An outside studio
Over this summer the weather has been warm enough to work outside in the garden. The light is lovely and the plants and flowers help with creative and positive ideas. I can use them as subject matter too with their interesting shapes, then put them into my compositions.
St. Ives view and cottage interior; work in progress
This painting is a progression from my earlier paintings of St. Ives. In the composition I am showing more of the interior but endeavouring to keep the luminosity and light from my previous paintings. It is also a much larger painting.
St. Ives View
I think the yellow ochres in the sand and turquoise from the sea at St. Ives make a subtle and delicate combination in this painting. I also used some iridescent paint to help capture the glint and reflections in the water.
A Trug of flowers
When I found a lovely vintage trug in a little shop, I thought it would make a very good prop for a still life. Then I filled it with flowers from the garden. Here it is in this painting with shells that I have brought back from the seaside. I have made the tablecloth a […]
A Cornish Village
Recently I did this small gouache painting which is a combination of a still life and memories of a Cornish village. I love the thatched roof tops and paths down to the beach and up to the cliff tops. I have popped a sandpiper in the foreground which can often be seen on the Cornish […]
An imaginative painting inspired by Cornish harbours
This painting began at the RHS Spring Garden show in Malvern and I finished it at Hever Castle and gardens in Kent. It’s a nostalgic painting and partly inspired by a visit to Falmouth. It isn’t an accurate painting and the table, vase, chairs and bunting were added to give the painting a holiday feel.
Drawing “en plein air”
It was such a lovely morning I thought that I would go and draw outside by the river Severn near where we live. I used watercolour pencils and I am planning to create a riverside painting with small animals and birds that live in this habitat.
Fairies in the woods
Whilst I was exhibiting at Wisley RHS show with Craft in Focus last week and bank holiday Monday I was demonstrating painting and couldn’t resist painting fairies in the woodland.
A view of St. Ives Harbour
Much of my work involves looking back in time and memories. Many formative years were spent in holidays in Cornwall and when I revisit all the feelings and memories come flooding back to me. I wanted to capture the essence, light and atmosphere of spring morning overlooking the harbour.
The Breakfast Table
I have fond childhood memories of a Siamese cat that my Granny owned called Esmeralda and I thought I would put her into the interior of this domestic breakfast scene. This painting will add to my collection of a series of paintings that depict window views and scenes.