sea blue sky abstracts

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.

Humid, sometimes sunny, very windy and often wet!  Come on July, we're hoping for better and it's time to settle down. Today, there are three paintings to show you and they're as different in atmosphere and colour as the above mentioned weather. See them within the next few days at   Art Space Gallery, St Ives 'Godrevy and St Ives Bay View' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD   'Stormy Sea, Warm Light' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Weather and Tide Watch' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD Click images to enlarge. Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall

A very exciting month of June in the area, so far, owing to the G7 experience! St Ives Bay looked beautiful in the mist and dramatic when draped in ominous clouds, but stunned with breathtaking beauty when the sun eventually came out and decided to stay for the whole weekend. The visual high point for me was reached on the most lovely Sunday evening you could wish for.  We expected them, we didn't mind waiting seated on a sunny patch of grass, a perfect expanse of sea and cloudless blue sky before us, when the Red Arrows appeared silently and fast without fanfare to produce a sublime show of seemingly effortless symmetry and faultless aerobatic manoeuvring, sure to be etched on the memories of the many of us lucky enough to be there. So, coming back down to earth, here are the latest small paintings on board currently displayed at Art Space Gallery, St Ives 'Merging of Sea and Sky' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Cove, Changed by the Weather' oil on prime...

Well, I've been busy! Two larger paintings on canvas to start with and already on display at  Art Space Gallery, St Ives followed by several small oil paintings on board most of which are also on show at the Gallery. 'Squall and Rainbow' metallic acrylics and oil on deep edge canvas approx 85 x 35 cm.  SOLD St Ives Bay, Dusky Pink Sky' metallic acrylics and oil on deep edge canvas 50 x 50 cm.  SOLD 'Silver Clouds at the Beach' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Coast, Fair Weather Clouds' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Seaweed at Low Tide' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Breakers, Porthmeor' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.  SOLD 'Sand Pool at Low Tide' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Porthmeor Between Showers' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Sea, Throwing Everything Its Got' oil on primed bo...

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...

Below are paintings I have put on display at Art Space Gallery, St Ives during the last week or so and the first two are bespoke framed in solid white wood. 'Beach Vista'  oil on board, image size, 22 x 10 cm. SOLD 'Surf Breaking and Coastline'  oil on primed hardboard, image size, 21 x 12 cm. SOLD 'St Ives Bay Breakers' oil on primed board,13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Fine Evening, Rough Sea' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Beach, Luminous Light'  oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Godrevy Lighthouse Surf Line' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Breakers Set for Shore' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Unpredictable Sea' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD Click images to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall.

Much larger artworks relatively than the square 13.5 cm oils on board usually displayed on this blog, the earliest of these paintings were commenced in the last weeks of 2017 and completed early this year.  Two were inspired by weather conditions generated by Storm Eleanor, which hit during the night of 3rd January, 2018.  And the heavy textures of 'The Clean Wave' result from the reworking of an earlier artwork. Rendered in oil on canvas, each one is set in a chunky white painted wood frame. The first is currently displayed in the window of Art Space Gallery, St Ives 'Storm Eleanor, the Morning After' oil on canvas, framed, 40.5 x 40.5 cm.  SOLD The following paintings can be viewed at Beyond the Sea Gallery, Padstow during the Easter holidays. 'The Clean Wave' oil on canvas, framed, 41 x 41 cm. SOLD 'Porthmeor Beach Horizon' oil on canvas, framed 41 x 41 cm. SOLD 'Storm Eleanor's Touch...

Here are some very recent works - the first five can be found, framed, at   Art Space Gallery, St Ives   'Last Light, Breaking Wave' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Running Sea, Windy Beach' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Straight Waves, Low Tide' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Grey Clouds, Choppy Sea' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Golden Seascape' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD And the next painting soon will be framed and residing at Art Space. 'St Ives Bay, After the Shower' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Porthmeor, High Tide' Although it doesn't look it here, 'Porthmeor High Tide' is a larger painting (19 x 20.5 cm) on primed hardboard, currently waiting to go to the framers...   SOLD Click pics to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes.