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This 60x60cm canvas is an interpretation of the black, white and yellow drawings that I was making everyday during the first Covid lockdown.  Keeping it simple but not compromising richness by articulating the surface with a variety of marks.

Recent work based on the former potato fields off the coast path near my studio.  The dark headland, yellow field and dilapidated granite ‘hedges’ are all recurring motifs but it was the introduction of the gannets which resolved this 80x100cm … Continued

Gannets feature in this 60x60cm painting on canvas too. They can be visually dramatic sometimes but in this image I was emphasizing their elegance.  The birds crossing of the otherwise unbroken and clearly defined horizon was important.

After making a lot of drawings on paper and small paintings on board, often with a reduced palette (around the yellow end of the spectrum), I painted this larger 100 x 80cm canvas in the studio recently. There is still … Continued