About ME
A love of old ropes
I paint mainly in watercolour because I love the transparency of the medium. Perhaps because I was born and grew up on a farm close to the sea in South Devon, I am drawn to the play of light on water and in water, and the complex textures and intricate, often abstract, patterns to be discovered in old, well-used, ordinary items: a battered barn door, the depth of colour in the patina on a rusty mooring ring, the pattern formed by old mooring ropes left on the beach at low tide, a tangle of chains, footprints in the sand.
A world in a grain of sand
Well-meaning friends have told me that the subject matter of my paintings is a little odd! I suppose all artists look for a different perspective on the world and mine seems to draw me to the often over-looked everyday things that nevertheless have a beauty of their own and a story to tell because they have been loved and used for many years. So I paint sandscapes and rusty chains and tatty ropes and seaweed and rocks and pebbles and peeling paint and weathered wood and barnacle-encrusted props and battered buoys.
Something a little different
Fascinated by the intricate beauty of plants, I also enjoy painting botanical subjects--the perfection of an orchid, the abstract quality of the endless skins of a red onion ... Always something a little different, so if that is what you are looking for, find my work at the Mason-Laurence Gallery at Dartington, Totnes; the Loft Gallery, Salcombe (Easter to the end of September); the Leading Edge Gallery, Ivybridge; and from Oct. 14-29, 2017 at Middle Soar, Malborough, during the South Hams Arts Forum annual Arts Trail.
A Selection of my paintings
Where you can find my paintings
Reflections. Original landscape format watercolour. Mounted and framed. Mounted Limited Edition Giclée print also available.
These paintings are available to view and purchase at The Mason-Laurence Gallery, The Shops at Dartington, Shinner's Bridge, Dartington, Devon TQ9 6BT Phone: 01803 865606 Enquiries@themasonlaurencegallery.uk www.themasonlaurencegallery.uk
Low Tide, Hope Cove
(Partial image only) Landscape format original watercolour. Mounted and framed.
Old Moorings I
(Partial image only). Tall, narrow original watercolour. Mounted and framed. Mounted Limited Edition Giclée print also available.
Also available from the mason-laurence gallery
Orange Buoy, Hope Cove
(Partial image only--orange buoy of title not shown). Original large portrait format watercolour. Mounted and framed. Mounted Limited Edition Giclée prints also available.
Moorings III, Hope Cove
(Partial image only). Mounted Limited Edition Giclée print of original small square format watercolour. Original currently on exhibition at The Loft Gallery, Salcombe, Devon until September 30, 2017.
Old Moorings I
(Partial image only). Tall, narrow original watercolour. Mounted and framed. Mounted Limited Edition Giclée print available.
Moorings II, Hope Cove
(Partial image only). Mounted Limited Edition Giclée print of original small square format watercolour. Original currently on exhibitionn at The Loft Gallery, Salcombe, Devon until September 30, 2017.
Moorings I, Hope Cove
(Partial image only). Mounted Limited Edition Giclée print of small square format original watercolour Original currently on exhibition at The Loft Gallery, Salcombe, Devon until September 30, 2017.
The Three Amigos
(Partial image only). Mounted Limited Edition Giclée print of original portrait format watercolour. Original watercolour on currently exhibition at The Loft Gallery, Salcombe, Devon until September 30, 2017.
more from the mason-laurence gallery
Thorn, Coombestone Tor, Dartmoor
(Partial image only). Mounted Limited Edition Giclée print of original landscape format watercolour. Original still available.
Mooring Ring, Tresco
(Partial image only). Mounted Limited Edition Giclée print of original landscape format watercolour. Original currently on exhibition at The Loft Gallery, Salcombe, Devon until September 30, 2017
The River Dart near Huccaby
(Partial image only). Mounted Limited Edition Giclée print of original portrait format watercolour. Original still available.
south hams arts trail oct. 14-29, 2017
Dry Dock, Noss Mayo
The South Hams Arts Forum mounts an Arts Trail each year. Visit me this year at Middle Soar, Malborough, Kingsbridge TQ7 3DS. Lots of parking. Close to the Coastal Path at Bolt Head.
Guildhall Door, Totnes
The Arts Trail provides visitors and art lovers the opportunity to visit galleries, venues and studios of local artists living and working all across the South Hams
The Dart near Dartmeet
In 2017 the Arts Trail runs from Saturday October 14th to Sunday October 29. This year I will be exhibiting with 2 other painters, a jeweller and a ceramicist.
Red Onion
Free brochures will be available in local shops, galleries, restaurants, pubs and hotels across the region. They will also be available at the Kingsbridge Tourist Information Centre.
Conkers
Artists at all venues will be happy to talk about their work and some may be offering demonstrations. I will be offering tea, coffee and home-made flapjacks!