Recent Small Paintings

When working on the small paintings the surfaces are developed by working freely at the outset to build up layers of paint which then creates a base from which to build, excavate and develop a composition.

Some of these paintings were begun with a specific landscape in mind which then informed both their palette and their composition. In other examples, the landscape idea emerged through the painting process and relates to either an imagined or an actual experience of a particular landscape.

Landscape 1

Mixed media on panel #3133

200mm x 200mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

£385.00

Landscape 2

Mixed media on panel #3134

200mm x 200mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

£385.00

Landscape 3

Mixed media on panel #3135

200mm x 200mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

£385.00

Landscape 4

Mixed media on panel #3136

200mm x 200mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

£385.00

Landscape 5

Mixed media on panel #3137

200mm x 200mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

£385.00

Study In Blue 1

Mixed media on panel #3127

200mm x 200mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

£385.00

Study In Blue 2

Mixed media on panel #3128

200mm x 200mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

£385.00

Study In Blue 3

Mixed media on panel #3129

200mm x 200mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

£385.00

Study In Blue 4

Mixed media on panel #3130

200mm x 200mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

£385.00

Study In Blue 5

Mixed media on panel #3131

200mm x 200mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

£385.00

Study In Blue 6

Mixed media on panel #3132

200mm x 200mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

£385.00

The Sky - Lake 2 Series

As with the Sky - Lake 1 series below, these paintings were inspired by visits to the South German Alps and developed back in the studio over a period of time. The theme that was initiated in the Sky - Lake 1 series continues to be developed; that of playing off against one another the differences - in terms of painterly qualities - between the portrayal of sky (a sense of spaciousness, the use of light-touch techniques such as splattering), of water (exploiting and exploring the degrees of fluidity of the paint) and of the land (the use blocks of saturated colour).

In the Sky - Lake 1 series most of the works are relatively representational and in the Summer Weekend series these qualities were developed into totally abstract works. Here in the Sky - Lake 2 series a deliberately semi-abstract composition is developed where there is indeed a horizon line but beyond that the marks that create the overall image celebrate the more spontaneous moments that occur during the act of painting.

Sky - Lake 7

Acrylic and collage on canvas panel #3108

300mm x 300mm

Framed 315mm x 315mm

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Sky - Lake 8

Acrylic on canvas panel #3109

300mm x 300mm

Framed 315mm x 315mm

£575.00

Sky - Lake 9

Acrylic on canvas panel #3110

300mm x 300mm

Framed 315mm x 315mm

£575.00

The Summer Weekend Series

A pre-occupation began to emerge in the Sky - Lake Series below which has become a longer term theme for exploration. This is the playing off against one another of the differences, in terms of painterly qualities, between the portrayal of sky (a sense of spaciousness, the use of light-touch techniques such as splattering), of water (exploiting and exploring the degrees of fluidity of the paint) and of built elements in the landscape (the use of blocks of saturated colour).

Whereas the Sky- Lake series leans towards a more representational way of painting, the Summer Weekend series aimed to develop these same three painterly qualities (spaciousness, fluidity, saturated colour blocks) and to detach them from any direct reference to sky, water and land, creating a series of abstract rather than representational works.

Summer Weekend

Acrylic and collage on canvas #3103

212mm x 264mm

Framed: 315mm x 370mm

£450.00

June Escape

Acrylic on canvas #3104

263mm x 263mm

Framed: 367mm x 367mm

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No More Jobs To Do Today

Acrylic and collage on canvas #3102

212mm x 265mm

Framed: 317mm x 370mm

£450.00

She Moved Away In October

Acrylic on canvas #3105

200mm x 203mm

Framed: 305mm x 397mm

£450.00

A Search For Balance, In Blue

Acrylic and collage on canvas #3106

252mm x 177mm

Framed: 364mm x 290mm

£450.00

The Urban Landscape Series

Collage is often included as a small-scale background element within my paintings. However, in these four pieces the collaged elements form the main structure of the compositions.

The strong lines, in relief, of the reinforced cardboard and the generous bulge of the spliced corks are utilised as main organisational elements around which the rest of the compositions are developed.

Splatters, swipes, scratched and rubbed areas of acrylic paint as well as small areas of pure saturated colour are let loose to play around the clear forms of the 3D collaged elements.

The pieces are thus titled ‘urban landscapes’, as a reference to the structure of our cities where static buildings are interwoven and surrounded by infrastructural elements and the textures and movement of everyday life.

Urban Landscape 1

Acrylic and collage on panel #3098

150mm x 150mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

SOLD

Urban Landscape 2

Acrylic and collage on panel #3099

150mm x 150mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

SOLD

Urban Landscape 3

Acrylic and collage on panel #3100

150mm x 150mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

SOLD

Urban Landscape 4

Acrylic and collage on panel #3101

150mm x 150mm

Framed: 230mm x 230mm

SOLD

The Sky - Lake 1 Series

Inspired by visits to the South German Alps the six paintings below were developed back in the studio, over a period of time and as a series. A pre-occupation began to emerge which has become a longer term theme for exploration. This is the playing off against one another of the differences, in terms of painterly qualities, between the portrayal of sky (a sense of spaciousness, the use of light-touch techniques such as splattering), of water / the lake (exploiting and exploring the degrees of fluidity of the paint) and of the land (the use blocks of saturated colour).

Sky - Lake 1

Acrylic on panel #3086

200mm x 200mm x 22mm

SOLD

Sky - Lake 2

Acrylic and collage on panel #3087

200mm x 200mm x 22mm

SOLD

Sky - Lake 3

Acrylic on panel #3088

200mm x 200mm x 22mm

£385.00

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Sky - Lake 4

Acrylic on panel #3089

200mm x 200mm x 22mm

SOLD

Sky - Lake 5

Acrylic on panel #3090

200mm x 200mm x 22mm

SOLD

Sky - Lake 6

Acrylic on panel #3091

200mm x 200mm x 22mm

£385.00

The River 3 Series

These paintings follow on from the larger River 1 and River 2 paintings (see Recent Large Paintings) in which the intention was to capture a visceral sense of the flow of water in a river whilst also enjoying a sense of both colour and form that both the paint and the act of painting, offer.

The presentation of the series, River 3, below, demonstrates how this series of smaller paintings might be hung together to create a larger image. Whilst the paintings can be and have been bought individually, the hanging of the six paintings together constructs the larger image of a river running between both of its banks.