

The composition is a simple one although there are lots of marks.

The 'pyramid' shape leads the eye into the scene and 

my high horizon gives a sense of space and distance.

Brush marks depict the froth at the edge of standing pools reflecting morning light.

Just marks and memories.  My way.

Lasting impressions.

Passing   Oils on canvas board   7 x 5 inches   £ 55   $ 70

Lakeside lights...warm sky, cool water.

Studio Musings...

I return to my lakeside studies.

Painted loosely with emphasis on impression and light.

Suddenly.

Encounter   Oils on canvas board   5 x 7 inches   £ 55   $ 70

Rare moments and magical encounters.

Studio Musings...

I love pushing boundaries in my work.

This tonal study needed something to bring it to life.

I decided a change of colour on the horizon would add some

 drama and give the scene a pale ethereal appearance. 

Keeping the dark purple blues in the foreground for the shore balances the composition. 

Darkness.

Night   Oils on canvas board  5 x 7 inches   £ 55    $ 70

Ethereal coastline.

Studio Musings...

Testing tones and colours.

A few flourishes of creamy pink add interest in the foreground.