Ashwinstudio art blog - January, 2024


Shipping art to the US

29th January, 2024

Lode Walk oil painting

Pleased to have just shipped a painting to the US but it is now so complicated to ship paintings and sculpture.

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New Fenland Landscape Painting

23rd February, 2021

Walk Along the Lode landscape painting

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Fenland Roots, metal sculpture commission

3rd April, 2018

Someone recently posted on of my commissioned sculptures on social media – Fenland Roots is displayed at the Wetherspoon, The Hippodrome, March along with a nice plaque.

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The Fens Dawn Till Dusk, Painting Exhibition

9th October, 2009

Six paintings from the Fenland series of landscape paintings are on exhibition at the Cazimir Cafe, King Street, Cambridge. The exhibition runs for one month starting 8th October 2009

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Fen Mist near Benwick

31st May, 2009

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

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Looking for inspiration

29th May, 2009

Last few weeks, I have been out sketching, making paint studies and taking reference photos of trees, skies, the sea and various fen landscapes, from Prickwillow to Heacham beach. Still working on […]

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Artist Block?

9th May, 2009

After spending the morning gardening, I decided to continue one of my paintings. The oil painting has been worked up from sketches and ref photos made in April when I visited and […]

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Spring Morning at St Ives Lakes

5th May, 2009

Finished this painting of a Spring Morning at St Ives just in time to go into the Landscape II  exhibition at Williams Art Gallery.  I only had minutes to sketch and photograph the April sky […]

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New Landscape Exhibition

1st May, 2009

I am exhibiting paintings from my Fenland Series at the Williams Art Gallery. Exhibition starts May 5th. Other artists involved will be Richard Keys, Gail de Cordova, Nicholas James Juett, Jess Sutton and Maureen […]

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Out in the fens again

22nd April, 2009

I spent much of my weekends in the fens again. My wife and my oldest son had a lovely walk along the Counter Wash drain in Mepal towards the old pumping station […]

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