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.
Blackthorn winter froth...a wonderful moment in the year. And the palette was a gentle optimistic one. This was made in Lodmoor Nature Reserve where a particular Swan (very used to being fed by humans) became an excellent model.
BREAKING CLOUD was made in Coppermines Valley, Coniston Water in Cumbria. Fast- moving mountain weather arriving across the crags. Material around me integrated with watercolour on a breezy energetic day od showers and cumuli. Made July 2024. Contact me for information about cost of postage. Available framed or unframed.
...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.
Made on location in a lively breeze...strong contre jour. A cream tinted Ingres paper upon which I could add the bright white of the breaking waves. Unframed. The cost of postage is not included in this price.
A publication celebrating The Chesil Beach in Dorset, its sea Kale, reedbeds, shingle and the moons that pass over her. Radical landscape poet Elisabeth Bletsoe and plein air painter Frances Hatch collaborate to express their response to this thin spit of shingle by exchanging images and words. Frances has shaped them into a slim and elegant volume of poetry and…
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.
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.
