#420 ‘Early Winter Light, Meon Valley’ 30x40cm
by Clare Bowen | Nov 29, 2018 | Countryside, English Landscape, Hills, Landscape, Sky, Trees
A sky painting on a textured linen board. I was driving around looking for a subject and a saw a truck in a field and this view, so I turned around and hoped the farmer would be friendly. He was and allowed me to park and paint in his field. I made a low horizon...
#347 ‘Box Hill Surrey’ 12×16″
by Clare Bowen | Jun 24, 2018 | Countryside, England, Green, Landscape, Oil Painting, Summer, Surrey, Surrey Hills
I was feeling confident from my previous large scale peonies painting so decided to go large on this one as well. I wouldn’t usually on a new subject but was egged on by Sarah Manolescue who also went big.We struggled a little with noise pollution – young...
#331 ‘Early Summer, The South Downs’ 9×19″
by Clare Bowen | May 19, 2018 | Countryside, Green, Hills, The South Downs, The Trundle, Trees, West Sussex
I held a 1:1 plein air painting day with an artist called Rosie Copeland. Typical it was a windy grey day but actually was easier as it was stable light, so we weren’t chasing shadows or squinting into the sun.We covered a lot of ground from boards, gesso,...