Appreciate the simple things A single wall light glowing orange against a swirling indigo sky. The dark blue, is textured with tiny, fuzzy specks. A feature of the use of salt and time. Some effects cannot be rushed. This piece is less crowded than number 9, and this allows the paint freedom to create texture …
No Sign of a Flood but there is a Rainbow Porch This is another busy painting. The Porch of the Radcliffe Centre in Buckingham, the former United Reformed Church. The Porch is present, of course, but so much is included as part of the package of “The Porch”. A doorway, windows, a very cute buttress, …
36 Dormer Window Painting Another busy scene, the dormer windows are at the centre set into the roof. There’s a sense of antiquity about the building. It’s been here a long time. A calmness pervades, this unhurried aspect may be because they are upper rooms, probably bedrooms. The windows take up a fraction of the …
Reflecting on a Letterbox Painting This is another painting where the ink has been able to “do its thing”. The purple network on the top left leading to the speckled bloom above. Marine blue inks bleeding into pale blue wash. The letterbox painted in sepia and Prussian blue has pink patches where the colours in …
Meditating on a Pattress Plate painting. Is something I never thought I’d ever say. Yet here I am. Following the 4950 paintings challenge in 2018 I had to paint a few of the more obscure architectural detail. This is one, it’s a particular type of wall tie used when walls become unstable and need securing. …
16 Handrail painting is part of the 4950 series, you can see the remaining paintings here.
