sea blue sky abstracts

  November this year is fairly mild, quite wet and with more sunshine than we could have hoped for.  And in the absence of gales (for now) the trees still have their leaves and the colours are amazing.  The sea is spectacular at the moment too, with huge swells pounding ashore yesterday. Below are some paintings I completed earlier, scroll down to see more: Currently at Art Space Gallery, St Ives 'The Sea Brings Its Own Light' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Surf Close By' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Coast and Pool' is on display at St Ives Society of Artists   Annual Christmas Open Exhibition starting today, 13th November, 2021. A great show, not to be missed and admission is free. 'Coast and Pool' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'A Sandy Clearing' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 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...

It's still raining, although the sun has shone at times during half term week and the lengthening days confirm that Spring is on its way! Here are some new oil paintings on board. 'Sun and Rough Sea' 13.5 x 13.5 cm framed, currently displayed at St Ives Society of Artists Mariners Gallery.   SOLD 'Blustery Beach Weather' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD framed and on display at Art Space Gallery, St Ives 'Rocky Cove' 13.5 x 13.5 cm   SOLD at Art Space Gallery 'Sun with Heavy Showers' 13.5 x 13.5 cm   SOLD at Art Space Gallery The following Beachscape scenes are mounted and can be found in the browser at St Ives Society of Artists Mariners Gallery. 'Beachscape 1' 5 x 17.5 cm.   SOLD 'Beachscape 2' 5 x 13 cm.   SOLD 'Beachscape 3' 5 x 14 cm.   SOLD Click pics to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwa...

Just four small original oil paintings on board to show today, owing to having been busy working on a couple of 50 x 50 cm canvases. I hope that the first two will be exhibited at St Ives Society of Artists Spring Show (fingers crossed) which opens on St Valentine's Day.  The others will appear at Art Space Gallery , St Ives, very soon! 'Surf with a Touch of Sunshine' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Coast and Weather' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Low Sun and Waves' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Surf Meets Rocks' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Island Side Surf' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD Click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall

So slow to get these out and I forgot to measure the 'tiny' paintings, which are at the framer's waiting to be mounted.  The square paintings that have not sold can be found at Art Space Gallery , St Ives. 'Wave Disturbance' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'A Glimmer of Sun' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD  'Quiet at the Beach' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'On the Way to Clodgy' 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Waves, Muted Colours' tiny painting.   SOLD 'Surf and Shallows' tiny painting.   SOLD 'Clouds and Sunshine' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Low Tide and Waves' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Beach and Turbulent Sky' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Cornflowers in my Garden' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.  'Rough Coast' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Beach, the Long View' 14 x 9 cm.   SOLD 'Wet Sand and Headland' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD ...

Sun in St Ives this evening, a beautiful sunset and soft orange light out there.  Anyway, back to work - the two square paintings are already framed and residing in Art Space Gallery. 'Low Tide & Rock' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Low Tide & Wave Curl' 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD The next five artworks are at the framers being float mounted - no measurements as I forgot again, suffice to say, they are small in size! 'Almost Dusk at the Beach'.   SOLD  'Showers Over Sea'.   SOLD 'Dark Sand & Surf Reflection'.   SOLD 'Fine Day's End'.   SOLD 'Dusk & Breaking Wave'.  SOLD The following paintings are now framed and for sale at Art Space Gallery 'Wild & Lonely Beach' 25 x 19.5 cm.   SOLD 'Still Day, with Rain' 16 x 12.5 cm.  SOLD 'Driving Surf' 11.5 x 11.5 cm.   SOLD 'Lively Waves' 8 x 12.5 cm.   SOLD Copyright Lesley Ninnes.  Click to enlarge.