The South West Academy of arts annual exhibition is being currently in Sidmouth, south Devon. I managed to get one of my paintings accepted. It’s the painting of the high cliffs at Lynmouth which I painted using only 1 brush It’s a great show and there is 1 week left to go to view the work there. #art #artist #artwork #paintingforsale #paintingoftheday #painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting #landscape #sea #thesea #seascape #seapainting #beachscene

Granny’s Patio Chairs 24”x 16” oil on canvas This is an indoor outdoor session, if that makes to you. It was just too dodgy weather wise to go out painting, so I stayed in. It’s a view I look at every morning and I’m pleased I’ve been able to have a go at painting it. All painted with one brush, the large fan brush, that I used on the painting of the cliffs at Lynmouth. #artist #art #artwork #oilpainting #paintingforsale #painting #painter #artistoninstagram #paintingoftheday #stilllife #enpleinair

This post is of a couple of 16”x 20” oils that I have painted in the studio from some recent plein air studies. Both are close representations of the original sketches, but there are a few differences. Mainly in the positioning of the cattle within the landscape. In one, there was just enough cows. They all wandered off, whilst I was painting, after I had only managed to get a few down! I painted in a stronger, closer animal as the focal point from some sketches, and then made a few up, painting and tweaking until they looked right. In the other oil, an accidental paint smudge made me realise that a close group might work better. So I went with that. I worked the buildings up a bit, increasing values and colour until I was happy with the pattern of shapes. #art #artist #artwork #artistoninstagram #painting #paintingoftheday #paintingsforsale #landscapepainter #oilpainter #painter #cows #cattle #farm #farmscene #landscape