ALONG THE DAISY PATH TO THE FULL MOON. March 2020. Above Bats Head, Lulworth, Dorset. Gouache and site earths on handmade cotton rag paper. I walked my way up the hill as the moon rose through an avenue of daisies that were not there on the way down... mysterious - a touch of magic that I have not sought to…
...a beautiful clear summer dawn... settled weather. The caravans are perched high towards the sun. I'm still in the shade. (diptych) Site debris and watercolour on handmade cotton rag paper. 44x16cm. This is the framed price. Unframed an option. Pleased contact for unframed price.
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.
The silhouettes of rock pool mounds and crows against the low light ... looking straight into the dark/light glare of water, feather and stone. This piece is framed- dimensions: 38x31cm. I'm happy to send a photo of the presentation. The cost of postage is not included in this price. I'll be in touch to discuss options.
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.
This began in 2011 in a portrait format. I returned with the piece along the same shoreline over time. It is a constantly mobile bit of coast so it seemed absolutely appropriate to 'over-write' radically according to the conditions. The surface has heavy impasto and is deeply scored...material has been removed as well as added. Currently displayed on a wooden…
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.
A panel, which included Professor Anita Taylor - Director of Drawing Projects UK and the founding Director of the Jerwood Drawing Prize project; Tania Kovats - Artist and Professor of Drawing at Bath Spa University; Deborah Harty - Artist and Researcher; and Tim Knowles - Artist and Curator, looked for drawing in all its possibilities. From the work submitted they…
In March 2020 this was one of the last site visits I made before travel was denied. I sat up on the hillside just above the stream of visitors as the morning sun behind the arch created intense contre jour... a remarkable green/turquoise reflection shimmered in the water. Chalk fragments were scattered around me...they are often tossed out by rabbits.…
Eype beach looking west has some extravagant sweeps and dips...at first light the sun just touches the headlands...it doesn't last long. The rest of the coast is in night shadow. Diptych. Handmade cotton rag paper. This is currently displayed unframed- suspended on wooden batons - this allows the piece to find its own shape and to have no glass interference...do…
Eype beach looking west has some extravagant sweeps and dips...at first light the sun just touches the headlands...it doesn't last long. The rest of the coast is in night shadow. Diptych. Handmade cotton rag paper. This is currently displayed unframed- suspended on wooden batons - this allows the piece to find its own shape and to have no glass interference...do…
Watercolour and site earths on handmade cotton rag paper. 71x36cm paper size. The piece is framed: dimensions 89x55cm framed. The piece was made looking east to Dungy Head. A rich local palette can be gathered along the cliff base and on the way down into the steep valley.
Not easy to spot sometimes...there are always one or two more in the group when they fly off in alarm. The orange beaks give them away. This was painted on a flat stone found on the beach. A piece of iron too...the binding medium is rabbit skin size. True gesso involving chalk with the size forms the base upon which…
Site earths and gouache on card. Deeply encrusted with traces of visits. Material added and material taken away. This piece is not framed. I can arrange for framing - this will be £520 framed.
Eype is absolutely full of delicious local earths...and fragments of litter. I enjoyed the energy of the gorse yellow. This is currently displayed framed.
GORSE AND GULLS-WATTON CLIFF, EYPE. Gouache and beach earths on handmade cotton rag paper. 16x21cm image size. Available framed 38x31cm. Limed ash with wooden slip limed floated on foamcore on acid free board. If postage is required I will discuss options. If you look carefully there are loads of gulls circling around the airy cliffs...a diagonal bank of cloud isn't…
Made using traditional true gesso (animal protein size and chalk) on a recovered piece of wood from the site. This is slowly built up in many layers integrating site material (horned poppy seeds for example) and watercolour. The surface is sealed to protect the sensitive surface from humidity and dust. I have chosen to present this simply mirror plated on…
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.…
The starlings curl in from the sea and their movement lifts to mirror the contours of the shingle. Currently unframed. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
A moment when an arc of starling becomes Northern Light - bird and star. Encrusted with marsh and shingle. This is framed. January 2022. The cost of postage is not included in the price.
The local ravens are not frequently nearby. They reside in the maritime pines above the shore...present more often by their voice. This painting is framed: size 38x31cm. Limed ash. Floated in box frame. I'm happy to send a photo of the presentation. The cost of postage is not included in this price. I'll be in touch to discuss options.
True gesso, watercolour with site earths on handmade cotton rag paper. 14x19cm paper size. The white of the terns was so very different to the white waves. I could hear them calling to each other across the harbour...thanks to the quiet during 'lockdown'. The painting is framed and on view in the studio.
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…
Sunday Afternoon Dusk. West Bay, Dorset. Winter afternoon walking along the shore...I notice a family- a toddler and a dog walk across the sky line... Gouache on 300gsm cartridge paper.
This is the view from Durdle Door beach - looking east towards Swyre Head in Lulworth. A tiny oil on paper. Made of two square metal plates. Unmounted and unframed...easy to pop in the post.
This image was made during that very quiet sunny spell in the early months of skies without planes when the world quietened. I don't hear cuckoos every year. A joyful moment. It is available from my studio. This is the framed price.
THE DAY I MET LILY AND JOSH. Site earths and watercolour on handmade cotton rag paper. Framed and available in the studio. In the Product gallery I've included a photo taken just at the beginning of the piece- and chatting to Lily and Josh...a delightful young couple enjoying a weekend away in their camper van. Even that green is an…
A cool sea mist veils Swyre...I've gathered earths from the shore and climbed up again to enjoy the elegance of the great sweeps of chalk cliff...the chalk is mottled with patches of turf and stained...This piece is framed. 88x54cm framed dimensions. Floated on foam core - limed ash frame. Please contact me for a photo of the presentation.
A fragment of litter on the beach had the quality of fish scales and storm light! TMW Turner stood at this very spot. This is framed and the cost is inclusive of the frame. It can be seen in the studio...along with two other pieces made in the same place and included in the gallery below. An ARTCARD featuring this…
A moment when a patch of blue promised better weather to come. The beach is fringed with a rich palette of earths. Most of the pigments here are sourced on site...Ive only added a blue and yellow. This is currently displayed unframed- suspended on a wooden baton - this allows the piece to find its own shape and to have…
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…
