Irises

A vase of these gorgeous flowers on my sunny windowsill were too tempting to ignore!

Approached this painting with a looser and more relaxed style than usual...a bit different but I had fun!!!

Acrylics on canvas

40cm x 40cm

Light and Shade

I have been playing around with tonal values in two very different media this afternoon:

I have finished (I think...maybe...!) 'January Morning', a tonal study experimenting with Indian Ink and white acrylic paint.

Indian Ink and Acrylic on watercolour paper

52cm x 34cm (approx)

I also found myself totally engrossed in an experimental collage using small pieces of torn newspaper to represent the light and shade in a study of Ted Hughes' Iron Man, based on the illustrations by Andrew Davidson, for a year 5 art lesson later this week!! 

Collage

40cm x 28cm (approx)

I am very tempted to develop this technique and attempt to incorporate it into a piece of my own work....

Getting Prepared...

Today I have been stretching paper and under painting canvasses...getting ready to be inspired!!

Yorkshire Sunshine

One of my favourite places to visit in Autumn is Yorkshire Sculpture Park, near Wakefield. We visited on such a beautiful, sunny day last October that I got carried away with my camera, giving me plenty of inspiration for when I finally got to my desk!

It's taken me a while to finish this one off (to be honest I could keep adding leaves here and there for ever more...)

                        Acrylic on canvas

                          30cm x 40cm

Greek Balcony

On a recent visit to an art gallery, inspired by a painting of an interior by Annabel Mednick,

I remembered this photo which I took on a holiday to Greece in 1989! 

I have tried to use texture and a strong contrast between light and shade to create a sense of the cool interior and the warm summer sunshine outside.....

acrylic on canvas

30cm x 25cm

SOLD

Orford, Suffolk

A couple of watercolour sketches following a lovely walk around Orford Ness a couple of weekends ago with my husband and my camera...

Watercolour on handmade paper

Approx 20cm x 20cm

Watercolour on handmade paper

Approx 20cm x 20cm

WW1 Poppies

A relaxing hour spent preparing some examples for an art lesson tomorrow with year six children...a good excuse to ignore my ironing this evening!

Beach Huts

I have been working on this painting over the summer and am in danger of never declaring it finished! 

(I still haven't completely decided whether to add more texture to the foreground...or not)

acrylic on canvas

40cm x 50cm

Rediscovering Watercolours

I have not painted with watercolours for some years but following a recent holiday to Northumberland I felt inspired by the magnificent scenery. I am a little rusty but really enjoyed rediscovering how tricky watercolours can be!

These little sketches were painted very much with my aunt, who lived and painted in Northumberland, in my thoughts...

Bamburgh Castle from Holy Island

Watercolour on handmade paper

20cm x 20cm

Mainland from Holy Island

Watercolour on handmade paper

20cm x 20cm

And this is what happens when you get carried away with 'splattering' your watercolours, forgetting your half finished acrylic painting is right behind you!!!!

Beccles Society of Artists - Annual Exhibition

This summer I shall be exhibiting three paintings for sale 

and a fourth is available as a raffle prize...

Suffolk Fields 1

 Suffolk Fields 2

Sweet Williams

 Suffolk Beach - raffle prize

Sweet Williams

And now for something slightly different, I have not attempted a still life for quite some time...

Acrylic on Canvas

40cm x 50cm

Suffolk Beach

'Suffolk Beach'

acrylic on canvas

30cm x 30cm

Suffolk Fields

'Suffolk Fields 1'

acrylic on canvas

30cm x 30cm

'Suffolk Fields 2'

acrylic on canvas

30cm x 30cm

Beccles Town Art Trail

I have entered this painting in the Beccles Town Art Trail which is taking place during the whole of May.
The Beccles Art Trail features the work of 30 local artists in the windows of shops and businesses around the town. 
The trail aims to raise money for the Link Luncheon Club at St Luke's Church.
My painting is displayed in Taber's newsagent (number 4 on the map)

Problem solved!

This winter I appear to have been suffering from "painter's block"....

This painting has been sitting (untouched and unloved) on my desk since October...this weekend I suddenly realised what I didn't like about it!

Apart from having used too much green, I realised that my choice of base colour was wrong.

So, I painted over the whole canvas in a thin layer of turquoise and it was instantly transformed!

I love it already and can't wait to start painting again.....

Spring Sketches

Since the beginning of the year I have been spending the little bit of 'art time' that I've had practising my drawing skills. I've especially loved rediscovering my lovely chunky graphite sticks...

Today I will paint again!

I started this painting of the River Waveney in August and it has been sitting on my desk, gathering dust, ever since...

Exhibition ~ Beccles Society of Artists

ANNUAL EXHIBITION

SATURDAY 27th JULY - FRIDAY 2nd AUGUST 2013

BECCLES PUBLIC HALL

Saturday 10am - 9pm

Sunday to Thursday 10am - 5pm

Friday 10am - 2pm

I shall be exhibiting the following paintings....

 

Covehithe Beach

 'CHARLES JEFFREY AWARD FOR ACRYLICS'

July 2013

SOLD

 

 

 

Norfolk Cliff Top

 

 

Dunes - Southwold

SOLD

 

Snow Day

 

 

Norfolk Cliff Top

'Norfolk Cliff Top'

 

acrylic on canvas

40cm x 50cm

Dunes - Southwold

 

'Dunes - Southwold'

acrylic on canvas

30cm x 40cm

SOLD

Snow Day

Inspired by the beautiful scenes during a long walk on a recent 'Snow Day'.

It proved quite challenging to paint this snowy scene...it almost matches the idea I had in my head before I started putting paint to canvas!

 



 

 

 

'Snow Day'

acrylic on canvas

30cm x 40cm

Autumn Sunlight

 

Acrylic on Canvas

 

23cm x 30cm

Covehithe Beach

 

 

Acrylic on Canvas

40cm x 40cm

SOLD

Bathroom Art

This is a commission...my brief being simply "turquoise squares & blobs" to hang in a bathroom.

Not really knowing how to interpret that (I'm sure everyone has their own idea of what squares and blobs could, or should, look like...!) I took my inspiration from Kandinsky's 'Circles'.

I really enjoyed playing around with the various shades of blue and turquoise. I found it a relaxing task, although it still required a surprising amount of thought to plan which hues to place where. I am very pleased with the finished product, hopefully my mother-in-law will agree!!!

After Kandinsky

Acrylic on Canvas

51cm x 40cm

Exhibition ~ Public Hall Beccles

Beccles Society of Artists

Annual Exhibition

Beccles Public Hall

Saturday 28th July~Saturday 4th August 2012

Open Daily 10am~4pm

(Except Sunday 11am~3pm & Saturday 4th August 10am~3pm)

There are loads of fantastic local artists exhibiting!

I shall be exhibiting the following three acrylic paintings...

SOLD

SOLD

Reflections, Beccles Quay

This was something I started back in April, but as it is a different subject to most of my other recent work, it has taken a while for me to be satisfied enough to share it......

Acrylic on Canvas

30cm x 30cm

Across Southwold Common

Inspired by a photograph I took as the sun was setting across Southwold Common one January afternoon.
I painted from the same image, in watercolours, a few years ago.  I love the natural purples and the reflection of the light on the water in the foreground and wanted to paint it again using acrylics....

 underpainting...

Acrylic on Canvas

30cm x 41cm

SOLD

Coastguard Cottages, Dunwich Heath

Acrylic on canvas

30cm x 30cm (approx)

 

SOLD

Southwold Beach Huts

SOLD

Acrylic on canvas

30cm x 30cm



HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Having painted just twice since Summer (busy with new job & family...) my
New Year's Resolution is to spend more time at my desk
(or with my lovely new Pink Pig sketchbook)