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Saltdean Lido to be precise, an Art Deco marvel near Brighton. I wanted to paint a bright building against a dark sky and realised that Art Deco buildings are perfect for this with their rendered surfaces and interesting shapes. I was originally going to paint Embassy Court but couldn't get a good angle on it, finally settling on Saltdean Lido after considering other buildings like Shoreham Airport. I wanted a slightly nostalgic atmosphere with the brightest parts of the painting yellow as opposed to white set against a dark sky (I was planning on a darker sky than this but thought that I would leave it at this stage). I might try another one like this but with a much darker sky. 12" x 12" oil on board.
An imagination triggered by coming across this lonely Life Guard on Brighton seafront last year. Related to an earlier painting of mine, "A Grand Day Out". Based around an orange/blue complimentary axis 18" x 36" oil on board.
When walking past Berts Homestore on Western Road in Brighton, I suddenly noticed the great juxtaposition of the vibrant red plastic baskets against the green paintwork of the shop and decided to paint it for my ongoing Brighton series in a slightly Hopperesque manner but kept the modern car in the background. A two-day painting apart from a bit of glazing on a third day 12" x 12" oil on board.
Continuing my fascination with all things red, I decided to paint a load of chillies. I'm still using this depth-of-field approach by having the foreground in sharp focus and then progressively more out of focus as it recedes towards the background. This is proving to be a happy marriage of my tendency to paint things in sharp detail with a love of soft, fuzzy, more painterly images. This was painted from life which has left me with a pile of chillies that I cannot possibly use before they start to deteriorate, so I will be asking friends if they want any chillies real soon....I don't know if it's just me but I think I have somehow contrived the painting to look somewhat sinister, like red worms or something? Two day painting 12" x 12" oil on board.
Thought I would do a limited palette painting for a change this time based on blue/orange, just using Burnt Sienna, Ultramarine Blue, Underpainting White with a couple of touches of Naples Yellow and Ultramarine Violet. A two-day painting 12" x 12" oil on board. Next one is going to be colourful!
This is a Mexican street food restaurant/cafe in the North Laine, Brighton. I wanted the white facade of the building to really stand out against a dark sky but wanted lots of colour in the painting as well. Again I have set the hard edges of the cafe against a soft focus background. 18 1/2" x 18 1/2" oil on board.
