El Jadida: sea

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El Jadida: sea, oil on card, 27.2 x 22.2 cm, available

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Aberdeen, seafront

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Aberdeen, seafront, oil on card, 23.7 x 21 cm - available

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Stonehaven, August, 2025

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Stonehaven, August, 2025, oil on card, 29 x 29 cm, available

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The Don and dunes

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The Don and dunes, Aberdeen, oil on card, 32.1 x 29.5 cm - available from No31 Gallery

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Aberdeen: rocky bay

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Aberdeen: rocky bay, oil on card, 7.1 x 27.1 cm- available

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Aberdeen: the sea

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Aberdeen: seafront, oil on card, 22.6 x 22.1 cm - available

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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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The waves at Tapera, February 2009

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The waves at Tapera, February 2009, oil on card, 9 x 12 cm  Available

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Praia Moçambique, watercolour

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Praia Moçambique, January 12, 2024, watercolour, A2

Today was cool enough to paint without shade.

I hadn't painted the sea for ages.

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Canasvieiras, sea, March 11, 2023

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Canasvieiras, sea, March 11, 2023, watercolour, A3

 

 

 

 

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Canasvieiras, sea, December 12, 2022

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Canasvieiras, sea, December 2, 2022

 watercolour on paper, 40.5 x 28.3 cm

 

 

 

 

Canasvieiras, sea, December 2, 2022 - detail

 

Canasvieiras, sea, December 2, 2022 - detail

My thoughts on watercolour are that when the paper receives more than two brush strokes, the effect is heavy, because transparency is lost. 

So, it is a better to of watercolour in a two layer process, with strokes and dots than with innumerable layers. That makes it a much more graphic medium than oils.

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Canasvieiras, clouds, sea, hut

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 Canasvieiras, clouds, sea, hut, watercolour on paper,  28 x 40 cm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Canasvieiras, clouds, sea, hut - detail

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canasvieiras, clouds, sea, hut - detail

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Canasvieiras, October 21, 2022

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Canasvieiras, October 21, 2022

 watercolour on paper, 24.5 x18.5 cm

 

 

 

 

Canasvieiras, October 21, 2022 - detail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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A drive further south 3: Ferrugen

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 Ferrugen

 

 

 

Ferrugen: sea view, oil on card, 27.5 x 30 cm - available

 

 

Ferrugen: sea view- detail

 

 

Ferrugen out of season is utterly enchanting, with river, lake, beaches and woods intermingling: I could happily spend a month here painting.

 But in summer it must become completely over-run by tourists (often surfers) and rather exhausting.

 

 

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Sambaqui, sea, August

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Sambaqui, sea, August, oil on card, 30 x 27.7 cm- available

 

 

Sambaqui, sea, August, oil on card- detail

 

 

 

 

 

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Praia da Lagoinha; Prussian Blue

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Praia da Lagoinha, oil on card, 26 x 28 cm  available

 

 

 

 

 

Prussian blue is a nce deep green-blue. But it is very strong and tends to overpower. Because of this, I'd jetissonied it from my regular palette. But it it mixes well with brown to Vandyke Brown to give an excellend dark shadow colour, so I'm going to use it again every now and then.

 

 Cezanne used it a lot and I feel it is sometimes too strong a presence in his pictures, forcing the mood. It isn't as noxious as Phthalo Blue but it can really stain everything if you aren't careful.

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, sea, June 2022

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa, sea, June 2022, oil on card, 26 x 27.7 cm - available

Very like Cezanne here.

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Sambaqui, June 6, 2022, morning

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 Sambaqui, June 6, 2022, morning, oil on card, 23.7 x 28 cm - available

 

Sambaqui, June 6, 2022, morning- detail

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Aberdeen, sea, May, 2022

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Aberdeen, sea, May, 2022, oil on paper, 25 x 30 cm  SOLD

I`ve been trying out pre-primed card for painting. I am not sure I like it much, the texture, which imitates canvas doesnt allow me to draw so speedily across the surface.

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This picture has sold and the proceeds will go to help Ukraine

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Praia Moçambique, sea, April 1, 2022, oil on card, 26 x 27.5 cm

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 Praia Moçambique, sea, April 1, 2022, oil on card, 26 x 27.5 cm unavailable

 

 

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