sea blue sky abstracts

Currently framed and on display (apart from those marked sold) at Art Space Gallery, St Ives We've got a bit of a sale on this weekend! Why not pop in? 'Porthmeor, Low Light' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Porthmeor, Sun and Cloud' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Rock View' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Porthmeor, Light Breakthrough' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.  SOLD 'Fine Weather Haze' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.  SOLD 'Slow Shower Over the Beach' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Almost a Rock Pool' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Heavy Shower and Wave' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Fresh, Surf, No Wind' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.  SOLD 'Porthmeor Corner' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD Click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall.

ING Discerning Eye exhibition, Mall Galleries, 12 - 22 November, 2015 organised by Parker Harris , sponsored by ING Commercial Banking 2015 Selectors:    Artists:    Emma Bridgewater ,  Nicole Farhi,   Collectors:    Larry Lamb,   Stephen Snoddy   Critics:    Stephen Doherty,   Steve Pill The Mall Galleries provide an excellent venue for a show like Discerning Eye, which encompasses six displays presented by its selectors and the dynamic Discerning Eye Drawing Bursary shortlisted works.   I visited the exhibition on the first morning of opening and discovered that two of my paintings had been chosen by Nicole Farhi and one by Larry Lamb!   The standard and range of work on show is awesome and I spent a happy couple of hours just looking and admiring the artistic diversity, fantasizing over what I would buy if money and space were no object.   Given that wall hung artworks must not ...

I haven't counted how many since 2010, but here are three more..... 'Light in the Clouds' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Shallow Water, Sky Reflection, oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Shore and Sea Turbulence' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD Click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall.

A few more paintings completed recently.  It's been nice to have more time - also to do other things, such as walking with like minded people along the beautiful Gannel Estuary, Newquay  yesterday and enjoying recent clear skies.  A reward for night time wakefulness, when three shooting stars were spotted - yes of course I made three wishes! 'Kind Porthmeor' oil on primed board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD This one currently in the window at Art Space Gallery, St Ives 'Light and Surf Action' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Cliff Top and Surf Line' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. 'Lighthouse and Surf Glitter' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD And slightly one slightly larger.....waiting for a frame 'Luminous Sea, Muted Light' oil on hardboard, 19 x 20.5 cm.   SOLD Click to enlarge.  Copyright Lesley Ninnes St Ives, Cornwall.

Here are six small, square paintings framed and ready for delivery to Art Space Gallery, St Ives tomorrow.  The Gallery will be getting a fresh new look thanks to the monthly rehang, which takes place between closure on Sunday and Monday opening! 'North Coast Surf' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Golden Hour' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Passing Showers and Pool' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Secluded Cove' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.  SOLD 'Beach Space and Beauty' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD  'Still Day Seashore' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm. SOLD The following are waiting for frames 'Shoreline, Constantly Changing' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD 'Just a Glimmer of Sunset' oil on board, 13.5 x 13.5 cm.   SOLD And these have been taken to the framer's to be mounted ready for eventual d...

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.