On Exhibition Now

I thought you might like to have a look at one of the paintings which is currently on show in Long Melford in Suffolk.

Spring Tide, Aldeburgh (Oil on linen, 24 x 26)

This is a painting of the North Sea at Aldeburgh, with a little crest of a moon in the sky.  I first visited Aldeburgh years ago when I had a show at the gallery there.  Suffolk wasn't top of my list for visiting in terms of finding a landscape to paint - being a Scottish painter of mountains and wild coasts, the flat vistas of this part of England hadn't been on my radar, even though they were, of course, the grist to the mill of painters such as Constable.

However, I soon found that I loved the long, noisy, shingly beach of Aldeburgh, with its big, wide, open sky.  I spent a long time taking photographs at several different times of the year, in all weathers and at different times of the day, just so I could watch the waves, sea the weather coming in, and observe the changes in the colours, and the textures of the landscape and the sea.  Which is just what Constable did.

The boats pulled up on to the beach are especial (and now very familiar) favourites.

You can see the other paintings in the show  here.

"Colour"

I've got paintings in a new show called 'Colour' that's opening at the Lime Tree Gallery in Long Melford in Suffolk.  It opens with a preview on Saturday 9th April from 10am-5pm.

I'll be exhibiting alongside Pam Carter, Marion Thomson and Peter King, all Scottish artists well-known for their exciting and vibrant use of colour.

Yellow Flowers in Spring Sunshine, Bass Rock (Oil on linen, 32 x 32)

View the exhibition HERE. 

My contribution to the show is built around the colours of the seasons, and the way that the landscape changes with the different light, flowers and plants throughout the year.

For winter, I looked at the soft, subdued colours of Scotland during short days in cold weather. This painting is of Glen Lochy, which is on the A85 heading from Dalmally to Tyndrum.

Winter Colours, Glen Lochy (Oil on linen, 24 x 26)

In spring, the days lengthen and the colours sharpen, and for summer, I looked at the vibrant shades of seasonal flowers in bright sunlight.  I have paintings of the blue of fragile harebells on cliffs in Northern Ireland, and the pinks and purples of waxy rhododendrons in the country park near my studio and sweet peas in my studio garden.

Summer Sweet Peas (Oil on linen, 16 x 16)

Autumn is all burning reds and oranges in the landscape, and a changing kaleidoscope of colour in stormy seas under turbulent skies on the coast.  This is of the long, low, shingle shore at Aldeburgh, looking out across the North Sea under the huge sky.
 

Autumn Sea with Dark Clouds, Aldeburgh (Oil, 8 x 10)

Do come along to the preview and see the show if you're in the area!

If you'd like to receive a catalogue in the post, or emailed in PDF form, then please contact me.