Sunset from St Agnes Isles of Scilly. Oil on canvas 77×153 cm 2017 £2500

This painting just finished is from my last visit to the Isles of Scilly, and has taken some time to compete. Rather than working outside on this painting I have taken created this painting from numerous small waterolours and sketches done while visiting St Agnes. This is one of several underway and this is the first to be finished.

Working in the studio on several paintings, all around 30×60 inches……The technique I am using makes the oil paint behave a little like watercolour and with the right mediums the colour retains it’s vibrancy……The main problem is drying time…..I now have to pick my way around half a dozen large oil paintings that have to lie flat until the paint is dry….. or at least dry enough to have the paintings vertical. And then on top of these will be consecutively placed glazes each needing drying time………It is exciting, slowly watching the paint move around….gently raising a corner to control the flow. It’s exciting waiting to proceed with the next glaze and always the paint does something different…..Not such a good image to go with the text..that’s deliberate though..as I don’t really want to give away everything about how I achieve this effect…….The one on the easel is waiting for me to do the same……..

Porth Nanven reflected light oil on Canvas 112×132 cm £3100

The second of the stormy sea series of paintings. Painted at Porth Nanven and finished at home. The storms at Porth Nanven can be terrific……terrifying too. Bur it is a fantastic experience to paint these storms. It is different from moment to moment and through every storm I could paint hundreds of paintings…..Well in fact this is what happens on every canvas as the painting changes and evolves through repeated visits to witness the cycle of winter storms