sea blue sky abstracts

The three paintings in oil on board (below) have been submitted for display at St Ives Society of Artists 'Wish You Were Here' exhibition, which opens on Saturday 25 May.   'Man's Head and Sky Reflection'.   SOLD 'Porthmeor, Dark Sea'.   SOLD 'Blue Sky on the Island Side'.   SOLD 'A Little Brightness & Surf'  can be seen at Art Space Gallery , St Ives.   SOLD All paintings are mounted, with solid white wood, glazed frames. Click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes.

So tardy, nothing's going to change there - yes it's true - a week has passed since Carolyn, Andrea and I got together.  Plus, unlike the others, I didn't think to bring a camera, so have used a publicity photo of the restaurant we visited and harbour photos from my archive to give an idea of our day.  They're not really necessary though because Carolyn has recorded everything already in this wonderful post .  There was plenty of glorious sunshine - and also a very stiff Easterly breeze blowing. Andrea, click here  to visit her blog (users of Google Chrome will be able to translate the German to English) travelled from Switzerland the day before, making a long awaited return journey to St Ives and the three of us enjoyed lunch at Ocean Grill  before going down onto the sand and heading for West Pier. The tide was very low, so conditions were ideal for a spot of beachcombing, with Carolyn leading the way to one of her 'hunting grounds'.   ...