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SEPTEMBER 2011
Sunlight after the storm, Pin Mill
This quick oil sketch captures passing storm clouds at Pin Mill, near Ipswich,
where fellow members of 'The East Anglian Group of Marine Artists' had gathered to work.
We later retired to 'The Butt & Oyster', (where the Group was founded in 1979),
for a very enjoyable meal.
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AUGUST 2011
Evening Light, Southwold harbour
The old Gaffers Association's annual meeting took place in
Southwold during the first weekend in August. The gaff rigged boats
were joined this year by the Thames Barge ' Dinah', which you
can see in the foreground of this small oil sketch I painted on site.
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JULY 2011
Long lost oil panel - 'On the banks of the Nile, Egypt'
July was largely spent re-flooring and re-decorating my studio.
When pulling out a chest of drawers, I came across this long lost oil panel
that I was very pleased to find, as I'd painted it during a trip down the Nile
with a group of fellow artists back in 1993.
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JUNE 2011
Buttercup meadow, June
This is a view I came across not very far from my home.
The cattle in the water-meadows were backlit by early summer
sunshine, which suited the loose treatment of the subject.
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MAY 2011
Cattle in the water meadows, near Thurne
Hastily mooring up at this spot below Thurne, the cattle in the
buttercup meadows made the subject. However the cattle soon moved
on to another part of the meadow leaving me to remember the formation
that had attracted me to the view.
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MARCH 2011
Low tide, Brancaster
A break in the weather allowed me to paint this view of Brancaster
on the North Norfolk coast. This is a favourite spot of mine, from a raised stony path.
The interest for me was the broken sky reflected in the water filled channel.
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FEBRUARY 2011
Sun, mist and rushes, River Ant
A great deal of February was gloomy, but I did manage a painting break
on The Broads. The golden winter rushes lifting the subject
even in the late afternoon mist.
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JANUARY 2011
Winter sunshine, Salthouse
During the heavy winter snowfalls, there was only one day when the
sun came out, and I was able to take advantage of this by
painting this drainage ditch along the coast road towards Salthouse.
previous years' postings:
2010
2009
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