Two Eclairs ... and Three French Fancies

The last time that I painted éclairs, there was only one of them and I opened the cake up (and applied a little artistic licence) to emphasise the creaminess. This time, I had two cakes ... for the duration of my daughter's Brownie session. So I had to move fast, because she'd want her cake as soon as she came home.

I ate mine just before I went to fetch her.

Two Eclairs

Acrylic on box canvas, 20 x 26 cm 

And it seems that I neglected to post the little painting of three French Fancies made as a sort of demonstration piece when I was helping a young student figure out acrylics.

Three French Fancies

Acrylic on canvas, 5 x 7"

(not for sale) 

She made her own painting from the other side.Obviously, it isn't mine to share, but I was very impressed with what she achieved in the limited time.

Tuna Sandwich (Lunch)

Tuna with mayonaisse and lettuce on seeded wholemeal.

Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 26 cm

Egg Custard Tart

I'm not sure, but I have a feeling that this particular sort of egg custard tart - deep-filled, dusted with cinnamon, encased in pastry whose waxy texture is like no other, presented in a foil cup case - is uniquely British.

They are rather delicious. In a comfort-food sort of way.

Egg Custard Tart
Acrylic on canvas, 20 x 26 cm

Eclair

 Cake!

Windsurf - SOLD

When we were in Cornwall over the New Year, I visited Gwithian (from which Godrevy Light can be seen), and took lots and lots of photographs. There was a windsurfer - a very skillful fellow - out on the sea and I managed to get a few shots of him in action.

Sunsetting (over Penlee Point)

The sun was setting when we were at Long Rock in December 2013. This is an interpretation of one of my photographs looking towards Penlee Point (near Mousehole).

From the Poppyfield

This is from one of the photographs mentioned in Sitting in a Poppy Field / Basingstoke Poppies. It was a rainy day when I painted this.

Acrylic on box canvas, 20 x 26 cm

25 September 2013
SOLD

St Mary's in a Fairy Tale - SOLD

This is our local church, St. Mary's, but doesn't it look just a bit like a fairy tale castle? I took the source photograph on a lovely evening in July this year and I only heightened the colours a little; the façade fairly glowed in the setting sun's light.

Acrylic on box canvas, 20 x 26 cm
09 September 2013

SOLD

Corfe/Kirrin

This is a view of and from Corfe Castle. Corfe Castle is the name of the splendid ruined castle and of the pretty village; together, they guard the entrance to the isle of Purbeck in Dorset.

Helston Rails

A little painting of a big project. The Helston Railway in Cornwall is a heritage railway under construction. The image shows some of the recently re-lain track on "the Britain's most southerly railway", as seen from a guard van ride behind a Ruston Shunter. From a photograph that I took in August.