sea blue sky abstracts

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...

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...

'November Colours 2012' A diptych, painted in acrylic and oil (81 x 50.5 x 2 cm) on narrow canvases, held together with connecting plates, so the artwork can be hung as shown or separated and hung with a larger gap between. That's not a fire on the bottom right by the way - just to preempt any assumptions!  The colours of November provided the starting point and inspiration, the landscape is a secondary development.  November can be dark, dreary and miserable, but there are moments and even some days when the colours are so strong and bright and wonderful This will be submitted to Penwith Society of Arts Winter Exhibition so please keep fingers crossed for me.  If not included in the above, 'November Colours' will be displayed in the Christmas Exhibition at Art Space Gallery . I was pleased to find today (13 Dec) that the painting has been accepted and will be included in the  Penwith Society of Arts Winter Exhibition 2012-13 , which opens on Sa...

See below 'Porthmeor - Seaweed and Surf' which has been submitted to St Ives Society of Artists annual Spring Open.  Painted in acrylic and oil, approximate canvas dimensions are 51 x 61 cm. Click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes.