Shells and the sea, transformed in paint. Since moving to Nantwich
Shown at its real size, 40 × 50 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.
This is one of my earlier oil paintings, following a more creative approach while still using the sea and its creatures for inspiration.
Shown at its real size, 30 × 25 cm. Above a writing desk, hung to be seen sitting down. The room is an illustration.
This is a favourite of mine, as I like the colours and feel that the design element between the shells has resulted in a compact, interesting and beautiful little painting.
Shown at its real size, 27 × 37 cm. Above a side table about 65 cm across. The room is an illustration.
This painting started as a study of a broken shell but developed, as so many of my paintings do, into a composition of shells, seaweed and moonlight, creating patterns and shapes in and around the central area.
Shown at its real size, 50 × 45 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.
This began as a detailed study of this amazing shell and developed into a shell caught by a curving wave onto a beach.
Shown at its real size, 40 × 50 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.
The idea of fish bones and skeletons of creatures was the beginning for this painting. I wanted to retain a feeling of spiky fish bones, as well as movement of the sea and the shore against which the shells and bones will be tossed.
Shown at its real size, 50 × 50 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.
I first painted this shell many years ago as a watercolour, and then recently painted it again as a large, strong shell which floats effortlessly above the landscape. It creates a feeling of peace, with the unthreatening skyline far off.
This painting started with a broken shell, which developed into a shell on a beach, and then finally into a part of the original shell reflected in the water of the beach in which it is trapped.
Shown at its real size, 35 × 46 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.
I am happy with this painting of an abalone shell on a beach. Far in the distance the line of the sea has a calming effect, while the merging of reality with imagination has resulted in a calm yet interesting painting.
Shells swept by the waves, with the tension caused by the deep sea pulling the shells ever downwards.
Shown at its real size, 50 × 40 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.
I am happy with this painting, as I like the way the two very different shells come together to form a whole while at the same time retaining their individual characteristics. The small shells balance the whole.
Shown at its real size, 33 × 44 cm. Above a side table about 65 cm across. The room is an illustration.
I was given this shell as a gift and love its fragility and incredible patterning. I wanted to convey both this fragility as well as its resilience against the powerful swirl of the ocean.
Shown at its real size, 55 × 45 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.
Seagulls whirling in and out of the currents of air thrown up by the power of the sea against the rocky land.
Shown at its real size, 50 × 40 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.
I have several sea urchin shells and find their complex patterns endlessly fascinating. This painting captures the magic of the shell as well as the power of the water around it.
Shown at its real size, 36 × 50 cm. Above a cabinet about 90 cm wide. The room is an illustration.
I do not use acrylic usually, but decided to as an experiment, as I wanted to convey several levels in this painting: the sea itself, powerful against the unsettling sky; secondly, the outlines of the large shells across the picture; and thirdly, the beach moving strongly from left to right of the painting. I am happy with the result.