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The Fens Dawn Till Dusk, Painting Exhibition

Ashley — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:10:38 +0000

Six paintings from the Fenland series of landscape paintings are on exhibition at the Cazimir Cafe, King Street, Cambridge.

Fenland painting series exhibited at Cazimir Cafe, Cambridge

Two more fen paintings on display

The exhibition runs for one month starting 8th October 2009

Ten Mile Bank viewed from Brandon Creek

Ashley — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:04:15 +0000

I painted this view, another in my Fenland Series, of Ten Mile Bank near Brandon Creek in June. I painted this wet in wet with mostly a large brush as I rushed to capture the vivid blue fen sky and the morphing clouds.

Ten Mile Bank Viewed from Brandon Creek

New painting titled Fen Storm

Ashley — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:51:38 +0000

Fen Storm is a different painting to my recent work, it is painted with free , expressive and large brush strokes. I really enjoyed painting this and will work in this way on future paintings. I hope I have managed to capture the atmosphere off being caught in the storm – I got totally soaked during this storm.

Fen Storm - Oil painting

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

Spring Morning at St Ives Lakes

Ashley — Tue, 05 May 2009 11:58:38 +0000

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 before it changed again.

Oil painting depicting an April fen morning sky

New Landscape Exhibition

Ashley — Fri, 01 May 2009 10:27:40 +0000

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 Mace.

Out in the fens again

Ashley — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:03:57 +0000

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 and onto to Manea. We were rewarded by seeing a pair of Great Crested Grebes courting. The walk has inspired me to work on a painting (study) of a view looking from the drain towards Chatteris.

Another walk took us through Ramsey Forty Foot and Benwick, it was cold blustery day and I must admit the highlight was a nice pint of Deuchars IPA in a friendly pub in Ramsey.

Sunrise on the fens

Ashley — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 11:49:35 +0000

I have just completed a new oil painting for my fenland series – literally the paint is still wet.

It is 24 x 18 inches and on a deep canvas so does not need a frame.

Oil painting depicting the fenland landscape

Fenland Rise

Ashley — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:59:40 +0000

Part of the fenland series - Oil on canvas

Fenland Rise is another work in my fenland series of landscape paintings. I wanted to capture the overcast morning light that spread across the rapeseed and ploughed fields near the fen town of Whittlesey .