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| Cobbler's Shop |
23 May 2012
Cobbler's Shop
26 Apr 2012
21 Apr 2012
23 Jun 2011
Mousehole, Cornwall
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| Mousehole, Cornwall |
This is a new painting depicting a village and fishing port in Corwall called Mousehole.
17 May 2011
Bedroom in Arles, after Van Gogh
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| La chambre à Arles |
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| detail |
I enjoyed paintng this copy of Bedroom in Arles, one of Vincent Van Gogh's most famous paintings. It's a great way to really observe another artist's work, something that Mr Van Gogh did throughout his painting career. He actually painted 3 different versions of La Chambre à Arles. My painting is based on the last version he painted and can be found in the Musée d'Orsay, Paris. I've tried to keep the feel of the original picture without trying to exactly imitate the artist's brushwork. Also, I tried to stay close to the colours of the painting today (the colours will have changed since he painted it in 1889). My version is actually 30 cm less wide than the original (57.5 x 74 cm) and I will be hanging it on my wall presently!
16 Apr 2011
13 Apr 2011
10 Apr 2011
2 Apr 2011
Hay Bales
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| Hay bales |
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| Detail |
Here's a painting I've been working on using a palette knife, Liquitex acrylic paint and light modelling paste.
1 Apr 2011
28 Mar 2011
2 Jan 2011
Submarine base / base sous-marine Lorient
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| Base sous-marine, Lorient |
A new painting to kick start the new year and a new decade!
The picture represents the imposing German U-boat submarine base built in Lorient, France during the World War II occupation. It took 15, 000 workers and 900 000 m³ of concrete to build in 1941. In 1943, allied bombers tried in vain to destroy the base dropping 4000 tonnes of bombs on the town, flattening most of Lorient's historical buildings in the process (source: Wikipedia).
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| Detail |
27 Dec 2010
Lorient buildings / bâtiments
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| Lorient buildings |
I enjoyed the creaminess of the oils for this one, compared to the more fluid acrylics I normally favour. When I saw the flags against the blue sky I thought of Claude Monet's 1870 picture : Hôtel des roches noires, Trouville. All the best for the New Year by the way!
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| Detail |
5 Dec 2010
Lanvaudan church /église
I recently did an art exhibition in the garden of a building facing this church. During the exhibition, this view caught my eye, with the church 'framed' by the other stone buildings. And now it's a painting!
4 Nov 2010
Robin Redbreast / Rouge-gorge
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| Robin Redbreast |
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| Detail |
Acrylics on canvas
Portrait of a robin. I had to paint very quickly before it flew away :)
17 Sep 2010
12 Sep 2010
Light through church window
Same church, different window. This time a view from inside the building. I think the soft 'dusty' pastels lend themselves well to the subject of light and the 'dazzle' effect I've tried to recreate.
11 Sep 2010
1 Sep 2010
20 Aug 2010
Blue mountains, closed shutters
Another picture completed during summer travels
12 Aug 2010
Pastel view
Your colour palette comes to life
In the morning sunlight
You're forever twenty years or more
Like a rose before the storm
You're my world, my heart, my soul
A circle around my life
11 Aug 2010
A picture worth a medal!
12 Jul 2010
5 Jul 2010
Summer field
Acrylics on canvas board
This landscape is quite small. About half of the work was done with a palette knife. Small brushes were used to add colour and texture, especially in the foreground. Here's a detail :
30 Jun 2010
Trees in meadow
These 3 trees caught my eye, standing proud in the summer heat, offering their valuable shade to passers by...
21 Jun 2010
1 Feb 2010
A beach with a view 2
Acrylics on wooden panel
The wooden panel had 2 coats of acrylic base coat (a creamy pale yellow ochre) with a light sanding between coats. All good painters do a couple of undercoats, and the really good ones do 3. I'm working my way up to that!
17 Jan 2010
2 Jan 2010
28 Dec 2009
25 Aug 2009
3 Jul 2009
Breton and horse
Oils on wood
In the silky morning, the man watches over his younger comrades filling the cart with 'wrack' (seaweed), a natural fertilizer for the local crops...
26 Jun 2009
Town hall building / Hôtel de ville
Oils on wooden panel
A few more brush strokes here and there and I think it's just about finished!
12 Jun 2009
Summer's Calling
Acrylics on wooden board
Summer's calling, can't you feel her?
Summer's calling, don't you need her?
Don't try to hide she'll find you anyway...
We belong, we belong to the summer!
13 Apr 2009
Oil painting : work in fields
Oils on canvas
I like the loose symmetry of this scene; a look back (or perhaps forwards) to a way of a life more in harmony with nature…
5 Mar 2009
Little flower / Petite fleur
Acrylics on canvas 20 x 20 cm
A flower for Spring / Une fleur pour le printemps
16 Jan 2009
Patterns and colours
Patterns and colours shine when you come around, and leave me sublime...
Oils on stretched canvas 20 x 20 cm
29 Dec 2008
14 Dec 2008
All along the watchtower
Soft pastels on A3 paper
English : A peaceful picture.
Français : Un paisible tableau.
6 Dec 2008
25 Nov 2008
21 Nov 2008
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