Art in The Yoga Barn

Art in The Yoga Barn

Exmoor Gold

9 x 6 inches framed Oil on Canvas Board. £68 framed.

Just a short walk from The National Trust's Exmoor Bunkhouse, takes you up onto the hill behind, revealing a stunning view south out over the moors.

The sun was just setting and the task in hand was to capture the soft light bathing the valley below. The hit of golden yellow from the Gorse that is full flower now, gave a great highlight and complementary colour  note to the rest of the composition.

Art on the Rocks.

"Seaweed Green" 15 x 5 inches oil on wood panel £160 framed.Sold.

Having a set time limit to paint what's in front of you, can be one tough challenge, but a good one. Trying to find a new take on a familiar scene is also another good test of your compositional skills.
Down on the rocks looking back up at the Rhenish Tower, through the kelp and sea moss covered posts , proved to be testing indeed.
Laying down , big shapes with thick, heavy colour, is a really pleasing way to work and gets that canvas covered in a very short time.

" Lynmouth on the Rocks "

15 x 5 inches Oil on wood panel Sold.

I really enjoyed painting this study down on the rocks looking across at the harbour in Lynmouth. Trying to separate the view into easily paintable planes was quite a challenge. I worked from dark up into light from an ochre ground, which I found really helpful.

" The Devon 11"

" Spring Morning at Lynmouth " 15 x 5 inches oil on canvas.

Eleven surfer / painters out on the coast , promised to be an interesting three days. It didn't dissapoint. Tucked beneath the mighty seacliffs of Lynmouth, the warm Spring sunlight lit the picturesque valley and harbour up almost to order.
In such a location, you just couldn't go wrong.
Every direction that you turned was a perfect composition begging to be painted.
Head over to "The Devon 11 "blog to follow the artists on their three day painting retreat. "The Devon 11"