sea blue sky abstracts

Today - my new blog is up and running, with images and text added. No painting as, to supplement earnings from selling pictures, I also work elsewhere. Mondays at St Ives Ceramics selling studio pottery, see http://www.st-ives-ceramics.co.uk/ including the works of pioneers Bernard Leach, Shoji Hamada, Lucie Rie and Hans Coper to contemporary potters working in Cornwall, all over the British Isles and overseas, from Spain to Australia and Japan. Being a member of Art Space cooperative also includes a commitment to work 1 day a week in the gallery, on an 8 day rotation. Lastly, I work one day (on average) but more at the height of the season if needed, as a gallery assistant at Tate St Ives! Plans for the future include tackling two commissions: one for a school friend who has spent all her working life in Wales. Beverley wants a view of the harbour in St Ives in summer = warmth. The second for a couple from Bristol who want to mark their wedding - in St Ives in September. This commiss...

All of the paintings below have been packed off to the framers, ready for Bristol Affordable Art Fair - 12-15 May 2009 - where they will be exhibited on the Seascape Gallery stand. http://www.seascapegallery.co.uk/

When framed this diptych will be held in a double mount and the 'black' line will be replaced by a slightly wider bar of white mountboard.

'Spring 2009'. Watercolour and gouache on Arches 300lb rough paper. When framed this diptych will be held in a double white mount, which will cover the 'black' line visible.

'First Snow 2009'. Watercolour, gouache and acrylic on canvas. SOLD

'A Soft and Lovely Night'. Watercolour, gouache and acrylic on canvas. SOLD

'Let's Dance'. Watercolour and gouache on Arches 300lb rough paper. When framed, this diptych will be held in a double white mount - so the 'black' line visible will be replaced by a slightly wider bar of mountboard.