Ratones, bushes

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Ratones, bushes, oil on card, 17 x 14.5 cm - unavailable

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Tranquility

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Tranquility, Trindade, Florianopolis

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Demonic presence on a table top

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Demonic presence on a table top

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Guarda do Embaú, with distant hills behind; working outside -palette

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Guarda do Embaú, with hills in the distance, oil on card, 18 x 22 cm Sold

This painting is available on Saacchi Art

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Palettes

Working outside forces one to use easily portable equipment, and that includes palettes. This forces one to be very clear about what colour range one intends to use. 

I mix the basic colours in advance then adapt them where necessary as I work on the painting. It`s delightful to see how the colours open out when mixed with white. It`s similar to the way in which, when cooking, spices reveal their scents when you put them into hot oil.

Of course,  at times one mixes a set of colours and then during the working of the painting realises that another colouristic approach would be better. Live and learn!

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Tijucas

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Tijucas, in the afternoon, oil on card, 17 x 21.5 cm - available

This picture was damaged by the framer at the left and right sides

From Tijucas, that strange place which seems permanently shrouded in fog. 

The air smells of burnt caramel.

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Guarda do Embaú, sandbank

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Guarda do Embaú, sandbank, oil on card, 18 x 20 cm   AVAILABLE

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Scotland

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Southern Scotland

 I have decided to include the charming town of Melrose on my British trip: 

London- Berwick - Melrose -Alloa -Edinburgh- London

There is something mysterious about the Borders to me.

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