Cycling along the Tarka Trail from Braunton to Barnstaple. As you near Chivenor there is a small nature reserve. I just loved the reflections and highlights of the late afternoon sun. This is a small composition for me (250mm x 300mm) Acrylic on canvas. Al
A couple of pen & ink drawings from a long time ago. Perhaps 35 to 40 years ago.
Jack Russell enjoying a run in a field. Acrylic on canvas 20″ x 16″. Just holding an old frame over the picture to get some idea of what it would look like finished. Al
Acrylic on canvas 20″ x 16″. View of Croyde Beach. Titanium White always looks a little stark in photograph but in the original the white certainly isn’t this vivid. Although gives quite a nice effect. Al
Quite a large composition for me (830mm x 60mm) mixed media entitled Storm With Rainbow. Quite a few overlapping glazes and tones creates a look that I’m seeking. Pity the camera loses the details and colour. On the whole I quite like the direction my paintings are going in. Al
Well Glastonbury 2016 proved to be an ordeal. In other words, I fought the mud and the mud won! I work every year at the festival and this year was my last. I think that everyone should go at least once. It’s a little oasis from everydayland where the straightest people can paint their faces and dress up in costumes and escape the confinements of their lives. For me this year’s highlights were The Savages, Richard Hawley the Showhawk Duo! So now it’s time to move on the festivals new! Al
Pastel picture of Bideford/Barnstaple Bay (470mm x 300mm). Now and again you rush and produce something like this. Not very happy with the finished picture but there and again art is a moving and linear leaning process. The particular lesson learnt here, don’t rush when you’ve only got limited time and observe, observe, observe! Time spent 45mins. Al
Original picture from a photograph from Facebook. Not too sure who’s it was.
I very rarely drive a car: that’s my wife’s domain. When I do I notice how, once behind the wheel people become more aggressive and unpleasant. Once in a car no one is in the wrong, it’s always the other driver’s mistake. Once behind the wheel the only important person in the world is them. What has happened to courtesy? Mutual politeness? If we walked we would behave differently toward each other. Therefore it’s the anonymity and protection of being in a car that separates us from others. Similar to being on the net where you make remarks, positive or negative, from the comfort of your own sofa. It’s amusing how people want to over take you, they want to get in front, be first, get one up on you. They don’t know me and I don’t know them what’s the point then? Time urgency, late for work, just feeling angry then think about others and perhaps extend some courtesy to others. Smile and the world will be a better place for you and that bloke you’ve just cut up at the traffic lights! Al
Picture taken as my wife drove home from a rather nice weekend in Bristol. This is on the M5 motorway somewhere near Taunton.
A wonderful walk with friends and another’s Birthday. A walk along the North Devon coastal path from Morthoe to Bully Point and back into the village for some beer n food. Finally on the way home a stop at the top of Woolacombe Hill to watch the hang gliders. The view breath taking as usual. Al
A quick pastel sketch from a photograph of Westward Ho from a magnificent picture off Facebook. One thing about the North Devon Beaches is that you get magnificent reflections in the wet sand. They’re full of wonderfully subtle colours and shapes an artists dream. (Pastel 470mm x 300mm). Al
ps Original photograph by Rob Elson.
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