I was commissioned to make a drawing of Little Totham Church for a wedding anniversary gift. It really is a beautiful building.
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Burnham Art Trail 2023
This is me, proud as Punch! Having just hung my paintings in Holicity Health, 140 Station Road, Burnham on Crouch, my alloted venue for the Burnham Art Trail 2023.
It was Art Trail venue number 12, which you can find on the Art Trail Map here.
This was my first Art Trail, the culmination of nine months painting and anticipation, which is why I was so relieved and excited.
Diana and Nick from Hoilcity Health were an absolute dream to coordinate with. They were both so kind, laid back but enthusiastic and very flexible when I had to postpone my set up day because of a brush with covid. Huge thanks to them.
And here’s a little video of the pictures in the window.
All my Art Trail Paintings are For Sale!
I’ve listed the paintings I exhibited in my Art Trail venue below. They’re all pen and wash and they’re all for sale, so do please contact me if you’d like to buy yourself, or someone else you love, some art:
Sunset, Winter Trees, Mayland
Framed
£75
Sold
Sunset II, Winter Trees, Mayland
Framed
£75
Sunset III, Winter Trees, Mayland
Framed
£75
Grapnells Farm, Wallasea Island
Framed
£100
Blue Boat, Low Tide
Framed
£100
Wallasea Island from Burnham Quay
Framed
£100
Clock Tower, Burnham-on-Crouch
Framed
£120
Green Door, High Street, Burnham-on-Crouch
Framed
£100
Sharings’ Wisteria
Framed
£100
Morning Trees, Mayland
Framed
£75
Sold
Asheldham Church
Framed
£75
At Burnham Museum
And below is the painting, also pen and wash, that is on the Burnham Musuem ‘taster wall’
No7 High Street, Burnham-on-Crouch
Framed
£100
And this is the original painted postcard I donated for the auction, it’s based on a sketch I made in my neighbours’ garden last year.
Lavender Bees
Unframed
Auctioned
There was a lovely Art Trail launch party at Burnham Museum. It was a real treat to meet other participating artists, some for the first time. The range and quality of the artwork on show there was really impressive and I was honoured to be included.
Art On The Quay
I also took part in Art on the Quay during the mornings of Sundays 25th June and 2nd July. We painted under the bright pink gazebos opposite The Olde White Harte pub.
The pen and wash painting I made of the pub over those two Sundays is below. It’ll be up for sale at the Burnham Art Club exhibition which starts on Saturday 26th August in Burnham’s museum.
And here’s me painting it!
Click here for all the Burnham Art Trail 2023 information.
Riverside Trilogy, Ulting
I received the application form for the annual art exhibition in Langford and Ulting Village Hall as a friend and I were planning a kayak trip from Hoe Mill Lock. It was the perfect opportunity to take some reference photos of the beautiful Ulting countryside along the banks of the River Chelmer as we paddled to Paper Mill Lock and back.
Being so low, sitting on the surface of the water, lends an unusual perspective and, as my kayak buddy pointed out, these pen and wash landscapes actually have the orientation of portraits.
It was the striking silouhettes of the towering teasels I noticed first, I love the way they frame this little rural scene. 
I was struck by the lush green of this riverside field in contrast to the backlit branches, still bare, on the cusp of spring.
And lastly, the beautiful old church appears to grow out of the vegetation on the riverbank.
The exhibition will celebrate local artists and raise money for the village hall:
Langford and Ulting Village Hall, Langford Road, CM9 4SS
Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd April 2023, 10am-5pm
Burnham Art Club – Winter 2022-23
Happy to present the remaining pen and wash paintings I made between December 2022 and February 2023.
Above and below, a couple more attempts to capture the colourful sky as the winter sun sets behind our neighbours’ poplar trees.
And since I’m partial to a silhouette, here’s Asheldham church backlit by a January sunset.
While taking a short, time killing wander around Maldon one December evening I noticed these illuminated leaves still clinging to a tree behind the Blue Boar pub.
It never ceases to amaze me how winter pansies can continue to bloom after being repeatedly frozen, aparently solid.
The two beauties above live in the neighbourhood.
My mum bought this beautiful Singer for £32, 12 shillings and thruppence in 1962 which is worth between £658 and £873 depending on your inflation calculator.
Burnham Art Club – November 2022
Even if I can’t get to Burnham Art Club meetings on a Tuesday morning, to either paint out in the open air or inside the Art Club meeting hall, I set time aside to make a new painting at home.
These are the paintings I made in November.
I actually made a version of this view of Tillingham Church about six months ago in May. I drove to Tillingham on a bright morning and sat drawing in the street until the chill from the wind got a bit uncomfortable. The passersby were mostly curious and friendly and the guy whose house I was sitting outside kindly offered me a cuppa. He’d overestimated the warmth of the sunshine too – he came out wearing shorts and no top!
I was out of practice back then and although the painting came out ok, I wasn’t happy with the composition so I redid it this month.
We’ve still got tomatoes growing in our greenhouse here in Mayland. I was struck by the elegance of this particular branch as it draped over the bamboo cane. I also love the colour gradation of the fruits as they ripen at differnet rates.
And finding this beautiful rose blooming in our neighbours’ garden while I was house sitting recently was a lovely surprise. Its scent was diivine but, sadly, capturing that was beyond me!
You may recognise the form of the trees above from a painting I made almost exactly a year ago.
It’s the view from my bedroom window, and by November the sun has crept around the house to set behind the neighbours’ poplars, with Mayland Hill in the background.
Although the silhouette of the trees is basically unchanged, there’s huge variation and sometimes drama in the sky colours as the sun goes down.
View from the Castle – Sketch
I made this little pen and watercolour sketch of the view through the castle ramparts at a recent meeting of the Vejer Sketchers.