Second look.

Early   Oils on board  7 x 5 inches   £ 55  $ 70

Standing pools of water and light in the sky at ebb tide.

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Studio Musings...

A second study about the early morning atmosphere on the river.

More land 'texture' in the foreground came from marks made

 with the warm underpainting which was scrubbed onto the board.

 The horizon is kept simple to give a sense of distance.

Overall, there is a feeling of calm and quiet until the tide returns.

First look.

Morning   Oils on board  7 x 5 inches   £ 55   $ 70

Early morning light on the Estuary.

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Studio Musings...

Painted over a warm ground, this study is about calm and quiet.

There is evidence of land 'texture' in the foreground but I kept this from

encroaching on the horizon.  This is smoother to depict distance.

Evening.

Lighting up   Oils on gessoed 140lb paper  7 x 5 inches  £ 75   $ 90

The remaining sun lights up the land with a warm glow.

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Studio Musings...

Another painting which began life as a larger piece.

Cropping to change the format and composition gives the work more interest.

Terrain

Layered   Oils on gessoed 140lb paper  5 x 5 inches  £ 45   $ 70

Layered land.  

Creating a landscape the abstract way.

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Studio Musings...

This work was originally a wide landscape.

I decided to crop the piece in two squares.

This is one of them.

Abstract.

Spirit   Oils on canvas board  5 x 7 inches   £ 50  $ 70

An abstracted and gestural view of the sea.

A sense of the spirit of the place.

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Studio Musings...

Moving oils around is my process.

This is what my work is about...the picture appears as I make marks.

At first I apply the oils to the surface in a scrubbing motion.

As I work, an image will appear and I work with that.

Sometimes I scrape it off.

Sometimes nothing is right and I begin again.

Some marks may be gently laid on and left.

Others may be energetically applied.

I find it difficult to describe what I have done.

Description isn't important to me.

Painting is. 

Blustery.

Rough Day   Oils on canvas board  8 x 8 inches  £ 75  $ 100

A windy but mild day at the coast.

Gestural and expressive view.

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Studio Musings...

Another painting making an online appearance.

Now available for a new home.

Abstracted and energetic study.

Day out.

Loving the sea   Oils on board  10 x 8 inches  £ 85  $ 110

A promise of a fine day out by the sea.

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Studio Musings...

Another chance to see this painting.

I have moved it into my online gallery for sale.