Bearded Iris

I love these big, showy, flamboyant, splashes of purpley colour!

Hey! Look at me!

Bearded Iris  

Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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Early Blossom

This is the little river that flows gently into the large lake at the foot of the Chateau de Rochechouart. It's a hot day and most of the colours were softened by the strong sun overhead. There was an early showing of white blossom on the tree to the left and the slight breeze was causing it to drift across the river.

Early Blossom

Oil, 5.5 x 7.5 inches, 

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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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