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07th April 2013
The Broadstone Art Society Spring Exhibition ended on 6th April and it has been a tremendous success for the Society and the benefiting charity. The standard of exhibited work was high and all exhibits were well received by the public. I was very pleased to take the Members Silver Plate Award for the best painting in a particular category which for this Exhibition was Seascape. The prize winning painting ” An exceptionally low tide, Poole Harbour” can be seen in my Recent Works Gallery.
10th March 2013
This commences on Saturday 30th March at 10am and finishes on Saturday 6th April.. After the Private View on 30th March the Exhibition will be open to the public between 10am and 6pm daily finishing at 4.30pm on the final day. The venue is The Youth Centre, Moor Road, Broadstone. This Spring I am exhibiting two works, one of which is a local coastal scene in oils on canvas; the other a painting of Julians Bridge, Wimborne executed in acrylic and pastel..
06th March 2013
Google Analytics is a very useful tool. It has many good functions, one of which allows me to track the volume of daily, weekly and monthly visits to my web site and identify the general town or city location of my visitors throughout the world. I am delighted that I have new and regular return visitors living in such countries as Australia, America, Canada, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, New Zealand and the UK but regret being unable to say “Hello” and “Thank you for being interested in my art” Why not drop me a short note by email after your next visit? I will be very pleased to hear...
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06th March 2013
Today I have put the finishing touches to an oil painting based on a pencil and watercolour reference sketch I prepared last year when there was an exceptionally low tide in Poole Harbour. At the time it was possible to walk a considerable distance from the Sandbanks Road out across the mud flats towards the distant waterline. Numerous boats which ordinarily would remain afloat were high and dry and I thought this would form a good subject for a coastal painting. The outlook is towards Evening Hill across Whitley Bay. When the painting is dry I will photograph it and post an image...
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05th March 2013
I have just returned home from two months in New Zealand traveling throughout the North and South Islands. This holiday absence is the reason why there have not been any new postings of recent work on my web site. Whilst away I have gathered a considerable amount of reference material which I will use to stimulate my memory and fuel my inspiration to create a number of colourful and dramatic NZ landscapes. These will express my feelings and personal response to the lakes, rivers and mountains which dominate the landscape and also the intense beauty of the country. I hope that I may...
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