Some from Pinn Mill and Camber

Had a great couple of days. Went to Pinn Mill in Suffolk yesterday with Chris Daynes. We set off at 6 am and got home at midnight. Its a great painting venue..hard to beat infact but its also been painted alot. I actually started 9 paintings but only ended up with 7. Alot of the same images but at different times. The three sunset ones were painted one after the other i  quick succesion. Today I spent a nice afternoon at Camber with my family, friends and pochade box. Did 4 quick small sketches.  Now got a week off so should get quite a few paintings done. On Wednesday I hand in to the wapping Group to see if I become a member. Im not holding my breath, but will wait and see. Thats it for now.

Early morning light Pinn Mill 6 x 8

Early morning light 2  6 x 12

Smack at Pinn Mill 6 x 8

Picnic on the banks of the Orwell, Buttermans Bay 12 x 16

boat at Pinn Mill 8 x 10

sunset Pinn Mill 6 x 8

Sunset Pinn Mill 2  6 x 8

Under the Parasol Camber 6 x 8

walking the dog camber 6 x8

watching the yachts go by  6 x 8

busy beach 8 x 10

latest paintings.

Ive been back from holiday two weeks now. Ive done a few paintings but nowhere near as many as I would have liked to. Had one afternoon in London , a day in Camber and 2 hours in a friends garden..thats it! Have also been struggling to try and paint 3 big studio paintings..Havent uploaded those yet as theyre not finished..I will finish them off one way or another. Off to Pinn Mill on Good friday so hopefully will get something worth posting. In the mean time these are my latest efforts.

Camber 1 6 x 8

camber 2  6 x 8

camber 3  8 x10

camber 4   8 x 16

distant rye  8 x10

from london bridge 12 x 16

Mikes Garden 16 x 12

Seychelles

Havent posted on my blog for ages, but have just spent two glorious weeks in the Seychelles. Went there to celebrate my wife Joannas 40th birthday and it was the chill pill I needed. I was allowed to take my easel and did 25 paintings in total..two a day more or less. I had some great experiences and snorkelled on th reef with my son Tobias and swam with Turtles, sharks and sting rays. I also met The most famous artist on the Seychelles, Michael Adams and his daughter. I enjoyed their company and hospitality and hope to revisit one day. Below is a selection of my work from the trip

on L`Union Estate La Digue Island  12 x 16

Sunset St Piere Island 8 x 10

Jo looking towards praslin 8 x 10

sunset over Praslin 6 x 12

Jules Juice Bar La Digue  8 x 10

On the Beach Praslin 6 x 12

Praslin Palms 1   12 x 16








Praslin palms 2  12 x 16

Lunch under the badamier tree  8 x 10

Under the trees La digue  12 x 16

Towards Praslin 12 x16

Palm study 12 x 16

St Pierre Island  6 x 8

Anse Lazio 12 x 16

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Praslin sunset 6x 8

Studio Picture

Thought Id post my most recent work. As any of you who read this blog know im really an outdoor painter, but I was asked by a close friend recently to paint a picture from a small photograph, which im not mad keen on doing. To make it worse the photo was of a small group of trees standing on a hill beside a motorway:-) I nearly gave up before I started. Ive attached the finished or almost finished result..I had fun with it and tried to add some drama but it still looks a bit bland to me ...Thats it for now

The photograph

My picture, Dans trees 20" x 40" oil on canvas( nice Russell and Chappell canvas:-) )

A few days in France and other stuff.

Its been along time since I posted on my blog but also quite an eventful time. I ve been filmed for BBC2 show called "Show me the Money" which is supposed to be aired on 28th of this month at 5.45pm. I hope I didnt embarrass myself too much and although i did not get selected for the Final Show it was quite enjoyable. I also had 3 of my paintings hung in the Royal society of British Painters Exhibition at the Mall Galleries and two in The Wapping Group Show at the same gallery.I have had a miserable time painting ..mainly because I havent been doing much. Ive had problems at work and the weather has been terrible so going to stay with my friend paul agin in the Cote D Azur was a very welcomed break. My friend Tony Dakin and I just had a long weekend there and although the weather wasnt great we managed to get a fair bit of work done, most of which Ive posted below (warts and all as usual) I was happy with 2 or 3 but there are a couple of real turds:-). Today it felt like Spring and the weather and atmosphere was glorious..alas no painting. Not long until the weekend so I just hope it stays like it! Thats it for now.

French Mackerel 12 x 16

Under The Parasol Pine Paloma Beach cap Ferrat 12 x 16

Tree study Cap Dantibes 16 x 12(turd)

The Old House Cap D Antibes 12 x 16



Lunch time on the promenade Nice 12 x 12( turd)






Antique Market Nice 12 x 16

Fountain study Mougins 16 x 12

Cap Ferrat 12 x 16

On the Cap Dantibes 8 x 6

TParasol Pine Cap Dantibes 16 x 12

French fishing boat 8 x 10

Distant Mougins 6 x 8

latest

Well I havent done much painting at all this week..infact only a couple. I have had a good week though and found out that Ive had 3 pictures accepted for Royal Society of British Artists Show at Mall Galleries in March. I ve also found out that Im a finalist for BBC2 show called "Show me the Monet" which will be on TV in March.. so an exciting week...Thats about it hoping I might get out tomorrow to paint..One from today of  a statue outside Buckingham Palace. I think its the busiest place Ive ever painted. I went to London with Chris daynes to collect our RBA rejects and we walked around as much as we painted which was fun.Japanese tourists kept borrowing my brushes to have their photos taken at my easel..it was hilarious..hopefully I will be able to post a photo soon

" A gift from New Zealand 16 x 12 oil on board"

This week

Well this week the weather was awful to say the least. I did get a few paintings done but not been painting well. Stayed in London on thursday and friday to paint with friends and to hand my work into RBA..wont find out if any of it has been accepted until thursday... I hope so, but who knows. Only posted one from the week, perhaps from that you can gauge how bad the rest were :-)

`Silver Birchs, Beckley  20 x 16`