Mixed media & Acrylics
I had been experimenting for a while and folliowing some artists who have really inspired me. I find mixed media artwork really interesting as it gives me more freedom to express my sense of humour and I am not limited to copying every detail from a photograph, unlike my portraits. This is a completely new style for me and I love creating art this way. The scenes I depict are predominately Cornwall, but other seaside venues will appear as time goes by. Seaside scenes are my favourite theme and it makes me feel a little closer to the coast even though I am in landlocked Shropshire. My artwork uses acrylics, permanent markers and collage. Hope you enjoy my creations.
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“A view of Polperro”I am inspired by the coastal villages of Cornwall. This painting is done using acrylics on canvas linen textured paper. I like painting reflections, though this one was a bit of a challenge.
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“St Ives Bay (SOLD)”I am inspired by the cornish coast and St Ives is particularly beautiful. This was a new style of painting for me and started as a bit of an experiment. However, this painting has proved to be my most popular of all. The original has been sold but limited edition prints are available.
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“Mousehole Harbour”I love Mousehole. It is such a quaint little seaside town. I chose this picture to paint because I loved the surf boards leaning up against the wall and the reflections of the boats in the water.
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“Ready Money Cove, Fowey”Fowey is one of my favourite places to visit and we holiday there often. Ready Money Cove is a small but beautfiully formed cove which looks across to Polruan on the the opposite side of the estury.
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“Padstow Harbour”Padstow is another gorgeous place to visit. I painted this in a more wimsical style with bright colours for the houses and shops. The refelction in the water is also different to how I usually approach it. Once again this painting was a bit of an experiment.
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“A view of Fowey”Fowey is one of my favourite places to visit. I paint it a lot, as you will see. I use acrylics, permanent markers and collage to create this artwork. I like to add a little humour to my work and the collage pieces are always relevant to the area.
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“Bobbing Along”Bobbing along on the river fowey. This painting came from a photograph I took whilst in a holiday home we rented that backed onto the river Fowey. I used acrylics, permanent markers and collage to create this piece. A sense of fun is in all of the mixed media artworks I create and they all have a cheeky seagull or two lurking ready to pinch your chips!!
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“Tickled Pink (Commission piece)”This was created for my husband's niece. She visits Fowey regularly with her partner and they stay in a little pink cottage owned by a family member.
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“Cornish Dreams”Another painting of St Ives. Using acrylics, permanent markers and collage. I have tried to create the atmosphere of the tide going out leaving puddles of sea water on the damp sand.
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“Moments from the water”A popular view of St Ives with all its lovely shops and eateries. I used acrylics, permanent markers and collage. Once again, I have added a little of my sense of humour and lots of bright colours.
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“St Ives Harbour view”This was the first mixed media piece I made. I threw everything and the kitchen sink at this one, but I think it worked! I used acrylics, permanents markers and collage. I know they have issues with seagulls at St Ives so I added a little note on the beach stating 'don't feed the birds'. There is also a large seagull lurking in the top left hand corner of the painting.
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“Mevagissy Harbour”
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“Boats at Sennen Cove”This painting was a little different to my usual as there are no buildings. However, I really enjoyed creating the boats from different coloured card and papers. My cheeky seagulls have made there nornal appearance.
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“A seagulls View”This is quite literally a birds eye view of Porthmeor beach at St Ives. I love painting St Ives with it quaint little houses and beautiful beaches. My sister and her husband are about to move there, she said I should do more paintings of St Ives and perhaps she might be able to speak to some of the gallery owners there. What a fabulous thing that would be to have my artwork in one of there wonderful galleries.
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“Red Lion at Clovelly”This painting is of The Red Lion Hotel in Clovelly which is in picturesque North Devon. I was inspired to do this artwork because we had booked a celebration weekend away there and I was so excioted that I couldn't contain myself. I used acrylics, permanent markers and collage to create this piece.
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“River Fowey View”Fowey is a place that is very close to my heart. We have had holidays there for a few years now and never tire of it. There is a lovely gallery called River Fowey Gallery and they have been kind enough to invite me to exhibit some of my artwork, which is very exciting. I just had to paint Fowey once again in all its fabulous glory, with a hint of my colourful imagination.
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“A Snapshot of Bridgnorth”Bridgnorth is my local town so I thought it was about time I captured it on canvas. I've added some figures in the pub window which is new for me, but I am always experimenting with different ideas. Look closely at the church spire and see where it points to.
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“Across the Bridge to Bridgnorth”Another view of Bridgnorth. This is a really lovely view across the bridge over the river Severn. I really went to town with the collage on this one, but I love bridght colours.
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“A view of Shropshire”This is a beautiful view of Shropshire, with its amazing rolling fields. Again I;ve gone mad with bridght collage but thats my thing. The sheep have lovely woolly jumper too.
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“La vie en rose”And now for something completely different!! I wanted to go back to my roots, which is painting people. I wanted to mix it up with the mixed media and I really enjoyed doing it. The image is actually of my husbands neice, however, she does not have pink hair!
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“Feeling Blue”Another image of my husbands niece, taken from her modelling portfolio. I have decided to give her a blue rinse on this one, I hope she doesn't mind!
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