Near Cragiellachie - float framed

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Near Cragiellachie, oil on card, 12.5 x 9 cm - 2010- available

(Frame external edge 17 x 20 cm)

Float mounted framing. Without glazing the picture can e seen more clearly. 

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A view in Agronomica- spacious frame

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A  view in Agronomica - oil on card, 12 x 9 cm - 2010  - SOLD

(Frame at outside edge 36 x 41 cm)

Spacious matt here to allow breathing space for the pochade.

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Blue-green sea, Florianópolis

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Blue-green sea, Florianópolis, oil on card, 12.3 x 8.8 cm -  available

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Heath, May 2010

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Heath, May 2010, oil on card, 9.5 x 7.4 cm

This is a painting from the early pochade phase. 

I might return to making smaller pictures. I like the density, the concentration.

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A line of trees, Itacorubi, 2010

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A line of trees, Itacorubi, oil on card, 82 x 13.1 cm, 2010 - available

This was painted nine years ago and, for some reason, not posted.

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Studio sale

 Pochades in a rack.

For the next four weeks all the pictures labelled "Pochades" available on this site are offered at a special reduced rate of 70  pounds sterling or other currency equivalent plus 20 pounds post and packing for up to three pictures.

Payment is by Paypal, cheque or SWIFT or direct transfer from a UK or Brazilian Bank.

Please contact me if you want more details or wish to see the pictures here in Florianopolis.

Pink Flowers: among recent sales

Pink Flowers, oil on card, 10.9 x 7.9 cm  SOLD

This painting, was sold recently with four others. These can be found using the index work below, "sold".

Pochade carriers; Rio Grande do Sul

Above, a collection of pochade carriers which will be used on my trip later this week to Rio Grande do Sul, specifically Porto Alegre, Pelotas and Rio Grande.

As you can see, I shall paint some slightly larger pictures this time.

Slip road near a technological park, Ingleses

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Slip road near a technological park, oil on card, 9.4 x 6.8cm  - available

Another painting of a road. One way artists avoid ennui and deal with their fear of repetition is to create series, so that the lack of dissimilarity between works is a point of interest, not of boredom.

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Hillside

Hillside, oil on card, 14 x 10.2 cm - discarded

The of vegetaion is so abundant here that you rarely see the bare bones of the landscape, as in winter in Europe. I mis that austerity sometimes.

Sunny afternoon, Corrego Grande

Sunny afternoon, Corrego Grande, oil on card, 9.3 x 6.7 cm - discarded

Brazil is amazingly beautiful on days like these.

Rough sea, Priaia Mole

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Rough sea, Praia Mole, oil on card, 9.2 x 7 cm   AVAILABLE

A windy, sometimes wet day: Turner would have been happy. Tomorrow, I shall do another here.

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I've been loading the images on Flicker and Facebook at too high a pixellation so that when people click on them they fill the whole of their screens. I'm going to use a much lower hieght-width ratio in future.

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Sadness is a filling station in Brasil

Sadness is a filling station in Brazil, oil on card, 9.4 x 7.3 cm  SOLD

Tomorrow I shall be back at the sea, weather permitting.

Reflections of trees and clouds

Reflections of trees and clouds, oil on card, 8.3 x 9.5 cm

As I paint, a tide fills the creek, wrecking clear images of clouds and trees.

Drainage canal

Drainage canal, oil on card, 11.8 x 9.5 cm

Painted between showers of rain.

Camera, modem, 'phone

 

Camera, modem, 'phone, oil on card, 12 x 10.5cm

Simple still lives of the things around us.

Clouds above the dunes; buying work from this site

Clouds above the dunes, oil on card, 12.6 x 9.5 cm

Another painting from the dunes near Praia Joaquina.

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Please note that information about buying artwork from this site can now be found to the upper right hand side of this page, as can my biographical details.

Urban landscape with water pipes

Urban landscape with water pipes, oil on card, 9.5 x 13.9 cm

There isn't much post-industrial landscape here- a pity as it is very interesting to paint.

Foggy bay

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Foggy Bay, Florianópolis oil on card, 11.8 x 9.5 cm - - available

Painted from the technology park: quite Whisterian, much rain.

Balmy day, yellow building, trees and yard

Balmy day, yellow building trees and yard, oil on card, 11.5 x 10cm - discarded

Painted near here.

Tomorrow, weather permitting, I shall work at the business park again