Tag: oil on panel
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‘A Pair of Apples and Gooseberries’ (1)
A Still Life oil painting on a panel of some apples with Gooseberries A fresh Cox’s which I find firm, crispy and sweet happen to be along with a good Egremont Russet my favourite. In this painting I’m not sure which variety of this one is from, or the variety of the Gooseberries for I […]
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Still Life Fruit Study of an apple called, ‘Blenheim Orange’ (2)
There are well over 1200 varieties of English Apple and they all have enchanting names These small fruit studies make charming paintings and have proven to be popular amongst collectors all over. Acklam Russets, Barnack Beauty, Nutmeg Pippin, Knobby Russet, to name a few, there are to many to mention. The inspiration for these paintings […]
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An oil painting of the Avocet, the emblem bird of the RSPB and a schedule 1 species.
An oil painting on a panel of the Avocet, a wading bird and the emblem bird of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. This is one of my favourite birds which happens to have a schedule1rating and the emblem bird of the RSPB. One of the most important things with the painting of […]
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‘Two Inkpots and An Old Stone Jar’
All of my still life work is done in my studio, where I can stage manage objects and move things around in my house. In this case I used a shelf above an old Victorian range in an old scullery for two old inkpots and an old stone jar, a backdrop which I shall be […]
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‘The Prize Bull’
These Hereford bulls are magnificent animals and make great paintings. I had this particular painting hanging in my gallery window along with a painting of a head study https://wp.me/p2Ijh6-123 they were hanging in the window for less than a week, a farmer who happened to be passing by after a call at a cattle market […]
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Commissions invited for 2021
One of my favourite common garden birds. I sold this painting from the wall of my North Staffordshire gallery to a very nice couple from Scotland, who were on holiday and paid me a visit at the gallery. Commissions are invited for 2021, any Genre. Fill the form out below and get in touch with […]
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‘Late Afternoon’ Twixt Rain and Shine’.
This painting was inspired whilst out walking in North Wales and depicts a stretch of the River Lledr (The Afon Lledr pronounced in Welsh) and is situated in the north-west in the Conwy valley. As the title of the painting suggests, it came onto rain during a lovely sunny day and for a brief moment […]
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‘Study of a Conference Pear and Grapes’
My latest still life painting of a pear with a bunch of grapes which sits on top of an old Victorian scrub top sideboard in a Victorian scullery, yet to be framed and to go into an exhibition planned for next year. Oil on panel 5.50 x 7.50 in If you would like to […]
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Courtyard setting at the Alhambra
If you get the chance, pay a visit to the Alhambra, a beautiful palace set in the hills in Granada Spain. The Alhambra was a real walled city, built by the Nasrid Kings in the last period of Muslim rule in Spain. You could spend a lifetime painting scenes of the many entrances and secluded […]
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‘Late Afternoon’ Twixt Rain and Shine’, The Lledr River, Dolwyddelan, North Wales
The inspiration behind this painting was taken whilst out walking along the River Lledr in North Wales. It was a glorious sunny day and there came on a torrential rain storm which disappeared as soon as it came. I was struck in the change of light from very bright sunshine as the ground and foliage […]