Porthcurno 2011

I went to Porthcurno ages ago, in March, it was a stunning day and the sea was like liquid Jade.  I took a photo and have now finally painted this image.  I found it really difficult to catch the white waves on the shore but think I've almost caught it.  I might put a seagull on the granite.

Porthcurno Beach from Minack Theatre, March 2011

I decided to paint Porthcurno on canvas and this is the result.  Very similar to the Acrylic Paper version.  The measurements are 16" x12" x 1.5".  I'm quite pleased with it. 

Only Pink Shells!

Only Pink Shells!

I have just painted this image.  It’s of a little girl who loves pink collecting shells and other treasures at the beach,  She’s been at a wedding all day and now it’s time to have fun just before the sun begins to set!

Already half way through May!

It's been nearly two months since I entered anything into this little blog.  Shame.  Been quite busy though, went to Holland for a few days and took some days off when Chris, Jake and Kate came to stay at Easter...fantastic weather...Anyway, I've done a couple of paintings also and here they are.

Pascale's House

Pascale sent me a photo of her house to paint.  Twas quite difficult because of all the straight lines which I'm useless at doing.  Anyway, I'll post it off to Holland today where she lives in Amstelveen with her hubby Jonno and lovely daughter Alice. (I used to live nearby too, still got a flat there actually).....hope she likes it.

Hollyhock Heaven (2)

Hollyhock Heaven (1) proved so successful (I sold it to a lady in Portugal!) I thought I would paint another very similar one.  Actually, I don't think it's quite a s cute as the first one, so might change it a bit.  I did change the little characters.  In (1) I have an old man playing ball with this dog.  In this one I've painted two children playing ball with their Mum standing in the doorway of the house.


Wedding Card

Quite a few friends and people I know have had weddings or are planning to have weddings at the moment.  Seems the "in" thing to do doesn't it?   I decided to paint this romantic picture.  I've also added the tiniest bit of glitter to the bride's headgear and the blossom.  I'm quite pleased with it.  Twill be placed in my cards section of this blog!

forgotten paintings (cards)

The other day Mum showed me these paintings from the past which I'd completely forgotten about.  They're quite nice, some water colour, some acrylic which I turned into cards (as I do with nearly all of my paintings) and you can see them on the card page.

Old Country Cottage (Birthday Card)7.5" x 5" 9cm x 13cm Water Colour on Water Colour Paper 

Red and Gold Tulips 

12" x 8" (30cm x 20cm) Acrylic on paper

Pretty Pink Tulips 12" x 8" (30cm x 20cm) Acrylic on paper

Dad Bowling (Birthday Card) Water Colour on Water Colour Paper 6" x 8" (20cm x 15cm)

Christmas Candle (Christmas Card) Water Colour on Water Colour Paper 9" x 6" (23cm c 15cm)




Christmas Pud (Christmas Card) Water Colour on Water Colour Paper 9" x 6" (23cm c 15cm)

Mum's Plonk! (Mother's Day Card)

12" x 8" (30cm x 20cm) Acrylic on paper

perranuthnoe rocks and sea

Hello, I've been in Holland for a week or so to visit friends which was very nice.  I didn't have much time to paint but now I'm back, I've started again..

This is my latest painting of the rocks and shore at Perranuthnoe with St Michael's Mount in the distance, teeny little sailing boat.  It was difficult to take a good pic of though because the photo is square but my camera viewer oblong (not very technical see!).  So I've taken two shots of it.  Hope you like it.  It's quite big, 30" x 30" (80cm x 80cm) possibly bigger.

Old Fashioned Roses

Old fashioned lilac-white roses in a glass vase with magic golden vessel, about to slide off the chest of drawers...

Finally completed today 27 February, 2011. 20" x 16" (51cm x 41cm)

Acrylic on Canvas

Blossom House

A picture of the house where I live, except these blossom trees aren't in exactly the same place! Little bit of artistic licence there!
It measures 20" x 16" (51cm x 41cm)

Here's a close up of the painting so you can see how thick the paint is that I've used for the blossoms!