sea blue sky abstracts

The annual Rotary 'Spot the Artist' public event is underway and can be viewed today - Friday 19 and tomorrow Saturday 20 September - at St Ives School of Painting, from 10 am-4 pm.  Sale of the large postcard size artworks, all priced at £40 each, starts at 9 am on Sunday 21 September on a 'first come, first served' basis.   If you're in the area, make the time to have a look - there are so many desirable works of art to see.  I was lucky enough to attend the viewing preview yesterday evening and felt like a 'kid in a sweetshop' - there are so many to covet! The lovely painting below was one of the exhibits at 'Spot the Artist 2012'   'Wherrytown Beach, Penzance' by local artist Seth Marshall   Copyright Seth Marshall.  Click to enlarge.

The very popular annual 'Square Deal' fund raising event at St Ives Society of Artists has started with a vengeance.  Many of the 10" canvases (£50 each, all proceeds to the Society) have sold, but a stunning selection of works are just waiting to be snapped up!  Click here to see what's available.  'Dawn, Porthmeor' Lesley Ninnes Painted for Square Deal.   SOLD  The recently completed painting below, is another that has definitely benefited from being reworked!  'Gathering Weather - Coast' oil on deep edge canvas, approx 30 x 20 inches.   RESERVED Click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall.

First small paintings for September unless stated otherwise, the unsold framed artworks below are to be found at Art Space Gallery , St Ives. 'Good Day's End' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Cliff and Squall' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'The Cove Beyond' oil on board, 15 x 10 cm.   (Waiting to be mounted). 'Rocks, Low Tide and Breeze' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Seaside and Coast' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Weather Promise' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Cliffs and Sea Spray' 13.5 x 13.5 cm. This painting is currently exhibited at St Ives Society of Artists Mariners' Gallery.   SOLD 'Warmth and Shadow Reflection' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD Click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall

Latest small paintings on board (framed) currently residing at Art Space Gallery , St Ives. 'Active Weather at the Beach' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Wild Place' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Late Sunshine and Cloud' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'What a Summer' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Sand Bank' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Summer Evening, Porthmeor' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.  SOLD And the four paintings below will soon be en route to Nantucket 'Surf Gleam' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. 'Atlantic Brightness' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. 'Sky Glow' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. 'Squall and Touch of Blue' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. Please click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall.

A painting frenzy no less, all fairly small - most of the square paintings at Art Space Gallery  and the others at the framers, some for float mounting some to be framed.  Plus, I've also been working on a large canvas which is just about finished..... 'Hailstorm and Sea' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Fine Weather's on the Way' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Rolling Mist' tiny painting.  SOLD 'Grey Sky, Plenty of Space' 15 x 5 cm.  SOLD 'Time for a Paddle' 12.5 x 5 cm.   SOLD 'Break in the Clouds' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Sea, Rain and Light' oil on board, 14 x 10.5 cm.   SOLD 'Winter Beach, Dark' 10 x 7 cm. 'Driving Sea, Headland' 12.5 x 7 cm.   SOLD 'Rain Brings its own Light' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Surf Potential' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Balmy Day at the Beach' 13.5

So slow to get these out and I forgot to measure the 'tiny' paintings, which are at the framer's waiting to be mounted.  The square paintings that have not sold can be found at Art Space Gallery , St Ives. 'Wave Disturbance' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'A Glimmer of Sun' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD  'Quiet at the Beach' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'On the Way to Clodgy' 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Waves, Muted Colours' tiny painting.   SOLD 'Surf and Shallows' tiny painting.   SOLD 'Clouds and Sunshine' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Low Tide and Waves' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Beach and Turbulent Sky' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Cornflowers in my Garden' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.  'Rough Coast' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Beach, the Long View' 14 x 9 cm.   SOLD 'Wet Sand and Headland' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD