sea blue sky abstracts

Here's a bigger painting for August rendered in oil on Arches Huile paper.  Now at St Ives Society of Artists Christmas Open Exhibition. Well worth a visit, this bumper show is open daily admission free and all are welcome. 'Wet Sand and Water, Gleaming Light' oil on Arches huile cold pressed paper, framed, 50 x 41cm. Click image to enlarge. Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall.

Beautiful September, 2023 showing 4 new paintings two of which are already on display at Art Space Gallery on The Wharf, St Ives.  Click images to enlarge. Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall.  'Almost High Tide, Porthmeor Beach' oil on primed board, 14 x 14 cm. SOLD 'Sea Stream Left By The Tide' oil on primed board, 14 x 14 cm. SOLD 'Good Weather Sky, Porthmeor' oil on primed card, 14 x 14 cm. SOLD 'Dark Headland, Stormy Sky' oil on primed board, 14 x 14 cm. SOLD Click images to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall

A beautiful, sunny July day in St Ives after some unsettled weather (with more to come). Here are some small paintings on primed board and primed repurposed paper - and where they can be found. 'Sunshine, St Ives Bay' oil on primed board, 14 x 14 cm. Art Space Gallery, St Ives. SOLD 'Coast, Far from the Crowd' oil on primed board, 14 x 14 cm. SOLD . 'Stormy Sea, Porthmeor' oil on primed board, 14 x 14 cm. Bespoke frame, 33 x 33 cm. Art Space Gallery, St Ives. SOLD 'Seashore, Soft Afternoon Light' oil on primed board, 14 x 14 cm. SOLD 'Coast, Beauty and Danger' oil on primed, repurposed paper, 18 x 14 cm. SOLD 'Out in the Open'  oil on primed board, 21 x 6 cm. SOLD Click images to enlarge. Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives Cornwall.

Starting with slightly bigger paintings on today's blog, because my usual smaller paintings are all sold.  I have included images of the most recent examples anyway, below and will be commencing work on more very soon. The first three paintings shown are currently displayed at Art Space Gallery, St Ives  'On the Wild Side' oil on hardboard, bespoke white wood frame total size approx 41 x 39 cm. SOLD 'Waves Appearing from Nowhere' oil on hardboard, bespoke white wood frame total size approx 39 x 41 cm. SOLD 'Atlantic Onslaught' diptych oil on board, bespoke white wood frame. SOLD 'Sun Shower at the Beach' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Rock Pool, Blue Sky, Porthmeor' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Cove, A Good Time to Leave' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'St Ives Bay, Sun and Surf' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'A Pleasant Day to Be At The Cove...

Had so much fun painting the first two artworks (shown below) which were prompted by the fear that continual painting in oil on small boards was making my work too tight. Also, the last two very large commissions in oil on canvas completed last year were a struggle and soooo time consuming, which I have attributed to the lack of speedy, loose gestural under painting in acrylic, which were a feature of earlier large compositions. 'Sea Mist Offshore, Porthmeor' acrylic on deep edge canvas, 30 x 80 cm. SOLD Beach, Action and Shadow'  SOLD  acrylic/acrylic gels on chunky deep edge canvas, 50 x 50 cm.  And here are the small....  'Surf Erosion'  SOLD oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   Currently on display at Art Space Gallery, St Ives 'Weather Event on the Horizon'  SOLD oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. 'High Waves and Foam' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Seashore - Colou...