sea blue sky abstracts

Two new paintings on deep edge canvas ready for delivery to Art Space Gallery, St Ives  tomorrow.  As always, they are quite 'dark' and may look better with a white wood frame - I'll see how they look in situ first - the sides are painted after all, lol.  'Porthmeor West, Reflection' oil on deep edge canvas, 50 x 50 x 4 cm, unframed.   SOLD 'Wet Sand, Island Side' oil on deep edge canvas, 50 x 50 x 4 cm, unframed.   SOLD Click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall. PS   'Spot the Artist'  a sale of postcard sized artworks by a host of artists, known, unknown, emerging etc. including one by Yours Truly, can be viewed at St Ives School of Painting Roy Ray studio today (and tomorrow) between 10 - 4 pm, prior to the actual sale, which takes place from 9 am - 2 pm on Sunday, 20 September, 2015.  All artworks priced at £40 each  : )

I'm on a roll now!!! Here are some recent artworks - the first is quite large, approx 50 x 25 cm (forgot to measure it) painted on quite a thick piece of primed wood and displayed at Art Space Gallery , St Ives, as are the following three pics. 'Hot Day Porthmeor' oil on wood, framed.   SOLD 'Smooth Sand and Runnels' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Endless Ocean' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Surf and Foreground Rocks' oil on primed paper, small painting.   SOLD 'Morning Surf' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm Soon to be on display at Art Space Gallery, St Ives   SOLD 'Sky Reflection and Rocks' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. Currently at Art Space Gallery, St Ives . Click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall.

And breathe again......  After such a long blog break (life was tooo busy) I'm hoping some followers continue to hang around?! So grateful too for glorious September weather here in St Ives yesterday, a chance to paint, sunbathe and read in peace and quiet under an endless blue sky.  Bliss. Saturday 12 September, 2015 sees the start of the annual St Ives September Festival - a jam packed two weeks of exciting and varied art, music and literature events, including St Ives Society of Artists  annual Square Deal show - see below - not to be missed. 'Different Stories' a week long exhibition shared by yours truly, with Angela Garner and Susi Gutierrez closed on Friday 4 September.  Photos follow, the first is taken at the 'tail end' of the very busy preview. Photo:  Susi Gutierrez Angela Garner's abstracts Something from us all One of mine (top) and a lovely Susi Gutierrez original print pairing below Cli...

So long since my last post, though I have been 'painting up a storm'.  This one's only to do with square oil paintings on board, measuring 13.5 x 13.5 cm. These will be framed and delivered to Art Space Gallery, St Ives in a day or so. 'Sea Carved Sand' SOLD 'Sea Attrition'   SOLD 'Too Rough to Walk on the Beach' SOLD 'Bright Sun, Cool Shade' SOLD 'Clean Surf and Showers' SOLD 'Winter Reflection' SOLD These are currently residing at Art Space Gallery, St Ives 'North Coast Rough'   SOLD 'Keeping a Safe Distance'   SOLD 'Beach - It's Wild'   SOLD 'Delightful Day'   SOLD 'Rain Washed Natural Harbour' SOLD 'Sea, Power and Glory' SOLD 'Familiar Coast' SOLD 'Energy and Colour at the Cove' SOLD 'Sunny Beach Weather...

Very windy in St Ives today, with sunshine, showers and spectacular surf at Porthmeor Beach, daunting to all but the most experienced surfers. Here are some views of the surf from the safety of shore.... Rectangular paintings will eventually be float mounted for display in the browsers at  St Ives Society of Artists  Mariners' Gallery. The four square paintings are already framed and can be found at Art Space Gallery , St Ives. 'Surf, Space and Distance' oil on board, 13.5 x 10 cm. 'Rock, Shade, Seclusion' oil on board 13.5 x 10 cm. 'Coast Vitality', oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'West of Here' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Silver Sky, Water's Edge' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Change is on the Way' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD Click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall.

Bath Society's Open exhibition never disappoints.  A 'must visit' for anyone who finds themselves in the beautiful city of Bath between 16 May - 27 June, 2015. Over 300 works on display, with many prizes to be awarded.  This year's guest artist is renowned painter/printmaker Marcelle Hanselaar. Bath Society of Artists   Click here  to see more......  Information about last year's Open prizewinners' here

Click the link to go to the Bath Society of Artists website to read more and download the entry form. First published on this blog in January 2015, never been exhibited before It's Got to be Porthmeor' and 'Rockpool and Distance'  have finally been framed in readiness for submission to Bath Society of Artists 2015 Open Exhibition.  Please wish me luck! 'It's Got to be Porthmeor' oil on board, white wood frame. SOLD 'Rockpool and Distance' mixed media on w/colour paper, mounted, glazed white wood frame. Click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall.

Fantastic scenes in this part of the world today, we've had it all - vast Cumulonimbus, edges feathered by rain; deep blue skies; clear molten gold and the pink of sunset defined by dark land and clouds. So many little paintings to include in this post, because - well, numerous reasons not to dwell on, but here they are at last. Those that have not sold are framed and available at Art Space Gallery, St Ives 'A Nice Beach Day' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD  'Ebb and Surf' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Wind and Surf Mizzle' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Squall and Blue Sea' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Surf and Sand Lines' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Beach Breadth' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Peachy Sky and Wave Ripples' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD 'Weather Energy at the Cove' oil on board, ...