The Old Ford

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The Blue Boat

Really had a lot of fun painting this!  and works well with this fairly 'loose' treatment I recon.  It's from a photo from the road trip around Cornwall last year and I can't wait to go back again next year take less photos and do more painting.

 

The Blue boat, 10 x 8 inches, Please email for Pay Pal purchase information

 

Chair in the Window

This was an interesting demo peice from a couple of weeks ago, painted with watercolour and with a limited palette...

Watercolour, 11 x 9 inches

Autumn beside the Thames

Oil on boards 10 x 8 inches £225

This was a demo painting I made working alongside a new painter for a private one-to-one lesson last Saturday, great fun. If you'd like to do the same let me know.

Autumn colour in the Ferris.

The Autumn colours this year seem more vibrant than usual and thankfully the heavy winds have yet to appear. This was painted at the very end of the day with the light disappearing fast behind me, no time therefore to hang around, I love that pressure!

Autumn colour in the Ferris. Oil on Board. £220

House portrait commission

Enjoyed painting this lovely house and made the customer happy when it was delivered today!

Iris's house, oil, 14 x 12

One of my favourite places on a warm Summer's evening!

 

A quiet pint at the Falklands

 

oil on board 10 x 8 inches

 

 

Someone said there was a field of poppies along Crabtrees track, well maybe not quite a field but enough to keep me entertained with the gorgeous light last evening
 

Poppies along Crabtrees

oil on board 12 x 10 inches without frame

 

 

Belle Isle Farm

So back to Garden Cottage now after a couple of weeks staying in a campervan on the farm where I have a studio. I managed to get plenty of work done including a very large commission (more later) and 9 plein air studies around the buildings, a little tractor driving and hay bale stacking occasionally and plenty of fresh air!

'Belle Isle Farm'

9 oil studies
each one 10 x 8 inches.
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Another scorcher yesterday, I'm staying on a small dairy farm and didn't have to travel far to find this shady spot to spend the afternoon!
 

The old barn at Belle Isle

oil, 10 x 12 inches

£220

if you are interested in this painting please email for payment details 

 

Really hot here today in Sibford, too hot to stay in the studio, so drove around for a while looking for a suitable subject but with some shade too...and it must be the 6th time I've painted here!
 

Summer Light, Temple Mill

oil, 10 x 12 inches, £200

From the wednesday watercolour class, this is a new version of the demo I did on the day and much looser than the original. I originally got hung up with all the foliage and flowers (detail) and lost sight of the bigger shapes...something I'm always preaching!

The White House

watercolour, 9 x 12 inches, £130

If you'd like to enquire about this or simply comment please email 

 

 

Chickens in the yard

Another re-worked painting from a few years ago...

 

'Chickens in the yard' 8 x 6 inches £99, To make an enquiry please send an email

 

 

Chippy Allotments in Snow

Glad to report the sale of 'Chippy Allotments in Snow' today at the expo in Swalcliffe 

Whichford Bluebells

I've been painting during the exhibition and this is from a photo taken during a walk in nearby Whichford Woods last week.  I'm hoping to do another today...
10 x 8 inches, oil, £225 including frame. 

Whichford Bluebells, Oil 8x10 + frame, £225

A Drift of Cosmos...

There won't be many exhibitions I put up which don't display at least one watercolour of flowers. The Cosmos were growing in the garden last year and will provide another stunning show again this time.

Swalcliffe Village Hall, 14th to 30th May 10 till 5.30 every day

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Working Horses

These two working horses are amongst about a dozen paintings of horses of various kinds in the exhibition this year and proving to be very popular with visitors!

Swalcliffe Village hall, 14th to 30th May 10 till 5.30 every day

If you'd like to enquire about this or just comment please message me, thanks

www.nigelfletcher.co.uk

 

Working Horses, watercolour

 

Trawlers in Newlyn

I love the working fishing harbours in Cornwall, the sights, the sounds the smells and the general industry of the place, I tried to show this in the painting below rather than the pretty fishing harbour image one often sees in Cornish paintings, it's one of my favourite paintings in this show:
Swalcliffe Village Hall,  14th to 30th May 10 till 5.30 every day

 

Trawlers in Newlyn

 

Exhibition update

The new exhibition began on Saturday with plenty of visitors and sales, I'm always unsure whether the good weather is a benefit or not.  But I'm not complaining.  The new work and change of subject matter is going down well I'm pleased to say and I'm finding new things to paint at the farm where I have my studio, like this wall of old rusty tools and cobwebs!

In the workshop, 16 x 20 inches, watercolour

Pretty little boats

I painted these two little boats from a photo from last Summer's trip to Cornwall, as you can tell there was plenty of bright sunshine! I'm very busy organising for the upcoming expo at Swalcliffe Village hall which opens at 10 am this Saturday and runs until the 30th. I'm not sure there is enough wall space this year!

You can see more paintings here

 

Pretty little Boats, oil, 6 x 8 inches

 

New website...

After several months I can now launch my new website; http://nigelfletcher.co.uk/, it combines the 'Cotswold Sketchbook' mini paintings which started as a 'painting a day' back in May 2009 along with larger watercolours, oils and information about exhibitions and workshops. I'll be putting up the latest exhibition this time next week and will feature most of whats on the site now...hope you like it.

RUBEN, watercolour, please email for more info

Whichford Pottery

Had a lovely day's painting at Whichford Pottery on Saturday, plenty of visitors and good to see so many friends.  I only managed three paintings - was aiming for 6, but enjoyed chatting to so many people and eating too much cake!

 

Boats and sheds in Southwold. £99

A quick oil sketch looking across the river Blythe in Southwold - soft greys and cool colours from a photo taken on a cold winter's day. What little light there was bouncing over the fast moving water.

Boats and sheds in Southwold. £99  if you would like to own this oil painting please send me an email mentioning the title

Evening in the marina, £99

Loved the evening sunlight here in the marina at Moraira!

Eveining in the Marina, OIL, £99. If you would like to buy this oil painting please send an email

 

Mooring up in Mousehole. £99

Memories of last Summer in Cornwall, as I look out the window at the snow falling in Sibford

Mooring up in Mousehole. OIL. 6 x 8 inches £99