Location: United Kingdom
I always enjoyed art at school and I used to attend various ‘arty’ evening classes, including painting, pottery and printing. However, with work commitments (and general lack of inspiration) I did not take up my paint brushes for many years.
With my move to Lyme Regis in 2007, I have been inspired by the wonderful Dorset scenery and I have had more time to join local art groups, workshops and classes. These have motivated me to experiment with various different media, including watercolour, oil pastels, soft pastels, acrylic, gouache and collage in painting Lyme Regis and the Dorset landscape.
I love Art Deco and my work has a definite graphic feel to it; I am drawn to graphic shapes and colours in the local scenery and seem to have discovered my own distinctive style, whether I am using soft pastels, collage or acrylic ink.
Website: www.dorset-artist.co.uk
A selection of my paintings of West Dorset, including Colmer's Hill, near Bridport, and the Cobb at Lyme Regis, in a variety of media.
This was my first painting (in soft pastel) of the local landmark, Colmer's Hill, near Bridport in Dorset.
Another soft pastel version of Colmer's Hill
“Blue Patterns of Colmer's Hill”
A stylised version of Colmer's Hill in acrylic ink.
My first stylised version of the iconic Colmer's Hill in acrylic ink
Another version in soft pastel
A summer version in soft pastel.
This was an experiment - collage and acrylic ink on a 30cm x 30cm box canvas - this was for entry into the Malthouse Exhibition at Lyme Regis ArtsFest, and every entry was limited to 30xm x 30cm.
An acrylic ink version of the Cobb at Lyme Regis.
“Colmer's Hill”
“Autumn Colmer's Hill”
“Patterns of Colmer's Hill”
“Spring Colmer's Hill”
“Summer Colmer's Hill”
“Square Cobb - Lyme Regis”
“Blue Cobb - Lyme Regis”
