Pete

acrylic on canvas paper, 12" x 9"

My late partner Roy had a great friend in Pete, who's portrait I've painted in honor of the great friend himself.  I'll be seeing him and his wife Jacqui next month in Cornwall for the first time in a decade.  Can't wait!

Hastings at Dusk

 

oil on canvas paper, 12" x 12"

I painted this scene of a sunset in Hastings, U.K. from a photo I cribbed from my Facebook feed just because I I loved the colors in it.  I distilled it down to the basics to simplify the composition.  Needs a couple tweaks, but otherwise I'm happy with it.  

I've been relegated to doing only small works since last November, ever since my pet sitter went out of commission.  I cannot work in the studio with my dog there, where she paces incessantly, which drives me nuts.  And I cannot work on larger pieces when I cannot work back-to-back 6-hour days minimum.  So for the time being, I must work at home instead where I only have a tabletop easel.  Looking forward to the day when I can sink my teeth into larger works again.

Before the Fall

oil on canvas, 10" x 10"

Finally getting around to this study of two little girls I spotted doing gymnastics on the beach at St. Ives in England.  I've wanted to paint them for quite a while as an expression of the exuberance and carefree joie de vivre of childhood, before puberty arrives and changes everything.

Springtime in Bathpool

acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"

I seem to have spring on my mind a lot lately, and when I think of spring, I think of green and pink.  This painting is a scene alongside the River Lynher in a little piece of paradise called Bathpool, which is located in Cornwall.

On the Way to Bathpool

acrylic on canvas, 20" x 20"

This is a palette knife painting of a scene somewhere in Devon, I vaguely recall, that whooshed by me on the train to Plymouth to see friends in Cornwall last year.

High Wolds

acrylic on canvas, 16" x 20"

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This painting was inspired by the landscapes of David Hockney and his homeland, the Yorkshire countryside.

Bathpool

iPad painting, 10" x 14"

The entrance to one of my favorite places on earth, Bathpool, an idyllic village in Cornwall, England.

Swan

oil on zinc plate, 4" x 5"

Not done yet with these metal paintings.  I kinda like the pink water in this one.