Some of my Suffolk snow pictures from February go on show this week at the Edmund Gallery, St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33 1LS. Private View 6-9pm Friday 4th May.

10am – 4.30pm. The show runs till Thursday 10th May 2012.

For more details visit Josephine Harpur Gallery.

The artists taking part are: Lisa Graa Jensen, Yanko Tihov, Nadia Tsakova, Holly Brodie, Nancy Petley-Jones, Robert Wells and Roy Connelly

The exhibition is open from 16 April – 5 May 2012. Gallery opening hours are 10am to 7:30pm Monday to Saturday

Llewellyn Alexander Fine Paintings Ltd
124 -126 The Cut, Waterloo, London SE1 8LN UK
(Opposite the Old Vic Theatre)
Tel: 0207 620 1322/1324 Fax: 0207 928 9469

gallery@LlewellynAlexander.com

In September I will be teaching a plein air oil painting workshop at Assington Mill in Suffolk.  Based at a 17th century watermill in 70 acres of private nature reserve, it would be hard to find a more perfect location to hone your outdoor oil painting skills.

We will cover the follow topics.

• Equipment
• Materials
• Setting up outside
• Working methods and techniques
• Short cuts
• Finishing paintings on location
• Getting your wet oil paintings home again

All with the added bonus of home-made lunch, biscuits and cakes throughout the day.

For those already familiar with outdoor painting this is a great opportunity to paint at this fabulous location. We will have the freedom of this 70-acre private nature reserve with stunning views.

View the pdf brochure for Craft of The Landscape Painter.

For online bookings and information  please visit AssingtonMill.com.

For information and telephone bookings contact Anne Holden on:
Tel: 01787 229955
Mobile: 07770 550570
Email: info@assingtonmill.com

I painted this last winter.  I have posted it today because it features in an article I wrote on plein air painting in winter that has just been published in The Artist magazine.

Its quite big for a plein air painting, 20 x 36 inches on stretched linen, and it was painted in a single rather cold session.

Above: A very early stage in the painting.  I have very roughly blocked in the main areas of the composition.

Below: My Plein-air painter’s guide to winter article in The Artist magazine.

The painting above is for sale at £2,000. Contact me for more details.

 The Affordable Art Fair opens this week and I’ll have several new paintings for sale at Island Fine Arts on stand E6. The two shown here are from my recent trip the south of France.  I was there painting with Paul Rafferty and we worked in some of his favourite locations from St Tropez to Nice and Antibes.

Pines at Cap D’Antibes,France. 8×12 inches, oil on board. SOLD

Affordable Art Fair Battersea Park, London
Island Fine Arts – Stand E6
20 – 23 October 2011

Opening times
Thursday 20 October 11.00am – 5.30pm
Thursday Late View 5.30 – 9.30pm
Friday 21 October 11.00am – 6.00pm
Saturday 22 October 11.00am – 6.00pm
Sunday 23 October 11.00am – 6.00pm

I have few free tickets left - email if you would like one.

Free shuttle service from Sloane Square tube. Click here for directions.

The picture above is one of several paintings I have on show in Bury St Edmunds this week.

Josephine Harpur Exhibition
17th – 22nd September 2011
The Edmund Gallery, Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

In the photo above are, left to right: Adebanji Alade, Karl Terry, John Dobbs (in doorway), David Pilgrim, Roy Connelly, Ken Howard OBE RA, Antony Bridge.

There is a nice write up of the exhibition on the website of artist Liam O’Farrell.

The Inaugural Exhibition of the Plein Air Brotherhood opens this week at the A&K Wilson Gallery in Harpenden.

The picture above is one of several of Harpenden painted recently when PAB artists, Adebanji Alade, Roy Connelly and John Dobbs visited ahead of the exhibition.

Everyone is welcome to attend the preview night, where they will be able to meet the artists. You can download an invitation here: Plein Air Brotherhood Invitation

The Inaugural Exhibition of The Plein Air Brotherhood
1st – 30th September 2011
A & K Wilson Gallery Ltd,
11 Station Approach, Harpenden,
Herts. AL5 4SP
Tel/Fax: 01582 760824
E-mail: drew@akwilsongallery.co.uk

You can learn more at the Plein Air Brotherhood website.

The warm summer mornings seem to draw everyone down to the river. This view towards Hammersmith Bridge and The Rutland Arms was painted from Furnival Gardens. One of the challenges of painting on location is capturing moving figures. Fortunately, fine days on the embankments of the River Thames provide the artist with a countless stream of figures to paint.

I have  just designed a new cover for the romantic comedy Flights of Angels.

Flights of Angels is, as you have probably realised, by my wife, Victoria Connelly. It was originally published in Germany where it was a bestseller and it was later was adapted into a film for SAT1 television.

A scene from Himmlischer Besuch für Lisa.

Although written in English it has only been available in German until now. You can download the English version from Amazon – Flights of Angels