Sluice on the Kennet and Avon

Time for another old painting?

Stylised Roses

This one's not dated, but I think it was done within a year or two of Fleabane. I think it was painted after I'd attended a workshop on fauvism, a short-lived modern style that emphasised colour, pattern and painterly techniques. Obviously, I didn't borrow very much from that movement in this work, but I did like the idea of the bold black outlines that some of the fauvists used - combined, here, with realistic colours and tonal varation.

Fleabane

There's been quite a lot of craft and not enough art in these parts of late, so here is an old painting of some weeds that took my fancy back in 1998.

Vegetable Chilli

This was painted on a black ground, using a knife. I deliberately left a few black outlines around the vegetables to delineate them and to emphasise the bright colours. Now, this painting is over ten years old, but I distinctly remember cooking the subject for tea that day. I do enjoy a good veggie chilli.


Oil on paper, 20/11/01
cropped from 16 x 12" paper

Coffee for Two

These are a series of paintings - all works on paper - I made for an OCA project a few years back.

Pico Volcano, Azores

Here's an old painting of Pico volcano, on the island of Pico in the Azores. It was done from a sketch that I made from our Faial hotel room when we were on holiday in the Azores, some years ago. The volcano was a constant presence across the water - atmospheric rather than gloomy. I remember making the sketches (which were rather small - I only had an A5 sketchbook with me), but I didn't recall the painting until I found it by accident yesterday (I was looking for something else). It looks very much like a knife painting, but I think I may have used a brush as well.

Squashes

Here are a couple of seasonally appropriate little oil paintings that I did a few years ago.

“Small Pumpkin and Little Gem Squash”, 25 October 2002.

7 x 5”, oil on canvas, painted with a brush in the studio.

“Butternut”, 29 October 2002
7 x 5”, oil on canvas, painted with a brush in the studio.