Box Valley, Straw Bales. 10x12in, 25x30cm. Oil on board.
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This painting has been selected for the New English Art Club annual exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London.
You can purchase it here.
(Update: It sold on the first open day)
I am very proud to announce I am now represented internationally. From November my paintings are available at the prestigious Gallery France in Beynac-et-Cazenac in the Dordogne.
Beynac-et-Cazenac is a beautiful village in south-west France that was used as a location in the film Chocolat.
Gallery France is one of the leading art galleries in France specialising in 21st century artwork. Established in 1998, Gallery France represents some of the finest artists from across the world, in styles from traditional Impressionism, Post-Impressionism and Realism up to the more contemporary and provocative works of art. The artists represented have work in the finest private collections and museums around the world.
Visit the Gallery France website
Contact Gallery France
Gallery France
Chemin dir. Château (pedestrian zone)
Beynac-et-Cazenac
24220
France
Email: info@galleryfrance.com
http://galleryfrance.blogspot.com
Mid August in the Stour Valley, Suffolk.
This is one of the oil paintings I’ll be showing at the Plein Air Brotherhood exhibition that opens on Sunday 17th October 2013 at A&K Wilson Gallery.
It was painted entirely on location on the morning of 14th August near Smallbridge Hall shortly after the barley had been harvested.
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The 3rd annual Plein Air Brotherhood exhibition opens on Sunday 27th October.
Do come along and meet the artists, look at some great paintings, share a glass of wine and maybe buy a picture.
There will be plenty of new paintings by the members: Adebanji Alade, Antony Bridge, Roy Connelly, John Dobbs, David Pilgrim and Karl Terry. This year we are joined by a couple of guest artists – our friends, Tony Dakin and Graham Webber.
The Third Annual Plein Air Brotherhood Exhibition
The exhibition runs from 27th Oct – 9th Nov 2013
Tuesday & Wednesday 9.15–5.30. Thursday 9.15–2.00, 6.00–8.00
Friday & Saturday 9.15–5.30. Sunday & Monday Closed
A selection of paintings from the exhibition can be viewed at
www.akwilsongallery.co.uk
A & K Wilson Gallery Ltd,
11 Station Approach, Harpenden,
Herts. AL5 4SP
Tel: 01582 760824 E-mail: drew@akwilsongallery.co.uk
Craft of the Landscape Painter
Assington Mill
If you want to be able to paint the world around you, to get outside and capture the effect of light on the landscape without resorting to copying photographs, then this one day workshop is for you.
Working close by the mill and in the surrounding private nature reserve we will paint a series of landscapes by direct observation. This course is aimed at oil painters of all levels although you are welcome to use acrylics if you prefer.
For those nervous of working out in the open the secluded location is ideal, at the end of a long track down into one of Suffolk’s beautiful ‘hidden valleys’ between Constable’s Stour Valley and Gainsborough’s home town.
All with the added bonus of home-made lunch, biscuits and cakes throughout the day.
September 2013, 10am – 5pm with the option of staying on in the evening
Assington Mill, Bures Road, Assington, Suffolk, CO10 5LZ
Want to know more? View the pdf brochure
What to bring. Your usual oil painting kit including an easel suitable for outdoor use and outdoor clothing.
Click image above to read the brochure (pdf)
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The recent hot weather has actually made it harder to paint outside in the last few weeks but as the blue skies seem to have been been missing for so long it’s been great to get out and paint them.
The painting above is on a French 6F size canvas – see note below. The lush greens of early summer have now given way to rich golden shades of harvest time.
The middle painting above is on a French 6F size linen canvas. French canvas sizes are set of standard sizes for Figure (F), landscape – Paysage (P) and Marine (M). This picture is on a canvas intended to be used in portait format but I have used on its side.
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I’m very proud to feature in the summer edition of Artists and Illustrators magazine. For the summer they have a 10 page special on painting outside, following four plein air painters painting in Bath and Pin Mill.
On the cover (clockwise from top left): Antony Bridge, Valérie Pirlot, Paul Banning, Roy Connelly.
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A painting trip. To Scotland. In May. It was always going to rain wasn’t it?
This is a short film I made to show a typical wet plein air painting day on my recent trip.
Like the day itself, there’s a lot of weather and a little bit of painting.
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The last day of June was a stunner. If only the other 29 days had been as good. I went to Chelsworth in Suffolk for the wonderful Open Gardens day. This was painted on a little island in the River Brett while I listen to a band playing in the grounds of the nearby pub, The Peacock Inn. There is a short video clip below where you can hear the band and listen to water.
Oil on board. 12 x 10 inches.
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I’m very pleased to say I’ll be teaching my Craft of the Landscape Painter course at Assington Mill in Suffolk again this September.
Working in the grounds of the mill and the surrounding private nature reserve we will focus on producing a series of completed landscapes by direct observation. For those nervous of working out in the open the secluded location is ideal, at the end of a long track down into one of Suffolk’s beautiful ‘hidden valleys’ between Constable’s Stour Valley and Gainsborough’s home town.
September 2013, 10am – 5pm with the option of staying on in the evening
Where: Assington Mill, Assington, Suffolk, CO10 5LZ
What: Take a look at the pdf brochure
Below: Click to read the brochure (pdf)
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