Thank you...

...to everyone who came and saw my paintings at the Affordable Art Fair at Bristol!  Thank you all for your kind comments.  

Next art fair is Cambridge at the Guildhall, Market Square, on 30 September - 2 October.  I'll be showing with the Lime Tree Gallery on Stand E3.  

Contact the gallery for a free ticket to the fair at info@limetreegallery.com

Burn in Spate, Argyll...

...has been specially selected as one of the Director's Picks at the Affordable Art Fair at Bristol!  Exciting stuff.  Let's hope it catches the eyes of lots more people at the fair.!

Take a look at the link here.

Burn in Spate, Argyll (Oil on linen, 32 x 40)

Another Cutie

Here's another little Gower canvas that's off to the Affordable Art Fair in Bristol.

They're selling like hot cakes, and the fair's not even started yet!!

Purple Flowers, Bracelet Bay (Acrylic on canvas, 8 x 8)

See what else is on the Lime Tree Gallery stand here.

Visit Morar for yourself....

There's not many of my Morar paintings left now at the Affordable Art Fair at Bristol, but here's one that's still for sale...

Cow Parsley by the Bay, Camusdarach (Oil on linen, 12 x 12)

It's of the umbrella-shaped cow parsley growing at the side of the road which curves round the bays of white and pink sand at Morar.  The old single-track road travels right by the water's edge, so at every turn there's something new and exciting to see.  

Here's a link to Google maps so you can take a look round the bay where it was painted and see it for yourself - CLICK HERE.

Have a look for the painting on Stand A10 if you're at the fair today!

All Fair at the Fair....

The weather's fine in Bristol, so it's good news for going to the art fair at Bristol Temple Meads this weekend!

Here's another painting that's on show there, on Stand A10.

Rosebay Willowherb by Wet Sand, Morar (Oil on linen, 20 x 20)

It's of the silver sands at Morar, looking out over the sea to the islands of Rhum and Eigg in the distance.  And to think I was only just there again last weekend!

So if you're at the fair, see if you can spot it.

Affordable Art Fair, Bristol

If you're anywhere near Bristol over the weekend, then I've got paintings there at the Affordable Art Fair at Bristol Temple Meads - AFFORDABLE ART FAIR.

This is one of them...

Cranes by the Waterfront, Bristol (Oil on linen, 24 x 26)

It's a well-known group of 4 cranes on the waterfront at Bristol, along from where Brunel's SS Great Britain is berthed (and very near the Lime Tree Gallery!).  

It's great to paint something which is a little grittier and more industrial, and to find colour in something urban.  It's also good to try and depict man-made, non-organic things, after all that landscape, and to give them a certain life and vigour.  

To do that, I have to remember to keep everything quite loose and relaxed, and not get too caught up in depicting every last strut and line.  It's about an impression of the cranes, the feeling of them standing there, rather than an exact architectural rendering.  So the complicated structure of the metalwork of the cranes is sillhouetted and contrasted against the fluffy, organic clouds, the grey of the metal against the bright blue of the sky.

If you want something exact, then you can refer to a photograph, but it's the job of an artist to go beyond that, and tell you what it was like to be there.  Hopefully that comes across.

The Fair is open all weekend.  You can see my work with the Lime Tree Gallery (Stand A10) and the Wren Gallery (Stand D9).

For a half price ticket to the Fair, go to the Wren Gallery website here, click on the Affordable Art Fair picture on the right hand side of the page, then click on the pink Affordable Art Fair icon on the right of the page to print your ticket.

Rosebay Willowherb, Morar

Here's another of the Morar paintings bound for the Affordable Art Fair at Bristol...

Rosebay Willowherb, Morar (Oil on linen, 12 x 12)

Can you see the little yacht in the distance...?