Thursday 20 August 2015

Special greetings to you all!

Fabulous! I've recently received this table of goodies from the printer last Friday morning - 20 brand new professionally printed greetings cards featuring lots of paintings created with Unison pastels, Rembrandt pastels (and other mixed brand pastels also) Nitram Charcoal, Winsor & Newton watercolour and gouache, Liquitex acrylics...and so much more, especially in the mixed media paintings.

Several of the paintings have been award or open exhibition winners or featured within my articles with 'The Artist' magazine...or about to be!

Others have been created as demonstration paintings on several of my popular residential art holidays at Cober Hill (near Scarborough, East Yorkshire Coast), Higham Hall (near Keswick) and Rydal Hall (near Ambleside) in Cumbria, later finished in the studio.

All are being snapped up on a regular basis which is really great news for the contemporary galleries buying them and for all concerned.

See which ones you recognise from previous 'The Artist' publications recently! Answers on a postcard...or should that be a greetings card!


Release your inner glow!

Burnt Sienna is one of the most useful colours you will ever use. The colour gives a really unique glow and warmth to all your paintings.

Everything fully explained in the August 2015 issue of 'The Artist' magazine out now.

This continues my series of a select range of acrylic colours, carefully chosen for their versatile and very unique qualities.

If you want to paint your own, why not join me soon exploring the fantastic inspirational North York Moors landscape still further from 22-27 November 2015 at Cober Hill on the East Coast of Yorkshire near Scarborough.

For further information and activities on this all inclusive fantastic and affordable art holiday visit
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To read more about all the wonderful, informative articles packed full of techniques, colours focus and so much more featuring many of todays practicing, leading, professional and contemporary artists and to subcribe to this great magazine visit www.painters-online.co.uk/magazines.htm

Continuous creative colourful concepts for everyone!

For everyone who has been keeping up with the select range of colours I use to create all my paintings, here is the focus on number 10 - 'Burnt Umber' recently printed in the September 15 issue of 'The Artist' magazine which I contribute regularly too with many different types of articles.  

Here I showcase one of my most recent mixed paintings of the wonderful moors soon to be shown at 'The Station Gallery' in a joint exhibition starting 31 October 2015.

If you want to paint your own, why not join me soon exploring the fantastic inspirational North York Moors landscape still further from 22-27 November 2015 at Cober Hill on the East Coast of Yorkshire near Scarborough.

For further information and activities on this all inclusive fantastic and affordable art holiday visit
 http://bit.ly/1E6NnKF







































To read more about all the wonderful, informative articles packed full of techniques, colours focus and so much more featuring many of todays practicing, leading, professional and contemporary artists  and to subcribe to this great magazine visit www.painters-online.co.uk/magazines.htm

Wednesday 19 August 2015

New pastel paintings now on show near Harrogate





I've been busy finishing a brand new collection of paintings of river studies created along the River Nidd near Pateley Bridge in north Yorkshire and another great Yorkshire Dales scene  - all from trips out in the field earlier in the year.

Here's a first sighting of the new work for the mixed gallery exhibition on show very soon 
for Chantry House gallery in Ripley, near Harrorgate, North Yorkshire. 

All part of my Summer projects distributing paintings to the best galleries whilst working towards a major joint exhibition in Richmond North Yorkshire also happening very soon. 

Watch this space for further announcements!

For further information about the paintings featured contact: Chantry House Gallery
Main Street, Ripley, Harrogate, North Yorkshire HG3 3AY
Tel: 01423 771011

Illustrated above
A bright passage of light
17.75 x 24 inches (plus frame)
Pastel

Dancing waters along the River Nidd
20 x 18 inches (plus frame)
Pastel

Seasons change, Upper Wharfedale
18.5 x 14.5 inches (plus frame)
Pastel


Thursday 13 August 2015

Just another day in the office!

Things are warming up for our joint 'All Creations Great and Small' exhibition at 'The Station Gallery' in Richmond North Yorkshire 31 October to 11 November and with only 12 weeks to go it really is 'full steam ahead'.

This one is the view from 'Old Cote Moor' looking down onto one of my favourite Yorkshire Dales Villages - Kettlewell in Upper Wharfedale and will soon be finished and heading for the framer to be put to one side for our fantastic joint wildlife and landscape exhibition.

Magical light and magical to be outdoor painting in the garden and remembering the view in the Dales as I work on Canson Mi-Tientes 'Touch' pastel paper with mixed brand pastels - my all time favourite medium and for me, one of the best locations in England.

To see the painting with 14 more of my other expressive interpretations of the Yorkshire Dales, fantastic wildlife sculpture from Stef Ottevanger, creative mixed media wildlife and landscapes from Helen Patterson and Jo Garlick do come along and see the show.

Right....back to it!


All Creations Great and Small’
31 October - 11 November 2015
The Station Gallery
Station Yard 
Richmond 
North Yorkshire 
DL10 4LD


01748 828259