Grey landscapes.

It's November and very grey everywhere. With not a lot of colour around I'll have to work with what I have. I'm focussing my attention on three canvases for The Little Picture Show at the Albany Gallery in February. An odd glimpse or two of sun shining through the clouds could trigger memories of the summer and release bright images to add some cheer to my paintings. Failing that I'll rely on memories of long balmy days in France where the intensity of colours never failed to excite and inspire me.

                                                Return To The Village. Oil on canvas.

Take a Break

                                         
                                          Take a Break. Oil on canvas.

Albany Gallery Summer Show. 4th July -17th August 2019.

Bougainvillea and Mimosa.

Two plants which conjure up the South of France for me. Mimosa I had as a surprise present a year ago; I couldn't quite believe it at the time. It's now strong and sturdy, surviving snow and even producing flowers during the freezing temperatures last year. The Bougainvillea plants I found in the local super-market a couple of days ago. I could never have imagined in my wildest dreams that I could possess these plants in Wales. So many times I gazed with envy at people in the market in Montcuq walking away with Mimosa plants and longed to take one home with me. Bougainvillea instantly brings to mind images of the French Riviera, of garden walls along the coast glowing with the vibrancy of bougainvillea flowers.  Possessing these plants seemed even more remote yet here they are sitting on my dining room table. Who knows if they will survive but I'm hopeful!

Bevan Foundation - No Place for Poverty Launch.

Bevan Foundation launches No Place For Poverty campaign | Bevan ...

https://www.bevanfoundation.org/.../bevan-foundation-launches-no-place-for-poverty...

2 days ago - In 16 days' time, the world will mark the 25th annual International Day of Poverty. 

Shelter Auction Catalogue.

Shelter Cymru. Art Auction 2018. 

AN UNRESERVED AUCTION OF WELSH ART IN AID OF SHELTER CYMRU

THU 20 SEPTEMBER 2018, 10:00 AM - CARDIFF SALEROOM, SOUTH WALES

SHELTER CYMRU ART AUCTION
Timed auction of 40+ lots starting on 10th August & finishing at 8pm on 20th September
Bids can be placed on the-saleroom.

 Oil on canvas. `Jazz in the Afternoon`, 30 x 40cms. Framed.

A minor hiccup!

After a winter spent exercising my new knee and slowly getting back to normal, a bit of a hiccup! Walking too fast one morning, thinking of other things and sure that I would return to the studio in the next few weeks my foot hit a loose and raised paving stone in my road. A trip by ambulance to hospital, then surgery and I'm back exercising and repeating the process, this time for a new hip and this time throughout a brilliant summer. I may not yet be back in the studio, although I did call in one day with my grandsons to pick up a painting for this year's Shelter Cymru Auction next month, but I have started painting at home. The landscape throughout my enforced break in work has ranged dramatically from the deep snow in the winter months to the long heatwave this summer.  The sun always drives me to the easel, and this year I felt I could have been painting in Montcuq as I woke up each morning to blue skies and sunshine and hot days. It was always too inspirational to ignore so now I'm expecting some bright images to appear on canvas.