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 prepared ready to hang with a baton behind (to be displayed without a frame). I'm happy to send a photo of the presentation. The cost of postage is…
This is the moment when an arc of starling becomes funnel- and they seem to be sucked into the reed beds where they commence to chatter and organise themselves. Encrusted with marsh and shingle. This is currently unframed. The cost of postage is not included in the price.
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…
DURDLE DOOR CONTRE JOUR 16x22cm Site earths gouache and watercolour on handmade cotton rag paper. This was the last trip I made along the coast before the first lockdown. A bright March day. Image size 16x22cm. The handmade cotton rag paper finds its own edges and position in space as it dries with all the material unevenly on it. The…
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…
Site earths and gouache on card. Deeply encrusted with traces of visits. Material added and material taken away. This piece is presented on a wooden baton so it is detached from the wall but not glazed. This may not be suitable for all contexts. Do contact if interested to discuss any aspect of this piece.
GOLDEN CAP ESTATE STORM. Fleetingly golden. This was returned to the site on several occasions and finally I held this moment. A patch of blue. Displayed on a baton system in which one wooden baton is attached to the wall with a screw. The painting is attached to MDF. Another baton (attached to the back of the painting) sits on…
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…
This piece is brightly lit... with the red and white chalk of those remarkable cliffs at Old Hunstanton buoyant under a cloudless sky. The coarse matter in the foreground is littered with falls...Carr stone beneath the chalk is coarser than the chalk...this is a constantly mobile coastline. The binding medium here is true gesso (rabbit skin size and chalk)...I've added…
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 built up over several layers and has become akin to an object rather than a sheet of paper. Integrated into the surface is the red and white chalk of those remarkable cliffs. The coarser matter is Carr stone...coarser than the chalk. The medium here is true gesso (rabbit skin size and chalk) ...I've added blue and yellow…
A line of energy curling in with the tide and easing over the contours of the shingle... This is unframed...being very recently made. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
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.
This piece is built up over several layers and has become akin to an object rather than a sheet of paper. Integrated into the surface is the red and white chalk of those remarkable cliffs. The coarser matter is Carr stone...coarser than the chalk. The medium here is true gesso (rabbit skin size and chalk) ...I've added blue and yellow…
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.
A supermoon- and groups of people lighting fires under Hengistbury Head and hanging around in the moonlight. A lovely evening. 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. The cost of postage is…
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…
Made on Fabriano 160gsm tinted (tiziano zabalone) a soft yellow - using gouache- leaving the warmth of the yellow to breathe through especially on the high plateau. The shadow congregates and hovers where the valley falls away. Made near Abergavenny . The image bleeds over the edge of the paper. 21x21cm. Signed bottom right.
