these first paintings are small.. so that it’s possible to experiment, it’s fairly easy to work outside on this canvas size and it dries quickly, trying to capture the perspectives of the beach and tide line is tricky and it takes a few attempts, also the horizon of the sea which I’ve yet to really master..
many birds live among the reeds and occasionally emerge, a Stonechat being the most unusual I’ve seen so far..
The first visitors i saw in winter on the estuary were Canada geese which I tried to capture here..
the first attempts at painting on canvas again after many years of photography feels like a different space to be in again, slow, tentative and hoping to develop into a full exhibition, although i can’t imagine not including some photographs..
a fine mist rolled in off the sea in the winter morning light..the sun was behind me and had allowed a warm few minutes in which to sketch..
I work with painting, photography and drawing, recording landscapes in a travel journal style. The projects are exhibited in public buildings or similar venues in the UK and Europe.
