Cotswold Cottage

We're having a wondeful period of hot sunny weather at the moment and although I feel for those who need the rain I'm very pleased to be able to enjoy sunny days painting the early Spring blossom and woodlands for my forthcoming expo in England ... it was a very enjoyable couple of hours.

This however is another sunny view of the Cotswolds back in England during the Summer

Cotswold Cottage

Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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The Old Bench

Back to sheds today, and a very 'green' painting. Green is a very difficult colour to handle successfully, I tend to mix my greens with yellows and blues of various sorts or reds for the very dark areas and prefer to load the brush with both colours and let it mix on the painting surface, sometimes a little encouragement with the brush afterwards or even fingers if I'm feeling bold!  I think it works though.

The Old Bench  Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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Morning Sun on Bond's End Lane

Ok, don't ask me how this lane got it's name, there's a pond at the end just around the corner, so does it mean Pond's End? who knows, maybe someone?  I lived in this village for about 25 years and don't know why half the road names where called the way they were!  It's in Sibford Gower, many of you already know that I know, right on the northern tip of Oxfordshire kind of to the east of the area officially called 'Cotswold' but perhaps not as busy. A beautiful place and I miss it often.

Morning Sun on Bond's End Lane  Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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Water Lillies and Willow

My favourite pond again, this from a photograph taken at the end of the Summer last year. I was glad to see that the lillies which had been reomoved/dredged out of the pond in the Winter are beginning to reappear, so I'll be able to paint there again this Summer

Water Lillies and Willow.  Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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Dordogne Farmhouse

I'm quite lucky I guess to be able to live here in this lovely part of the world, and when the sun shines down on us, all seems well with the world...well at least in my tiny corner.  I took a day out and drove about an hour south yesterday, to the Dordogne to seek out new and interesting subjects, which is really quite difficult when in the car, you're restricted to what you can see from the road, ideally I should ditch the car and just walk or better still take the bike, a new and completely different experience... no noise just me and the bike and the French countryside...yep that's what I should do!

Dordogne Farmhouse  Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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Fishermens Sheds

These are fisherman's huts in Southwold harbour on the east Coast of England, I've been there many times along with many other artist's over the years. I love the tatty bitumen covered huts all different shapes and sizes, some with quirky names displayed above their doors. Most are still used by the fishermen and one or two are used to sell fresh fish. There is a larger one further along towards the boat bulders yard - it's a cafe and from it's slightly elevated position you can enjoy a mug of coffee and a bacon sandwich and watch people messing about in boats... I love it!

Fishermen's Sheds  Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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The Orchard Shed

This shed sits in a friend's garden back in the UK, and looks over a delightful apple orchard

The Orchard Shed Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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Shed of many parts

This lovely crumbling old shed I found near Limoges the other day, no it's not true that I continually drive about the country looking for shed's to paint, although I did for the exhibition I mentioned in the previous post. But I will stop the car in the middle of a bend or make an emergency stop in order to get a good photo to paint from!

Shed of many parts.  Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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The Wooden Shed

I think this week might be a shed week, sorry to those of you who think this is a big mistake, but for some reason I've always enjoyed looking at and painting these strange little rustic buildings, they dont need to be anything more than old, maybe home made is best, and the more tatty the better. If you want to see more have a look at 'Shed of the Year'

Another shed tomorrow...

The Wooden Shed.  Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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The Blue Shed

Back to one of my favourite subjects for today's painting.  I once travelled from East Anglia on the southern East coast of England all the way to Staithes on the North Yorkshire coast, to seek out and paint as many varied and interesting shed's as I could. It was a great trip travelling with my campervan and I found all kinds from the humble allotment shed to the Pidgeon loft type sheds in the valley at Staithes in North Yorkshire. The purpose of all this was to put on an exhibition back in my home town, I was really pleased with the body of work but I think some folks found that my subject matter was a little odd!

The Blue Shed. Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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Cottage in Great Tew

Another painting of some of the thatched buildings in Great Tew, the gorgeous little honey stoned village in North Oxfordshire.  Two doors to the right is the Falkland Arms Public House with it's flag stone floors old beams and open fireplace, it sells very good 'Real Ales' take my word for that!

Cottage in Great Tew.  Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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Great news! I've been awarded a 'Liebster Blog Award' by fellow Brit Blogger Haidee Jo Summers, who paints gorgeous vibrant paintings in Lincolnshire England along with running painting workshops and busy family life!  She has had a painting accepted to the final stage of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition, well deserved I say and fingers crossed that the jurors recognise the quality of her work...see below

As a result of my award I am to nominate three fellow bloggers, who's work I like, so would like to mention;

Raymond Logan who paints quirky everyday objects in oil.

Evhe a fellow painter living in Belgium

Helen Prout  An artist living in the Cotswolds, who is very new to this 'Blogging' thing, and a very accomplished painter

Early Sunlight

As the sun comes up in the morning, which thankfully this week we can see, it's warm light catches the trees at the bottom of my garden.  I've been out there as often as I can this past few weeks, preparing the ground for the Spring sowings, I want to grow as many veg as possible this year and flowers too, for paintings. Trouble is I have to spend so much time out there and not painting ... I guess things could be worse!

Early Sunlight  Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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The Old Grange

This old building sits next to my little house here in France, to one side is my garage and studio above and to the other is this building, I want to buy it and convert the whole floor downstairs into an open plan studio/living space and keep the rustic nature of the exterior, with the addition of the yellow post box of course!

The Old Grange.  Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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The Yellow Post Box

Looking from my kitchen through the window to the small terrace at the front of my house. opposite is the very old barn in which, Christina a local farmer, keeps her hay. The yellow post box is on the left attached to the post. It's the morning and the sun is creeping across the front of the house, and that's my chair where I'll enjoy a morning cuppa!

The Yellow Post Box. Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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A Warm Start

A spectacular sunrise the other day as I walked the dog, which led to a beautiful day. This is really a small study for what will be a larger painting for a forthcoming exhibition, I used a palette knife for some of the juicy detail in the foreground and simply dragged the red/yellow paint across the line of the horizon.

A Warm Start.  Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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Detail

Reflections in Bourton

Back in the Cotswolds again and looking across the river Windrush, it's about 10ins deep as it runs through the village on its way to join the Thames and then through London

Reflections in Bourton.  Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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