Ocean Sunsets

I decided to use accent colours in this
collection, rather than tones of the same
colour that I favour in most of my seascape work. This 1st painting is a perfect example.

'Evening Glow' is my favourite from the collection, I love the simplicity of the scene and the beautiful sky. The dark clouds are complimented perfectly by the warming yellow light from the setting sun. I'm tempted to keep this painting myself, but I just don't have the wall space.... I have too many favourites.

'Le Coucher du Soleil II' is a striking piece that no photo can ever do justice. Using varying tones of oranges, reds and yellows to capture the scene, the painting just comes to life.

I'm back!

It's been a long time since I posted a message. A lot has happened and I find it hard to believe more than a year has passed.

After my last post the next few months flew by, shortly followed by the school summer holidays. With a lively young son to entertain finding time to paint is difficult enough, never mind posting regularly. At the time we also decided to relocate further south to be nearer family, we are now living in Northamptonshire. For the 1st time in my life I'm not living by the sea, thankfully we have beautiful countryside around us to make up for it. The relocation kept us busy for the rest of 2006 and we were settled just in time for Christmas.

There have been a number of changes to my collections in the past year and I will cover this in more detail separately. Suffice to say there are many new paintings and I've just started work on the most recent collection, an exciting departure from my usual works.