#160 ‘Newlands Corner’ 8×20″
by Clare Bowen | Feb 4, 2017 | Clare painting, Frost, Landscape, Palette, Panoramic, Sunrise, Surrey
I started this last weekend. But when I got back to the studio I found I couldn’t finish because I didn’t have enough information, it was the fist time I had visited and it was misty with the sunrise. So I went back and did two drawings of the...
New website launched today!
by Clare Bowen | Dec 14, 2016 | Clare painting, Website
www.clarebowen.co.ukSo excited to get this new website out there! Been working on it for about a month with an excellent web designer called Danny Fontaine (Fontaine Web Design) I highly recommend him. I wanted a site that would really show case my paintings....
#133 ‘Lyme Regis Harbour’ 9.5×12″
by Clare Bowen | Oct 15, 2016 | Blue, Boats, Clare painting, Palette, Pochade, Seascape
This was the final painting I did in Lyme. Absolutely loved painting the fishing boat, and emphasised it in the composition and the detail which I included. I spent 3 hours on site painting and was exhausted afterwards, a really complex subject but the sort of thing I...
#116 ‘Icelbergs Jokulsarlon, Iceland’ 8×10″
by Clare Bowen | Aug 22, 2016 | Blue, Clare painting, Glacier, Iceberg, Iceland, Jokulsarlon, Seascape, Turquoise
Seeing all the icebergs and glaciers have a real wow factor with gorgeous blues and infinite shapes of bergs. Knowing I wanted to paint I felt a bit in awe of the place, where to start, how to paint it all? So I didn’t paint the day we arrived, I needed to...
#108 ‘Reynisdranger Sea Stacks’, Iceland’ 20x30cm
by Clare Bowen | Aug 17, 2016 | Clare painting, Cliff, Iceland, Landscape, Rocks, Seascape, Vik
I did two paintings yesterday, this was the first on such a dramatic beach at Vik, with black sands and sea stacks jutting out of the water, the seas were huge with crashing waves. Such an inspiring place to paint :-)Vik is on the south coast of Iceland...
Painting in the rain! Iceland
by Clare Bowen | Aug 14, 2016 | Clare painting, Iceland, Landscape, Palette, Pochade, Seascape
I thought yesterday was bad, today was WET!I started painting in the rain thinking I could muster through it. Husband left to photograph and I was left to battle. The rain was driving and my board and palette was wet within seconds. I kept wiping it...
#88 ‘Staithes Beach’ 7×9.5″
by Clare Bowen | Jun 29, 2016 | Beach, Boats, Clare painting, Cliff, Seascape, Staithes
Second painting in Staithes on the Plein Air workshop. Love the little red boat so much so I painted it another 2 times after this!Blocking in the dark tones first gives a good backdrop for the sunlit boat house. Also careful to observe the sand colours – not...