Perhaps my next large scale acrylic? Photograph taken on my iPhone in January 2019 with a photoshopped sky. Love photoshop which allows me to experiment with compositions, tones and colours. I then take these onto the canvas and alter them to fit the media technique. Al
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From the tollroad to the carpark then on to Crow Point along the boardwalk. Here you can see the old ruined lighthouse and some WW2 concrete creations. It was here that the D Day landings were rehearsed and secret weapons perfected. Even today the odd ordinance sometimes reveals themselves after high tides!
The old wreck of the Sea Mack at Crow Point in North Devon. Slowly over the years it’s been gradually falling to bits with each push of the tide. I’ve been trying to find earlier pictures and infomation regarding this boat so if anyone can help please contact me! Al
780 x 550mm Bideford Black on Bockingford Paper. Another painting of my favourite walk down the boardwalk to Crow Point in North Devon. This has been completed just in time for this year’s Art Trek opening evening at the Pilton Arts Group in Barnstaple 12:09:2019. I am sharing this evening with the amazing landscape photographer Adrian Beasley and wet plate photographer Stephen Raff. I will post pictures of this event soon. Al
Finished acrylic of Hut On The Burrows 405mm x 510mm). Another painting of the hut on Braunton Burrows North Devon. Just love this place and have spent recent hours watching the sticklebacks playing in the stream, which is called the boundary drain. Still liking the cow parsley! The last picture shows another picture of the same hut I painted during the winter wit early morning dew and ice on the water.
The linhays are another interesting feature of the Marshes. They were constructed as shelters for numerous cattle and almost all of them appear to have been built by the time of the 1842 tithe map. No two barns are the same, although most are of square or rectangular shape. Some have become dilapidated but around 30 still stand today. The one which attracts the most attention is the round linhay, a grade II listed building on the edge of the inner marsh road, which has been thatched and provides endless photographic opportunities. This excerpt is by Rowland Dibble on the Explore Braunton Website which is well worth a visit.
http://www.explorebraunton.org/linhays.aspx .
Al
From a photograph taken on a cold Autumn cycle ride along the Tarka Trail in North Devon. This renovated cattle shed is on the Braunton Burrows nr Crow Point. I’ve attempted to catch the afternoon’s dew left over from the morning and the partially frozen stream. I’ve also left my camera’s light refraction in the painting. For me it was the water that drew me to this image! Al
A wonderful day of cycling around the Great Field and Braunton Marsh. I spent an hour watching sticklebacks playing in gin clear water. Once again enjoying the simple, natural things in life that we often overlook. Time urgency and working to live certainly clouds this sort of simple pleasure. Today I’ve seen herons, egrets, butterflies, fish, and at the end of the cycle ride the flash of a kingfisher at the Velator Weir. A day to remember. Al
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