The sea off the Devon and Dorset coastline is often glimpsed with a church tower peaking out of the rich field patterns and I am capturing these for my next exhibition this autumn. Simple views of clear horizons across Lyme Bay in this wonderful summer weather contrasts with the varying bright oblongs of grassland that have been mown at different times. And the peacefulness of the places of prayer and worship solidly stand like soldiers to attention amongst all this colour. Do come to my joint exhibition with much more interesting items than mine from Meriel Ensom, Sally Derrick, Robbie Innes, potters Bjork Harolddottir ...
8am on Brae Hill on the 26th May had a surreal atmosphere as the crystal clear air and bright low sunlight bathed the deep blue river water, the whitened drying sand on the falling spring tide against the green bluffs of farmland in such a perfect light. The clean colour along this brilliant estuary reaches out to the hard outlines of the headlands and the horizon already dotted with fishing boats. The air is fresh not yet of the summer balmy warmness and the people are few. Most have dogs and wellies whilst some have water bottles and lycra. I had a dog and ...
Staying with friends close to the sea on the north Cornish Coast at this time of year is a treat as apart from the delightful company one can move about the flower strewn lanes with ease and walk almost alone appreciating the strong contrasts in colour between the azure sea the very yellow clean sand the sky and the so green uncut grasses flopping the edges of the paths and pushing up on the horizon and out of the back of our garden the cypress trees framed the view nicely. A little further up the west country coast noisy things were ...
[caption id="attachment_1041" align="alignnone" width="293"] La Almuna[/caption] Late April in Andalucía couldn't be better with warm days and a breeze and the odd downpour necessary to bring on the abundance of flowers shrubs and trees that make up this rich landscape. It was 25 degrees plus last week and not a cloud in the sky making it less easy to make pace in the hills but the quiet tapas bars of the villages provided refreshment and the natural fuentes along our routes allowed cool clear revival without difficulty. Staying with Diana Paget at La Alumna is quite exquisite if you don't want super ...
Having been involved in a very minor way at Badminton for over twenty five years I have seen lots of colour in this spectacular of cross country riding events. The Park will look its very best as this Spring gets into gear will the many trees bursting their leaves at differing rates giving a real feeling of the movement of nature as the winter recedes so rapidly and sporting and outdoor activities are on us. This a sketch from last year fence 22 and maybe see you there on the 10th May.
Just glorious to be in England when the weather is good and we just caught enough of the waves before the real high pressure flattened the sea. At Portcothan the heated sand brought a warmth to the sea and made for a great time on the beach.
So this is where the discerning Dorset folk cluster of an evening away from the crowds and with BBQ apparatus and large pebbles as breadboards the farm produce is consumed washed down with juiced up Elderflower and occasional vino shipped from the uncles estate in southern climes.
When I set out from Algeciras on the south coast of Spain to part walk/ part use public transport to get home (more…)
Using a variety of media and styles the work responds to mood and geography but is more than often an observation of simple scenes in everyday life and on the travels across Europe.