#277 ‘Snow falling, Bramshott Common’ 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Dec 28, 2017 | Bramshott Common, Landscape, Snow, Surrey, Trees
We had heavy snow yesterday and it was carnage outside our house, we are on a hill and cars were slipping, sliding and crashing into each other, and then abandoned. Quite a sight!Plus 40mile hour gusts made blizzard conditions. So I wrapped up in many layers – 3...
#276 ‘Spire in the Mist” 10×12″
by Clare Bowen | Dec 20, 2017 | Landscape, Sky, Trundle, Winter
Gorgeous light when I arrived at the Trundle yesterday. I liked the contrast of rich greens and strong shapes in the foreground to the soft pastels colours diffused by the mist on the horizon. You couldn’t see the sea or Isle of wight and the land and sky...
#275 ‘First Light, The Devils Punch Bowl’ 8×14″
by Clare Bowen | Dec 19, 2017 | Devils Punch Bowl, Landscape, Sunrise, Surrey
A very tricky subject, as the composition is minimal, you have to make more of it than is actually there! The mist rolled up the hill at the end which changed it as well.When I got it back to the studio it was one of those that was disappointing, it didn’t...
#274 ‘Silver Birch in Snow’ 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Dec 17, 2017 | Landscape, Snow, Sunset, Surrey, Trees
I have been distracted with Christmas preps so haven’t posted the last of my snow paintings from the beginning of the week.Across the road from us we have Bramshott Common with lots of Silver Birches, I have found it difficult to find a composition I like in the...