My first painting since August last year! This is of Greencliff near Abbotsham on the North Devon coast. It was a warm sunny day and whilst walking came across this view after squeezing through a gap in the bracken; it is here where I get my Bideford Black pigment. I can surely feel the gap in my painting fluency due to the lay off in painting but I’m confident this will return over the next few pictures. A little encouragement this painting has now found a new home! Al
Housel Cove on The Lizard off to a new home. I’ve visited this cove many times and it’s amazing how it changes from low and high tide and through the seasons. At times it’s just a rocky gap which opens to the sea for cold water swimmers and at other times it’s a sand covered secret beach! The sand moves with time and the seasons and erases all of the footprints of the year! Al
An exercise in not over working and titavating with a painting. This is about two hours work and the speed of paint application certainly concentrates the mind and eye. This is Crow Point on a typical mixed weather day with the evening primrose sprinkling the beachside. There are always some great cloud formations here over Appledore in the distance!
My wife and I were staying at the Watersmeet Hotel in North Devon and early in the morning walked along the coast path; this is a painting of that view!
Glastonbury 2019 and The Cure onstage A3 print! Al
The start of a sunflower composition! I’ve recyled this 36 x 36″ canvas from a previous composition; I’ve merely turned the canvas around, restretched and primed it for this painting! I think every painter should attempt sunflowers at least once! Al
Continuing with the Glastonbury Festival theme next on the easel is one from 2019 and The Killers with Blue Pyramid! an acrylic on 1000 x 500mm canvas! Al
I’ve started with some Payne’s Grey to define the structures and then have used some acrylic aerosol spray to flatten the sky. I love the effects you get when you paint over the top of the spray because sometimes the tube paint is slightly repelled by the undercoat, we’ll see how it goes!
With the passing of Glastonbury 2024 I’ve decided on choosing a familiar subject. This is my first painting in some time! There is nothing quite like standing close to the front of the Pyramid Stage when it’s on fire! I think everyone who loves music should experience once in their lifetime! Entiteled Pyramid on Fire, acrylic on canvas 30 x 20″. This picture will be available as a print too! Al
Framed in a new home!
Inspired from a tragic photo from the Syrian war. It was titled Douma the river of blood. This was painted as a reaction to all global conflicts happening presently!
A painting from a few years ago and is on the wall of my studio; it is of my daughter who now is living in London studying drama, dance and music! Oil on canvas 36 x 36”
Al Brown Artist. 