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Visit to Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny

Ashley — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:13:15 +0000

Visiting, Impressionist artist, Monet’s garden in Giverny was like a pilgrimage to me. To see one of my favorite artist’s legacy – where he painted some of his most important works. Paintings, such as his water lilly series, that opened to the way to abstraction.

I must admit I did not expect the gardens or the house to live up to all the hype but I am delighted to to say they did! In fact, the gardens were one of our holiday highlights – my wife and my children loved it as much as me.

Anyway here a just a few of the pics I took:

Friendship – Abstract oil painting on canvas

Ashley — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:08:12 +0000

I have been working on this abstract painting on off for a four months now. I used thick paint and mixed many of the colours directly on the canvas.

Fen Mist near Benwick

Ashley — Sun, 31 May 2009 20:35:22 +0000

Finally finished this oil painting of a misty fen day near Benwick.

Misty day on the fens near Benwick

Street Walk

Ashley — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:37:29 +0000

Just completed another painting titled ‘Street Walk’ and added it to www.ashwinstudio.co.uk. It is a abstract oil painting in and another in my recycled art series and I have left brief glimpses of the original painting (a landscape) untouched.

Painting the fens

Ashley — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:21:48 +0000

Below is some of my recent paintings depicting the fenland landscape

Rapeseed field with tree

Oil on canvas

Welcome to Ashwin Studio

Ashley — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:47:41 +0000

I plan to update this blog with my new work and work in progress.

Part of Ashley Baldwin-Smith's series of fenland scenes

Recently, I have been working on a series of paintings depicting the fens. I spend a lot of time out in the fens sketching; fishing and walking my dog and it seemed natural to paint it. I have worked in a variety of styles – whatever felt right for the scene, mood, time of day and most of all how it made me feel.

Oil paint and mixed media

I have also been working on a very different series titled ‘recycled art’. For some I have purchased art from charity shops and then reworked them. For others, I have collected found objects and created a number of different sculptures and assemblages.