Ashwinstudio art blog - August, 2009


Mayday Marina

12th August, 2009

Finally, my painting titled Mayday Marina is dry enough to be hung in an exhibition at the Williams Gallery. Whilst painting this, I really wanted to capture some the energy of the […]

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Ten Mile Bank viewed from Brandon Creek

24th July, 2009

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 […]

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New painting titled Fen Storm

22nd June, 2009

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 […]

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Tree paintings in exhibition

18th June, 2009

Decided to show two of my paintings depicting avenue of trees and different times of the year. June Avenue was painted a few months ago but is based on paint sketches made […]

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Watching paint dry

16th June, 2009

I have paintings on the go, all at different stages, some very close to completion and others midway. However, they are all at a stage where they need to dry before I […]

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Angling on the Norfolk Broads

5th June, 2009

Just finished some retouching on one of my older oil paintings of the Norfok Broads

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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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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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Progress Green

22nd April, 2009

Just finished this experimental painting, it is painted in oils on canvas board, and in style sits somewhere between my abstract and fenland  landscape work. It is my way of expressing how […]

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Sunrise on the fens

17th March, 2009

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 […]

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