Monday, 11 May 2020

"Return to Crete"





                      This week should have been a Spring break that I had booked to
                      return to Chania on the Greek island of Crete. However due to the
                      coronavirus  pandemic this trip and all foreign travel for the immediate
                      future has been cancelled. 

                      Looking back at the drawings and notes that I made two years ago, I
                      thought I'd like to revisit the area in Western Crete known as the
                      "White Mountains". 

                      Although snow - capped in the winter months, the geology of this area
                      makes the mountains appear white, even in the summer.         

                     My trip there and the stop at the small town of Therissoss was an area
                     that reminded me of the limesone gorges here in the West of England.


                                                             

"Crete - The White Mountains" - Acrylic on canvas 12" x 12"
 

Wednesday, 15 April 2020

"A to Z Exhibition "





                        During the current "lockdown" I'm exhibiting a new painting in the current
                       exhibition at 44AD gallery which is online only.
                       The A to Z exhibition is to showcase work responding to a letter of the
                       alphabet with my work dealing with the word "Between".


                                                         

"Between the sea and the Sky - The Harbour at Antibes"
Acrylic on canvas  20" x 20"

                    I've also produced a smaller study of  the Antibes area.           



"Boats at Antibes" - Acrylic on canvas 12" x 12"

Thursday, 26 March 2020

" Cap d'Antibes"





                                        A new painting from the trip to the Cote d'Azur.


                                               
                                          " Cap d'Antibes"  - Acrylic on canvas  24" x 24" 






Antibes / Nice & Monaco





                      A recent trip to the South of France to visit Nice, Monaco and Antibes.
                      I filled my usual small notebook to make rapid drawings to capture the
                      essence of the riviera.

                                                                                       
                                                                               
                                                       

                                                     
                                                                           


                                                                           " Nice"




                                                           " Harbour at Antibes"

                                                                     
                       I also took in a visit to the Picasso museum at Antibes.

                                                   
"Chateau Grimaldi - home to the Picasso Museum Antibes"



" Fresh fish at Antibes"

Monaco harbour

Monday, 20 January 2020

"Spinalonga"




                                          A painting of the island of Spinalonga - Crete.


                                                       

"Spinalonga " - Acrylic on canvas  12" x 12"

Sunday, 5 January 2020

44AD 2020 Associates Exhibition





                                    I'm showing work in this, the 2020 Associates exhibition at
                                                  44 AD gallery in Bath England.



                                                                   

The brief is "Material World" , which for a landscape painter is
not the easiest task ! However I came across this anonymous quote
that would seem to be appropriate :-

"After a visit to the countryside or the beach , it's hard to 
believe that we live in a material world".

Everyone welcome on the evening of the 9th. of January for the private view
or throughout the exhibition.

Thursday, 12 December 2019

Christmas 2019 Exhibition







                                     


I'm exhibiting two paintings in the Christmas exhibition at 44AD
gallery in Bath England. All are welcome at the opening party and throughout
the exhibition.