The image was made on a fragment of plywood from a skip. There is a combination of acrylic thin washes, clays and sands from the site. 15x13x1cm unframed. A thin layer of primer applied with gestures to imply the arc of cool air just before sunrise.
Acrylic and site materials on an irregular rectangular wood fragment. (one corner sliced away) Made on site having first applied a thin wash of white acrylic primer to seal and to enhance the luminosity of the washes of paint. 21x8x1cm.
This piece is richly encrusted with the red and white chalk of those remarkable cliffs. The coarse matter in the foreground is Carr stone...coarser than the chalk. The binding medium here is acrylic...I've added blue and yellow artist pigments...everything else was found on location. Unframed work. Handmade cotton rag paper. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
This image is framed. Ferry Bridge is just to the top right of the image...Portland is still dark with lights twinkling. Dawn is growing out of a crimson slice cut out of a twilight sky... Acrylic and site debris on handmade cotton rag paper. 70x37cm paper size. 90x55cm framed dimensions.
Standing close to the edge at Handfast Point near St Lucas' Leap. Deep shadow renders chalk blue. Fresh lively maritime air. Framed in beautiful limed ash 'box' frame with wood fillet and floated to display edges. Glazed. This is the framed price. Ready to hang.
LADRAM MEW. Unique print. Hand-finished intaglio print. 36x36cm...you can see the collagraph blind textures and the earth ink as well as the photo etching plates...painted gestures...I haven't made an edition...
Ladram Red, Sidmouth, Devon. Medium: Otter Sandstone, Mercia Mudstone and gouache on handmade cotton rag paper. Ladram Bay has some beautiful triassic sea stacks- here they are with a touch of cobalt turquoise...if you begin to climb towards Sidmouth and look down and back into the bay a cove reveals itself partially. Access is difficult except from the sea. The water…
This piece is richly encrusted with the red and white chalk. This chalk is not as easy to work with as the Dorset chalk Im familiar with. The coarser texture is Carr stone...it is less red than the chalk than the chalk. The binding medium here is acrylic...I've added blue and yellow artist pigments...everything else was found on location. The…
MACKEREL MOON Sitting on the edge of the beach with Weymouth in the top right corner, the Chesil sweeps away and I wait for the moon to appear. I see the sky warm almost imperceptably before it eases into visibility. I'm drawn awake by the energy of the full moon...the moment the moon begins to wane I can feel it.…
A lively pink tinged berg sails sits within a temporarily green-tinged world. Painted in acrylic on a 4cm deep canvas. The painting is ready to hang. It is an unframed box canvas- the paint wraps round the sides. I'm happy to send a photo of the presentation. The cost of postage is not included in this price. I'll be in…
SMALL SUNSHINE STUDY. North West Highlands of Scotland. September 2011. Acrylic on handmade cotton rag paper. 15x12cm The changeable light is one of the delights as I travel north...mountain weather never ceases to surprise. Here is a slice of light meandering across the land. Near Applecross.
This is currently displayed unframed- suspended on a wooden baton - this allows the piece to find its own shape and to have no glass interference...do contact me for a photo or to discuss options. I wrote a poem along with this painted experience...do contact me if interested to read it. It was painted outside with great difficulty during Storm…
In a storm all sorts of stuff gets spat out by the sea. A messy situation...full of wrack and wreck...wind pushing in from the sea. A double layer of paper here...sky stained with earth. This is presented on a wooden baton and hangs in space detached from its wall...finding its own space. I include in the gallery an example of…
WET KALE SHINGLE. Cogden Nature Reserve beach, Chesil, Dorset. 2016. A correspondence became evident between rounded shingle and the droplets of dew and rainwater held on the surface of the Sea Kale leaves...they run like mercury. Sea Kake is so adapted to this exposed environment...deep tap roots, waterproofed leaves storing moisture and holding water in a way that guides it…
After dark the wetland first quietened and then I became aware of a lot of activity. The beings of the night were about their business. A swan glided interview and became almost fluorescent in the darkness. The image, I hope, gives a sense of activity, a quality of an aliveness in all its parts. This was made in Lodmoor Nature…
