An early watercolour of a piece of flint and another exploring the landscape theme

Flint Study Watercolour on paper framed approx. 30 x 25 cms £150

Flint Landscape Watercolour on paper framed approx 30 x 25 cms £170

 I started looking at flints as the inspiration for landscape images, by seeing landscapes within the facets and planes of the stones, I liked the way that a small part of the geology of the land eventually represented the larger view.

The Origin drawing for the hayrick, and an abstraction

Ink on paper with watercolour approx 42cm x 59cm 

ink on paper approx 20x 20 cms

Part of the horse station that inspired me. I was searching for a new way to work, and i was keen to do something with the muscular directness of a Franz Kline, and knew the story of the chair drawing and the Bell Opticon projector which led to his departure from figurative painting. The hayrick had a resonance for me, and within its handmade structure I found the image I was looking for, I did make one large painting of this subject, and though I love it, and it hangs in my kitchen where I see it every day, I don't feel it fulfilled my ambition for this work. These work are unframed, and may be available in the Open Studios in May, but I may have to keep them in order to make more work from them.     

Oil on Canvas Framed

 

Oil on Canvas "On The Hill" 50 x 40 cms , framed £400
This work dates from the time I lived in Exmoor, and I was interested in the man made structures that dotted the moors, mostly they related to the Exmoor ponies who ran wild for most of the year, but they were annually rounded up. This image represents one of the isolated stations where they were corralled and fed on these occasions.
 To be included in the forthcoming Open Studios in May