The bigger picture
The past few years have seen the production of a considerable number of bigger pictures... these are statement pieces, great as the centrepiece to a living room, entrance hallway, or hanging in a series in a large public space: office, cafe, hospital, etc. The image above stands the viewer in the gently breaking surf on Sennen beach in Cornwall, looking out to the Brisons. (100cm x 120cm) Private Collection.
One of the most recent images, after seeing a Peter van Breda image of the Thames. (I love Peter's use of light, and enjoyed meeting him at an exhibition, and talking about those special parts of a picture that make it 'sing': on that occasion, looking at a small painting he was working on of a Stamford street, we both agreed on the same streetlamp!) I based this on his composition, but blew the scale up for a painting c90cm square. With thanks to Peter for the inspiration.
Llanberis Pass, Wales, in the style of early C19th Romantic painters. The original artists are likely to have use watercolour: my challenge was to get the same aerial perspective using oil glazes. (90cm x 90cm)
Oil on board, inspired by the Japanese influences on Monet's compositions. (In gilt frame, outer frame dimensions: c 60cm x 90cm)
Oil on board, in a an antique gilt frame, inspired by Monet's series paintings of the Creuse River, this time in winter light, with ice floes on the river. (Outer frame dimensions: c75cm x 100cm)
Oil on canvas of a scene in the Maldives, done as a wedding gift for the family members who honymooned there. Private Collection