#533 Low Tide, Bosham Sunset
by Clare Bowen | Mar 12, 2020 | Bosham, Seascape, Sunset
A follow on to the 4pm painting on my previous post. I wanted some thing dramatic and confident. An enjoyable paint with lots of subtleties in the darks – warmer pinky/orange and cooler greens/blues.
#532 Bosham, Receding Tide
by Clare Bowen | Mar 2, 2020 | Bosham, Seascape, Sunset
Having finished my big studio paintings I was able to get back out into the plein air and painting outdoors. It was a shock to the system, bitterly cold wind in my face, I needed to weigh down my easel down with my bag and managed to knock the turps all over me! I...
#531 Sunset Walk, Chelsea Bridge
by Clare Bowen | Feb 28, 2020 | London, Sunset
Last big painting for the Affordable Art Fair. It felt a big task and a pressure to get 3 paintings done and framed in 6 weeks! All the same size of 80x100cm. I am so relieved to have managed it and I’m pleased with the outcome! I have only painted one this size...
#530 ‘Late Afternoon, Albert Bridge’
by Clare Bowen | Feb 20, 2020 | Bridge, Cityscape, London
Sometimes a painting doesn’t go to plan. I started a large one before this and I worked for 2 days on it and then scrapped it. Drawn out, the composition seemed to work but with paint on it was ‘thin’ and lacking. On a big canvas there is nowhere to...