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Picture Name: Bluebells & Pink Bush
Where painted: In studio from photo.
Medium: Oils on a narrow-sided canvas.
Size: 8ins square
Inspiration: I was given a set of 4 canvases, each 8 ins square
and knew straight away that I wanted to use them for a series of
paintings featuring bluebells, based on a number of photos I had taken
in my friends' garden at Lochanhead. This is the only one of the 4 I
have left.
Price: £50 (Inc. p & p) NEW |
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Picture Name: The Bridge in Winter
Where painted: In studio, from a photo, with some artistic licence.
Medium: Gouache, finished off with pastel, on white watercolour paper.
Size: 16ins x 20ins including mount. Supplied framed under glass in a wooden frame to tone with the trees, with a grey wash.
Inspiration: This is from a photo my father took on a December
afternoon. It instantly appealed to me for painting because of the
orange trees and "blueness" of the snow - my favourite contrast.
Price: £200 (including frame and p & p) NEW |
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Picture Name:- Rockcliffe Rockscape
Where Painted:- In studio from photo
Medium:- Charcoal and white chalk on beige pastel paper.
Size:- 20ins x 16ins inclusive of mount. Supplied framed under glass in a plain black 'cube' style frame.
Inspiration:- Rockcliffe is a very rugged beach and I liked the
different textures of the rocks, sand, rockpools and raised patches of
grass, with the sea and Rough Island in the background. I would like to
paint this same view in colour at some stage.
Price:- £150 (including frame and p & p) NEW |
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Picture Name:- Autumn Still Life
Where Painted:- In studio from life
Medium:- Watercolour
Size:- 15ins x 12ins (inclusive of mount supplied)
Inspiration:- I have always wanted to have a go at painting shiny
new chestnuts and thought watercolour would be the best medium for
them. I wanted to feature some chestnut leaves in the background and
was lucky enough to find one that had fallen from the tree intact.
Price:- £65 (including p & p) NEW |
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Where Painted:
In studio from life
Medium: Watercolour on a 'not' surface paper
Size: 15ins x 12ins - inclusive of mount supplied
Inspiration:
I inherited a cherry tree when I moved house last year. I
like the bright colour of the cherries, especially when they are just
starting to ripen and had wanted to paint them since I moved here, but
missed my chance last year as I had an exhibition on at the time they looked
their best. I managed to complete the painting in a day, as the cherries
don't stay fresh for long. I don't know if they are an edible type of
cherry, so once the painting was finished I put the cherries on the ground
under the tree so that the birds could have them.
Price:
£60 (Inc. p & p) NEW |
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Where Painted: In studio from photo (with artistic licence for composition)
Medium: Charcoal and white chalk on beige pastel paper
Size: 16ins x 20ins inclusive of mount. Supplied framed under glass
in a plain black 'cube' style frame.
Inspiration: The beaches along the Solway coast are all very distinct from
one another, although only a few miles apart. The main features of
Sandyhills beach are the ancient fence and the grasses. I aimed to just
'suggest' the rough scrub and small trees in the background with the
charcoal without too much detail.
Price:
£150 (Including frame and p & p) NEW |
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Name:
Light in the Clearing
Inspiration:
This was based on a photo my nephew, Fraser took at Mabie Forest. I find a
lot of inspiration in forests and could paint scenes such as this all the
time.
Price:
£70 (Inc. p & p) NEW |
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Name:
The River at Canonbie
Medium:
Gouache on a 'not' surface watercolour paper
Size:
22ins x 16 ins inclusive of mount supplied
Inspiration:
The river Liddel is on the border of Scotland and England. This painting
was done from a picture my brother took in connection with his work as a
civil engineer - with a bit of artists licence taken with the colours.
Price:
£70 (Inc. p & p) NEW |
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Name:
Almost Cloudless
Where Painted: In
studio
Medium:
Acrylics on canvas
Size:
50cm x 50cm
Inspiration:
The 'graduated' sky was from a photo I'd taken at the River Nith at Carnsalloch.
I'd always wanted to paint this type of sky. The foreground landscape is largely
from my imagination.
Price:
£70 (Inc. p & p) NEW |
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Name:
Trunks 1
Where Painted:
In studio
Medium:
Watercolour on a 'not' surface paper
Size:
14ins x 18ins - inclusive of mount supplied
Inspiration:
This is a bit of a diversion for me, as I usually only use watercolour for still
life subjects rather than landscapes. The trees are based on ones I photographed
in the gardens of the Baron's Craig Hotel at Rockcliffe, although I have
exaggerated the pattern of them and some of the colours I could see.
Price:
£60 (Inc. p & p) NEW |
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Name:
Still Standing I
Where painted:
In studio, simplified from a photo
Medium:
Charcoal and white chalk on beige pastel paper.
Size:
16ins x 20ins inclusive of mount. Supplied framed under glass in a plain black
'cube' style frame.
Inspiration: This is inspired by a photo I took at Mabie Forest some years ago,
when they were felling part of it. I thought the picture worked better for being
not too detailed.
Price:
£120 (Including frame and p & p) NEW |
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Name:
View from Screel
Where painted:
In the small studio at The Tollbooth, Kirkcudbright, when I was exhibiting there
a few years ago, working from a number of photos.
Medium:
Oils on canvas-covered board.
Size:
18ins x 23ins (supplied unframed)
Inspiration:
When I was working in the bank, a group of us went a walk up Screel Hill, near
Dalbeattie, one evening. I'd taken some photos, and used a combination of them
as the basis for this picture. I was drawn to the colours and cracked texture of
the rocks in the foreground, the pine trees and the distant Auchencairn Bay
Price:
£75 (Inc. p & p) NEW |
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Name:
Pastel Forest
Where painted: In
studio
Medium:
Oils on canvas
Size:
8ins x 20ins
Inspiration:
This was meant to be something entitled 'Bright Light, Red Carpet' based on a
photograph of Mabie Forest in autumn with the sun shining through dark tree
trunks. The tree trunks didn't come out very dark, and I decided I preferred the
paler pastel shades anyway. This is the first painting I've done when I didn't
get what I had 'seen' in my mind beforehand.
Price:
£70 (Inc. p & p) NEW |
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Name:
Autumn Tapestry
Where Painted: At
The Tolbooth in Kirkcudbright, while I was exibiting there, working from a
photograph
Medium:
Oils on a deep-sided box canvas
Size
24cms x 30cms
Inspiration:
This was inspired by a dodgy photo I took at Mabie Forest. I must have moved the
camera as I pressed the button, but I thought it gave the image a 'tapestry'
effect and the colours appealed to me, so I used it as the basis for this
painting. Anyone who visited the exhibition in September 2009 may have seen me
working on it.
Price:
£50 (Inc. p & p) NEW |
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Name:
Lane with Bright Tree
Where Painted: At
the Tollbooth in Kirkcudbright, while exhibiting there in September 2009,
working from a photo.
Medium:
Oils painted on a deep-sided box canvas
Size:
24cms x 30cms
Inspiration:
This lane is on the edge of Mabie Forest. I have tried to keep the rest of
the picture toned down in colour and texture to make the tree stand out.
Price:
£50 (inc. p & p) NEW |
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Name:
Hydrangeas
Where
painted: Still life set up in my 'studio', i.e., dining table
Medium:
Watercolour painted on a 'not' surface paper
Size:
16ins x 20 ins - inclusive of mount. The picture is in a mount but not
framed.
Inspiration:
I like the colours in hydrangeas, particularly the blues, but do find them
difficult to paint.
Price:
£55.00 (inc.
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Name:
Still Life with Hyacinths
Where
Painted: from still life set up in studio
Medium:
Pastel on paper
Size:
Total framed size, 19 ins x 23 ins, inclusive of a 1.75in flat, matt silver
coloured frame and an all round 2 in mount. Framed behind glass.
Inspiration:
Hyacinths are a favourite flower of mine, and I wanted to attempt capturing the
textures and colours of the moss covering the plant pot.
Price:
£150 (inc. p&p) |
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Name:
Freshly Picked
Where
Painted: In studio, from a still life I had set up
Medium:
Watercolour, painted on a hot pressed surface paper.
Size:
16 ins X 12 ins including mount. (Supplied unframed)
Inspiration:
My brother has a plum tree in his garden and I like to paint the plums as I can
use unusual combinations of colour in them.
Price:
£35 (inc.
p&p) |
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Name:
Old Bridge, Fine Day
Where painted: From quite a high vantage point overlooking the
bridge.
Medium:
Gouache, painted on Fabriano 'not' surface watercolour paper.
Size:
Painted area - approx 14 ins x 10 ins. Will supply in an 18 ins x 14 ins
mount.
Inspiration: This was painted for the
local Riverside Painting Challenge on 3rd June 2006. I painted it from the
seat where I used to go as a child to watch the bands beating retreat from
across the river, at the end of the annual riding of the marches festivities.
Price:
£50 (inc. p&p) |
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Name:
Lakeland Boats
Where Painted: In studio from photos of boats on Derwentwater with
artistic license to simplify foreground and recede background.
Medium: Oils
painted on board.
Size:
14 ins x 10 ins (supplied unframed).
Inspiration: I like to paint in the
two opposite colours of blue and orange and started each colour I needed by
mixing an orange shade first then adding blue.
Price:
£60 (inc. p&p) |
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Name:
Rose in Smokey Glass
Where
painted: From still life set up in studio.
Medium:
Watercolour paper with a 'not' surface.
Size:
16 ins x 20 ins (including mount) Supplied unframed.
Inspiration:
These roses grow outside my living room window and are good to paint because of
their colour - somewhere between pink and coral - and as there aren't too many
petals.
Price:
£55 (inc. p&p) |
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Name: A Chat with the Duke
Where
painted: In studio from an old photo
Medium:
Charcoal and white chalk/soft pastel on pink pastel paper
Size:
Including mount - 20 ins x 16 ins. Supplied framed under glass in a plain
1 inch black frame.
Inspiration:
The photo is of my father on a visit to Walmer Castle 'chatting' to a bust of
the Duke of Wellington. I was drawn to it because I liked the pose and
also the Contre Jour lighting
Price:
£150 (including frame and p & p) |
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Name: 'Afore the Mairches II - Dark Horses
Where
painted: In studio, from a number of photos
Medium:
Charcoal and white chalk on cream coloured pastel paper.
Size:
16 ins x 16 ins inclusive of mount. Supplied framed under glass in a plain
1 inch black frame.
Inspiration:
I often like to photograph, or occasionally sketch, the horses before they set
off on the annual Riding of the Marches celebrations. The incongruousness
of horses alongside the high street shops appeals to me - also the excitement of
'getting ready' before the event.
Price:
£100 (including frame and p & p) |
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Name: Southerness
Where
painted: In studio from photos
Medium:
Charcoal and white chalk on cream coloured pastel paper.
Size:
16 ins x 20 ins inclusive of mount, supplied framed under glass in a plain 1
inch black frame.
Inspiration:
This is a side view of the lighthouse from a low vantage point. The
plant growth appearing to be almost as high as the lighthouse appealed to me.
Price:
£150 (including frame and p & p)
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Name: Morning Canter
Where painted:
In studio - the horses from a photo, the background imaginary
Medium:
Pastel on paper
Size:
16.5 ins x 20.5 ins including mount - supplied under glass in a 1 inch wide
wooden frame to tone with the foreground horse, washed over with grey.
Inspiration:
I photographed the horses going up Bank Street in Dumfries on their way to take
part in the annual Riding of the Marches festivities. I didn't think the
setting they were in would make a good picture, so I placed them in an imaginary
rural road.
Price:
£150 (including frame and p & p) |
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Name: Roses
Where painted:
In studio from a still life
Medium:
Watercolour on a 'not' surface paper
size:
15.5 ins x 19 ins including mount
Inspiration:
These roses grow outside my living room window. I like their colour and
the fact that they have few enough petals for me to paint them individually.
There were no petals or leaves left on them by the time the painting was
finished.
Price:
£60 (Inc. p & p) |
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Name:
Annan River
Where
painted: At the scene - as part of the Annandale Painting Challenge 2006
Medium:
Gouache on a rough textured watercolour paper
Size:
14 ins x 18 ins including mount supplied
Inspiration:
I had known there was a good view of the river from the back of the town hall
after having had a temping job there a couple of years ago. I found a
bench near there looking on to this view, which I thought was
stunning.
Price:
£40 (inc. p & p) |
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Name: Windfall Reflections
Where
painted: In studio from a still life
Medium:
Watercolour on a 'not' surface paper
size:
12.5 ins x 13 ins inclusive of mount supplied
Inspiration:
I found these plums on the wall around my car port. They had fallen from a
tree in a neighbouring garden. I was experimenting with various still life
arrangements and liked this one because of the long purple reflections in the
shiny surface of the cup.
Price:
£35 (inc. p & p) |
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Name: Three Pairs
Where
painted: In studio from still life
Medium:
Watercolour on a 'not' surface paper.
Size:
14.75 ins x 9.5 ins - inclusive of mount supplied
Inspiration:
Again, I just think the colours on plums, especially when they are just
beginning to ripen, are stunning. I can't remember now what gave me the
idea for the title.
Price:
£30 (inc. p & p) |
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Name: Bathers at
Rockcliffe
Where
painted: In studio from a number of photos
Medium:
Pastel on paper
Size:
16.25 ins x 22 ins inclusive of mount. Supplied framed under glass in a
1.25 ins wooden frame. The inside edge of the frame, for the first half
inch is un-stained medium-dark wood, the remainder being stained in blue to tone
with the sea colour.
Inspiration:
I had painted a similar picture of two of my nephews and their cousins, also
paddling at Rockcliffe, for a Christmas present and decided to do something
similar to put up for sale. Some of the bathers are known to me, others not, but
I didn't put much detail in their faces as the picture is more about the way
they are moving or standing and the reflections in the water.
Price: £165
(including frame and p & p) |
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Name: Iris
Where
painted: In studio from life
Medium:
Watercolour on a 'not' surface paper
Size:
10 ins x 18 ins including mount supplied
Inspiration:
My very good friends - and sometime employers - are keen gardeners and grow a
lot of different varieties of iris. This is a miniature one from a
bunch they gave me the last time I was working for them.
Price: £20 (inc. p
& p) |
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Picture Name: Mabie Beech
Where painted: In studio from photos
Medium: Oils
with palette knife on canvas.
Size:
30 cms x 40 cms (supplied unframed)
Inspiration: I am very familiar with
this part of Mabie Forest. It is off the beaten track with the
featured small beech sapling in among taller beech trees and a few pines.
Price:
£70 (including p & p) |
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Name: Rock Cliffs at Rockcliffe
Where painted: In studio from photos with some artistic license.
Medium: Oils
with Palette knife on box canvas
Size:
30cms x 40cms (supplied unframed)
Inspiration: My young nephew is a keen
photographer and took some pictures of these cliffs while on holiday. In
spite of exploring Rockcliffe during the summer, I've not yet been able to find
them, but I do have a rough idea where they are. I enjoyed trying to
portray the texture of the rocks.
Price:
£70 (including p & p) |
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Name:
Solway Sunrise
Where painted: In studio from a series of photographs.
Medium: Oils
with palette knife on box canvas.
Size:
30cms x 40cms (supplied unframed)
Inspiration: Again this was painted
from photos taken by my young nephew, Fraser, who'd got up one morning on
holiday to photograph the sun rising from between Rough Island and the mainland
at Rockcliffe. I liked the sky colours and impression of wet mud in the
foreground.
Price:
£70 (including p & p) |
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Name:
Rockcliffe Seafront
Where painted: In studio, from photos taken at Rockcliffe, with
artistic licence used in the background and foreground areas for compositional
purposes
Medium: Oil
painted on board
Size:
23.5 ins x 12.75 ins
(Supplied unframed)
Inspiration: Rockcliffe is a very
picturesque local beach. I have always been drawn to coastal areas.
Price
£115 (inc. p&p)
SOLD |
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Name:
A glimpse of Criffel
Where painted: In studio, from photos taken at Southerness
Medium: Oils,
painted on canvas-covered board
Size:
14 ins x 10 ins (Unframed)
Inspiration: The third in a series of
Southerness paintings. I have painted this one more freely than the first
two.
Price:
£60 (inc. p&p)
SOLD |
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Name:
Essence of Sweet Peas
Where
Painted: In studio from life
Medium:
Watercolours on a 'not' surface paper.
Size:
Supplied in a 14 in x 18 in mount
Inspiration:
I had very little time to paint, and wanted to capture just the
'essence' of the sweet peas. I completed the painting in 1 hour, 5
minutes. Fading natural light suited the flowers better than artificial,
and it was almost dark by the time the picture was finished.
Price:
£35 including mount and p&p SOLD |
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Name: Twin Peaks, Rockcliffe
Where
Painted: In studio from photos with adjustment for composition
Medium:
Oils painted on a deep-sided box canvas
Size:
24cms x 30cms
Inspiration:
Working on a series of box canvas paintings of Rockcliffe. Particularly
enjoyed painting these rocks with a palette knife
Price:
£40.00 (Inc. p & p) SOLD |
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Name:
Dumfries
Autumn
Where
painted: At a nightclass, from a charcoal drawing and photo
Medium:
Acrylics on a 'not' surface watercolour paper
Size:
18.75 ins x 13 ins including mount supplied
Inspiration:
I liked the autumn colours on the tree in the centre and the combinations of
very old parts of the town - the Old Bridge House and the convent in the
distance - and the modern flats. It was the first thing I ever painted
when learning to use acrylics.
Price:
£35 (inc. p & p) SOLD |
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Name: Irises
Where
painted: In studio from life
Medium:
Watercolour on a 'not' surface paper
size:
12 ins x 20 ins including mount supplied.
Inspiration:
You don't get very long to work on irises as they're over in a day, so I did
this painting without any pre-drawing. I painted the first flower when the
other two were still to open, so that they wouldn't be wilted by the time I'd
got round to them.
Price:
£30 (inc. p
& p) SOLD |
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Name:
Cottages and Lighthouse
Where
Painted: In studio from photos
Medium:
Charcoal and white chalk/soft pastel on cream coloured pastel paper
Size:
Including mount - 20 ins x 16 ins. Supplied framed under glass with a
plain 1 inch black frame.
Inspiration:
I had been meaning to draw these old cottages with the lighthouse in the
background for a number of years and only recently got round to taking suitable
pictures to work from.
Price:
£150 (including frame and p & p) SOLD |
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Name: Rugged Rocks at Rockcliffe
Where
Painted: In studio from photos with artistic licence
Medium:
Oils painted with pallet knives on a deep-sided box canvas
Size:
30 cms x 24 cms (supplied unframed)
Inspiration:
I enjoyed working on these rocks with a trowel-shaped palette knife that
I've had since 1991and hardly used to date. It was perfect for the job!
Price:
£40 (Inc. p & p) SOLD |
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Name: Coastal Path at Rockcliffe
Where
painted: In studio from photo with artistic licence
Medium:
Oils painted with palette knife on a box canvas
Size:
30 cms x 24 cms (supplied unframed)
Inspiration:
I liked the way the cloud pattern and the path appear to go towards a central
point. It was unintentional, but the cloud pattern somehow reminds me of the
top corner of the Union Jack!
Price:
£40 (Inc. p & p) SOLD |
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Name:
Autumn Hydrangea I
Where Painted: In
studio
Medium:
Watercolour on a 'not' surface paper
Size:
14ins x 18ins - inclusive of mount supplied
Inspiration:
A friend commissioned me to paint another type of flower in the same style as
'Essence of Sweet Peas'. I chose hydrangeas as I had been admiring the autumn
colours of them in the garden. I painted a few for my friend to choose from and
this is the one I am happiest with, especially the vase which I have painted
"economically". It's difficult to say how long I spent working on this one as I
was baking batches of rolls at the time and kept having to stop what I was doing
to attend to things in the kitchen!
Price:
£60 (Inc. p & p) SOLD |
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Name:
Path to the Lighthouse
Where Painted: In studio from photos taken at Southerness
Medium: Oils
painted on board
Size:
14 ins x 10 ins (Supplied unframed)
Inspiration: I have long been
fascinated by the 300-years-old Southerness Lighthouse. I always wondered what
was behind its locked door and was able to find out last year when it was
briefly opened to the public.
Price:
£60 (inc. p&p)SOLD |
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Name:
Keswick Sunset
Where
Painted: In studio from photos.
Medium:
Pastel on paper
Size:
17.5 ins x 23 ins. framed size. Supplied in a 5/8 inch black wooden
frame with a gold inside edge.
Inspiration:
I liked the way the setting sun was reflecting off the hill, and the restricted
amount of colour in the scene.
Price:
£150 including the frame and p&p. SOLD |
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Name: The Orange and the Blue
Where
painted: From still life set up in studio
Medium:
Watercolour painted on a 'not' surface paper
Size:
45cms x 66cms - inclusive of mount supplied
Inspiration:
Favourite combination of colours. I always wanted to have a go at painting
Montbretia. I bought the vase for £1.50 from Ikea - it is made of wonderfully
flawed glass and I love to paint it. The title is also the name of a
bagpipe tune.
Price:
£65 (Inc. p & p) SOLD |
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Name: Mabie Pond
Where
painted: In the small studio at the Tollbooth, Kirkcudbright while I
was exhibiting there in 2005.
Medium:
Acrylics painted on very strong primed cardboard
Size:
12.5 ins x 17.5 ins - no mount or frame included
Inspiration:
I like the Mabie pond because of its long reflections. I had to use a bit
of imagination with the colours as there wasn't much colour in the photos I was
using. I painted most of it using my fingers as I couldn't get the effects
I wanted using a brush.
Price:
£35 (inc. p
& p) SOLD |
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Name:
Criffel and Caravans
Where
painted: In studio, from photos I took at nearby Southerness, with some
artistic licence
Medium:
Oil applied with a pallette knife, painted on board
Size:
Painting size is 14 ins x 10 ins. (Supplied unframed)
Inspiration:
I have always loved Southerness since some enjoyable holidays there when I was
very young.
Price:
£60 (inc. p&p) SOLD |
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Picture Name: Still Standing II
Where painted: In studio from a number of photos
Medium:
Charcoal and white chalk on cream pastel paper.
Size:
16 ins x 20 ins inclusive of mount. Supplied framed under glass in a plain
1 inch black frame.
Inspiration: I'd just completed a
charcoal drawing featuring a tree that was leaning badly and titled it "Still
Standing". Wondering what else I could do on the theme of Still Standing,
I came up with the idea of the Midsteeple in the centre of Dumfries. It is
several hundred years old and due to having been badly maintained over the years
is now in such a state of disrepair that it is costing millions to restore it to
its former glory. The top section of the building has been taken away for
repair as there was a real danger of it falling down.
Price:
£150 (including frame and p & p) SOLD |
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