#484 Lifeboat Station, Mersea Island

#484 Lifeboat Station, Mersea Island

This was the first painting I did with Graham in Essex, I choose a low horizon line to emphasis the dramatic windy sky. I drew and re drew the Coastguard building in different areas on the board and also different sizes. It was the first time there and it takes a...
#483 Boats at Mersea Island

#483 Boats at Mersea Island

I spent the day in Essex with a painter I admire called Graham Webber. We painted side by side and it was a real treat! I loved watching him work and chatting art all day 🙂  Sometimes it feels very solitary as a painter but when these sort of days happen it feeds the...
#482 Worcestershire Hills

#482 Worcestershire Hills

We were recently staying with friends in the countryside near Kidderminster. I’ve not been before and I loved the patchwork of hills and sheep grazing in the foreground.  I drew the scene and took photos so I was able to produce this painting in the studio. I...
#481 ‘Trundle’

#481 ‘Trundle’

There are many factors that make plein air painting a challenge. This time it was the wind! Being very exposed on top of the Downs the wind was whisking up the hill into my face. It buffets my arm when I place the paint on the board, and I have to hold onto the easel...
#480 Sunflower and Buttercups & Daily Painting

#480 Sunflower and Buttercups & Daily Painting

I had an hour to spare in between commitments. It would have been easy to think – I don’t have enough time to paint. But it made me focus and work quickly and with intent, no procrastinating! It’s come out and fresh and lively.  I committed to a year...