Paintings Spring 2023

 

Britanny Ferry Millbay

Acrylic on Kevlar sailcloth 3'6" x 2'6"

Looking westwards from Plymouth Hoe I often see one of the Britanny Ferries reversing into Millbay Docks.  My painting was inspired by that of HMS Ark Royal by an admired friend of mine, Bob Tagg, who is sadly no longer with us.  The aircraft carrier was moored up just beyond Millbay waiting to be decommissioned when Bob painted it about 40 years ago.

Bridges Beacon Mount Edgcumbe

Acrylic on Kevlar sailcloth 3'6" x 2'6"

Bridges Beacon is located on the rocky shore of Mount Edgcumbe well below the high water mark facing the south-western aspect of Drake's (St. Nicholas's) Island in Plymouth Sound.  It is one of a number of Royal Navy navigation beacons positioned around the Sound.

"I am the daughter of wind and water"

Acrylic on cartridge paper framed 13" x 11"

"I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers"

Acrylic on cartridge paper framed 11" x 9"

Expanding into landscapes this year.  This is a view from Mount Edgecumbe garden looking out at Drake's Island in Plymouth Sound, from just across the border in Cornwall.

View of Italian garden from the Orangery at Mount Edgecumbe country park.

Tamar bridges from the Tamar river on Kevlar sailcloth, with the navigational chart in the background.

 

Meteorological buoy 4 miles due south of Rame Head, south-east Cornwall on Kevlar sailcloth including navigational chart background.

 Christmas Cards

Over many years I have tried to produce a Christmas card design to send to friends and relatives and these are a collection of images going back to the 1980's.

lino print

etching

collage

collage

collage

ink diffuser

stencil print

colliagraph collage print

collage & lino print

acrylic painting

lino print

acrylics

poster paint wash

lino print

lino roller print

acrylic paint on kevlar sail cloth

acrylic paint & lino print

polystyrene print

acrylic wash paint

acrylic paint

colour pencil

acrylic painting

acrylic painting

acrylic painting

acrylic painting

acrylic painting

acrylic painting

lino print

lino print

acrylic painting

acrylic painting

acrylic painting

acrylic painting

acrylic painting

mixed media 2021

mixed media 2021

acrylic painting 2022

NAPA Exhibition Crypt Gallery St. Ives June 2019

NAPA Exhibition Crypt Gallery St. Ives June 2019























It Hath Died Away - 2' x 2' 

Reminiscent of a fading storm. course, tide and wind
coupled with a broken sea, a warm glow offers the
 promise of a friendlier sky in the way ahead.






St. Anthony Head - 2'6" x 3'6"

The guiding light that welcomes the
sailor to the calm shelter of Falmouth
and the Carrick Roads.






St. Ives Coastguard Station - 2' x 2'6"


Keeping a watchful eye over fishing boats
and sailors, perched up on a rocky outcrop
above St. Ives Island.






Breaking - 2' x 2


Suggestive of the forms of wind scattered waves
tracking the course of a vessel through the breaking
seas.

NAPA Exhibition 2018 Crypt Gallery St. Ives

June 2018

Four paintings exhibited at the Crypt Gallery, St. Ives as part of the National Acrylic Painters Annual Show.


Raven's Cliff
2' x 2'6"

Situated at various points around Plymouth Sound are a series of Royal Navy navigational beacons, these provide a system of guiding lights for shipping to proceed following red, white or green sector beams. Tucked in under the wooded, shelter of Raven's Cliff on the northern shore of Mount Edgecumbe Country Park, looking across the Bridges Channel towards Drake's Island, is the Raven's Point Beacon, helping vessels to manoeuvre through the twisting shipping lane between Devil's Point and more open waters of The Sound.




Raven's Point Beacon
3'6" x 2'6"

Perched on a platform, overlooking the water's edge, Raven's Point Beacon's white/red markings contrast with the craggy rocks and cascading foliage. At its foot the normally sheltered tidal flow slips by from east to west then steadily back again with the rise and fall of the stream.




Storm Brewing
9" x 8"

When sailing it is normal to seek favourable conditions but on occasions climatic changes occur without due warning or allowing the mariner time to alter course for safe shelter. It is possible to feel the wind and to read the clouds with the only option being to reduce sail, check position, secure all effects and make ready for a storm lashed buffeting.



Decreasing 7 to 4
9" x 8"

All things pass and eventually heavy weather moves on, skies lift and lighten, you can usually relax a little, fix your position, shake out the reefing lines and set course for the onward voyage.