Quick March

OIL 10"x 10"

I like painting these scenes viewed from above, I may do a large painting of this one in a week or two. Its a whole different ball game when your painting on a large scale, a lot of self confidence is required as you are on top of the painting and need to be painting from 20ft away to view it properly.

A good tip here is to paint with a large mirror behind you "as I always do" then you not only get the distance but see the piece in reverse which helps " Big Time"

Just using the title Quick March for now as I aint got the time to sit and think of one at the moment, not that I am busy selling hundreds of paintings ! just busy painting and trying to settle on a theme, thinking of paintings ahead !!

Thoughtful

This is a painting of my good friend Colin,I first painted Colin many years ago, When I took a break from painting for a while I worked with him as a Landscaper, a very hard working man and he is the nicest bloke you could meet.

In The Pink

Oil on board 13"x13" I took a photo of these Two guys walking up a back lane in town just of Dean Street ( Newcastle ), I wonder where they work that requires a pink shirt , not that theres anything wrong with a man who wears a pink shirt, I wear a pink shirt now and again, not shocking pink mind you, its kind of washed out pink , OK its white with a hint of red.

I am pleased with the out come of this painting, as I have said before , I like to work fast with very bold brush work , this just went right for me .

I did learn something from this painting but i am not telling you what it was !! not until I know you better.

Take it easy

Back from London, I love London, interesting looking character's from all over the world , all busy, all rushing around doing there thing.

If I stand on a street corner sketching or taking photographs in Hexham or Newcastle people tend to notice but in London no one seems to care.

I have always been a people watcher ( sounds a bit wierd! ) I think most of us are interested in what others are doing, I am intensely interested in watching the expressions, movement, mannerism's and attitudes of everyday people.

Only in the past year have I started to paint people on a "regular basis" and I am really enjoying it, simple observations of normal everyday situations can say so much.

Trying to capture a brief moment in some ones life is to me a little bit of poetry.

Anyway I will stop rambling on, the trip to London was worthwhile, I will soon be exhibiting at a Gallery in the west end of London.

One of the frames on one of the two paintings I took to Enter into the Threadneedle Prize for Art was broken almost in half on the flight as Stupid me forgot to ID them as fragile ! so they ended up with around four tonnes of holiday lugage on top of them .

I did manage to sort of repair it with sellotape but I was gutted after I had dragged them half way across London.

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Childhood

I am of to London on Monday to enter two paintings in to the Threadneedle Prize for art at the Mall Galleries, while I am there I am showing my work to a Gallery in the Marylebone area of London so wish me luck please !

Stepping Stones ( Morpeth )

I was in morpeth a few days ago and went to photograph the stepping stones over the river Wansbeck, this little girl just happened to be there at the time, she was running to and fro over the stepping stones looking for minnows.
Note : She did have a fishing net !!

HAPPY WANDERER

This is the last post for a week or so as I will be exhibiting at the Moothall Hexham from 1st to 7th June, The Moothall is a lot like a old dungeon , infact it was a court room 800 years ago or so, A small Exhibiting room within a very old stone building with walls 4ft thick and a stone spiral stair case that you are not allowed access to !! its brilliant at the top "Shh"

ta ta for now.

Sunshine

This painting was not easy for me, I dont know why ,I am pleased its over and done with.

Girl in High Bridge

Keeping detail and colour as simple as possible.

I am quite happy with this small painting.

SLOWIN DOWN

I think this is getting towards what I want to paint but I wont know it until I see it , if that makes any sense !

12"X 12" Oil

Moving On

One of a number of small paintings for my Exhibition at the Moot Hall, Hexham, Northumberland.

Pointer

I was a little doubtful as to the outcome of this painting as its difficult to paint colour in shade, before I started it I had decided to bin it so I was not worried about painting it quickly , which I always do, anyway its worked out ok, so I will keep it .

"WAIT"

As promised a painting of dogs

( Working Springers ) 8"x 4"

To Work

I just cant get away from painting these images of people walking down High Bridge, I should be working on the paintings of Dogs, maybe I could paint the Dog with its owner walking down High Bridge !

Oil on board 12"x 3"

Man with Dog

My paintings are not for sale in many Galleries at all, only two local ones actually.

The reason being that I have only been painting again for about a year and can not settle on a theme , I am looking for something but dont quite know what it is yet !!!

Oil 7"x 7"

HARE

Oil 7"x 7"

Going Home

Oil on board 12"x 4"

Father and son, another scene from High Bridge Newcastle.

I do not normally paint the same picture twice but this one i have , there is a large version of this it is 36" x 14"

I just enjoyed painting this .

LIGHTING UP

Another painting of High Bridge , a small road in the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne that connects the Big Market to Grey Street.
I had originaly worked on a few sketches and one painting while actualy in the street but found it difficult to paint the figures from life, small figures are no problem but if the figure dominates the painting I must work in the studio.
I have been sitting out side in Corbridge Market Square and at Tesco sketching people quickly as they wander in and out to get some practice in, unbelievably I once got moved on as people didnt like me looking at them and someone complained, I must say that made my blood boil.
This painting is on display at Off The Wall Gallery, Corbridge Northumberland.
There is a a large version of this painting also it is 24"x12"

WALK ON

ORIGINAL OIL ON BOARD 7"X 7"

One a Day

Original Oil 6"x6"

Legs and Co

Original Oil 12" x 4 Exhibition, Moot Hall, Hexham, 1st to 7th June 2009

Conversation Piece

Royal Ascot scene, this painting and the previous four or five will be on display at the moot hall Art Gallery, Hexham, Northumberland from 1st to 7th June 2009, Oil on board 14"x 8"

Battle Hill Hexham

Oil 7"x 7"

Wait For Me

Original Oil on Board 12" x 5"

All Dressed up

Original Oil 6"x6", Four people at the races, I have just painted these four again after painting them into another painting a few days ago, I will post the other work soon.