Quick basic drawing down now to start this painting!
ABOVE THE VALLEY
Category Acrylic Paintings
FINISHING TOUCHES
Just a few pictures of me working in my studio. I hate having my picture taken so when a friend took these I decided for once to post some! 🤔
TOWARDS BAGGY
An acrylic on 1000 x 800mm canvas of Baggy Point in North Devon. On a cycle ride I stopped for a break and looked out over this view. I was struck by the white weathered rocks which seemed to enhance the rock strata. This composition took quite a while as my attention was elsewhere, I dipped in and out and for me lacked the impetuous I normally achieve. With that said the finished image surprisingly works! Al
DOWN TO SPEKE’S
Forcing myself to commit to another composition after a break. Once the initial marks are made there is a certain compulsion to continue, to see it through to completion. Perhaps this will rekindle the urge to continue. This painting is now complete acrylic on panel 610 x 400mm.
AUTUMN AT SAUNTON
An experiment using quite a coarse canvas. It is of a view looking out of Saunton Sands from a lay-by on the hill. Acrylic on 720 x 350mm canvas.
FOUR PAINTINGS
Four paintings from my past, when I began to believe!
Boys at Crow Point playing in the driftwood!
My family on an Autumn day, a wet Westward Ho beach with mum, twins, Harry & Colin.
Manning’s Pit in Pilton.
A Linhay on the Braunton Marsh which became a breakthrough in my painting! Al
BROADSANDS BEACH
An acrylic on 32 x 24” canvas of a spectacular cove near Combe Martin in North Devon. It has been referred to by many as, ‘The Happiest View In Britain.’ Sadly the very steep cliff path down to the beach has subsided so access at the moment is by water only.
LEAVING HEANTON
A painting of the road leading from Heanton to Ashford in North Devon. Through the summer I’ve cycled this route many times and loved how the tree’s shadows dance on the tarmac. Sadly this painting is very difficult to photograph to show the depth of layers and softness! Acrylic on 800 x 600mm canvas. Al
AUTUMN AT SAUNTON
Back to landscapes this time Saunton Sands in North Devon. After an hours work just to get rid of the acrylic green aerosol spray primer I completed this painting early in the morning after a sleepless night. I’ve attempted to capture that almost spotlight quality of an Autumn sun over the Bideford Bar from the lay-by at Saunton. Acrylic on 610 x 410mm gesso primed panel. It is quite difficult to capture the true colours with my iPhone but I quite like the finished image!
THE SLOW GOODBYE
A very personal picture of which I’ve been thinking of for a while. It is of my late wife Donna’s hand as I held it during our last few days at The North Devon Hospice earlier this year. The kindness and love given to us there I will never forget.
Al Brown Artist. 