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Oak trees, Loxley Woods

Acrylic on canvas

120cm x 120cm

November 2022

Ash Trees Autumn, Loxley Woods.

Acrylic on canvas

November 2022

Loxley Woods blue bells.

Acrylic on canvas, 120cm x 180cm

Loxley woods.

Ash tree study. October 2022.

Made in the studio from sketches. Experimenting with mark making and paint application to create a sense of movement. I really like the interplay between the negative space of the sky and the positive shapes of the trees.

Loxley Woods, October.

Ash tree study 2022.

Looser brushwork, looking to create a sense of space and capture the movement of the trees in the breeze.

Chinese Elm.

Acrylic on canvas, 90cm x 60cm

A beautiful example of this rare tree, found in the gardens of Cossington Park.

One of my favourite summer subjects with the summer sun creating patterns of light and shade.

Paintings 2021/2022

Cossington Copse,

January 2020.

Acrylic on board.

A time for wellies and a scarf on wintry days on the Polden Hills.

Wych Elm, Cossington Park. Summer.

Acrylic on board 30cm x 45cm

A beautiful tree in the gardens opposite. The twisting trunk has been an image I have often returned to. Here the summer breeze catches the heavy foliage.

Cossington copse.

Acrylic on board

30cm x 50cm

One of a series of small landscsapes I made from sketches. Huddled in the studio as the winter light grew gloomy. This one looked more at suggesting texture through mark-making. Im pretty sure I used wooden forks and old kitchen knife on this one. Always worth a go.

Shapwick Church

Acrylic 50cm x 30cm

I made a series of paintings of Polden churches in the Easter of 2021. Blue skies belied the creeping spring chill.

Edington Church.

Acrylic on board.

50cm x 30cm.

Another cold morning, surrounded by daffodils and snowdrops. Love the silhouttes of the pollared willows.

Catcott Moor.

90cm x 90cm.

Acrylic on canvas.

Property of Class Publishing.

Sketchbook 2023/24

February Sweet Track study

A sketch made with water soaking into my boots. Started in water colour then overworked with colour pencils and oil pastels.

Shapwick Heath February 2023.

Winter trees against a faint glimmer of sun, the sound of rooks, a chill in the air, a quiet place of calm.

Shapwick Nature Reserve, March 2023

Pale sunshine, still reflections broken by the gliding swans.

Sunshine morning, coffee from a flask. Looking towards Kerfany across the Belon estuary.

Above Port Lamat, looking North.

A contrast between the textures and patterns of the cliffs and the simplicity of the flat sea and cloudless sky.

Doelan June 2023

Always love the classic image of the lighthouse at Doelan. You see so many photographs and paintings of it however that is a bit of a challenge to do something beyond the cliche. Unusually for me this is a straight watercolour. I love the shapes of the pine trees that form the foreground element and take some of the focus away from the "Phare Aval".