Pumpkin Half

So, I finally got around to making my "Autumn Soup" (it's still bubbling in the pan; I can't tell you what it tastes like yet).

The Beeches - SOLD

With your back to Watership Down, you are looking down the line of The Beeches and the footpath to Ladle Hill (the footpath is part of the Wayfarer's Walk, a long distance path). You can see the sloping side of Ladle Hill through the trees to the right.

I took a few liberties with fences (largely removal thereof) and I also took a tree out to improve the view.

Oil on canvas 33 x 55cm
SOLD

EDIT (20 December 2013): High quality "giclée" prints will be available of this painting in the new year.

30% discount on Blurb books this weekend

Meta Painting Knife

So, when I finished Claret, there was an unaccountably large quantity of blue left over. It seemed like a shame to throw all of it away, so I turned it into an abstract-ish background for a knife painting of a painting knife.

Oil on commercially prepared canvas board, 5 x 7 "

Claret - SOLD

This was a commission, painted yesterday and finished just as the light was failing. I'd forgotten how complicated those blue squares are to paint...

LEGO Minifigures 90: Doctor

It really is the doctor this time!

The Domestic Painting Knife - a book

Hot off the press: published today.

So hot that it, er, hasn't been printed yet.

The Domestic Painting Knife by Amanda Bates | Make Your Own Book

The book preview shows all 52 pages for a limited time only (until I change it).