Painted as a watercolour sketch on Woolacombe Beach many years ago! Our twins are soon to be 16 years old, where has all that time gone? If you can remember the BBC series The Likely Lads….
Oh, what happened to you?
Whatever happened to me?
What became of the people we used to be?
Tomorrow’s almost over
Today went by so fast
The only thing to look forward to is the past? 😎
Not completely true to us but we’ll see! Al
A favourite scene of mine on the way back from Plymouth. After passing through Tavistock and Mary Tavy you come across an old tin mine down on your right called Wheal Betsy. I’ve never stopped until last night when my son and I stopped, parked the car and walked down to take some pictures, much to my wife and daughter’s disgust. Below are the results, perhaps some future paintings! Al
A watercolour from a few years ago. Looking through one of my drives I discovered this long forgotten painting. I rarely work in this media but perhaps I should visit it again. Al
A photomontage of an old pen and ink drawing of Donna Summer with the coloured background of one of my paint palette abstracts. Al
This window was designed by one of my old teachers, the Bideford artist James Peterson A.R.S.A. and portrays St Helena the Patron Saint of Lundy carrying a boat and St Michael with an aeroplane. There is also a map of Lundy with white horses as well as many sea birds which include, of course, a Puffin. It was given in memory of Arthur Manley Tucker and his son George. The father was buried off Lundy and his son was killed in action with the RAF in WW2.
Just a few experimental abstracts using some of my recent paint palettes and finally refined by using digital inversions. Colours inspired by two beaches in North Devon, Combesgate & Barricane. Al
A quick timed acrylic sketch of the River Taw at Ashford Strand in North Devon. Painted on 400 x 400mm gesso panel. The original painting has much more subtle colouring. I needed to do this because my paintings are becoming more drawn out and laboured. I need them to become a little more honest and spontaneous. Al
Al Brown Artist. 