Summer Poppies - Pentych

Complete painting

Left Side of the Tripych

Centre Panel

Right side of the Ttipych

Centre & Right..

Wales is having a lovely warm spell at the moment, which is a rare treat
I found my self in the studio today thinking about summer
Field poppies and corn..
This painting was the end result, painted in Acrylics
On canvas, gallery wrapped so ready to frame.

This small delicate piece would look lovely in a small
room / flat.

 

Silent Paradise Rejoiced - A Pastel In The Garden!

It's another beautiful day here in Wales so I decided to get my pastels out in the garden
Oh how the sun warmed my bones, although when I deciding where I should go
with my adventure I ended up on the banks of a frostie lake!

A place of reflection, as the sun lowers in the sky, the mind wabders to thoughts of hope and goals
as toworrow is another day

Mamariga & Bara - Abstract Painting

The title comes from aborigines who believe in the good wind Bara
is held captive for half the year by the bad wind, Mamariga
and so every year they sing to set it free... cute eh?

Frosted Dew

Frosted Dew

Acrylics on Canvas

Inspired by this photo

Although I just let my mind go wild putting my touch on it!

Llyn Llech Owain Country Park

Went to Llyn Llech Owain Country Park as I plan to paint it soon.. This is a stunning 158-acre expanse of woods and lakeland with nature trails
At the heart of this spectacular park is its dramatic lake which is surrounded by peat bog and there’s a lovely myth associated with Llyn Lech Owain. Legend has it that Owain Glyndwr, the last independent Prince of Wales who led a revolt against the Englis...h crown in the early 15th Century, was entrusted to look after a well on the mountain named Mynydd Mawr. Each day, after extracting enough water for himself and his horse, Owain was always careful to replace the stone but on one occasion he forgot and a torrent of water poured down the side of the mountain. The resultant lake was hence named Llyn Lech Owain - the lake of Owain’s slab.

From the Spiritual Tree to the rugged Sea...

Love Grows and Last's forever......

Sadly the photo doesn't do this painting justic

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Today was a reflective day today as I remember the passing of my mother fifteen years ago.
I completed to very spiritual paintings :

Love grows and last forever is the story of life, as it grows to the end
the spirit goes on still loving.
The little branches are the little turns in life.

The Rugged Coast is dont in mixed media
a very textured painting with intense colours and movement.

Robin Painting...

As stated in a earlier blog entry
http://supercosmicart.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/hello-robin.html

I have a Robin nesting in my garden which has inspired me to paint a robin again, the first time
I did it with watercolours as a Christmas card, This time I have done it in Acrylics on Canvas
Feathers are so hard to capture, they are light and fluffy so detailed.

The painting is going to a friend of mine, Who feels very connected to the subject
While painting it, I thought of her and the essence she feels for it
I really hope that this comes though in my painting

Like every painting I produce, it's not just paint I brush on to the canvas
but thoughts, feelings and love.

I really hope people see and feel that when they look at one of my creations,  art is for every one.

Finished Painting

The Wreck of the Helvetia at Rhossili

The Wreck of the Helvetia at Rhossili
Pastels

Location: Rhossili Bay, The Gower Peninsula, Glamorgan, Wales, UK
OS Grid Reference: SS414890
Co-ordinates: 51:34:40N 4:17:25W

On 1st November 1887, after a month of storms that occasioned many losses, the Norwegian oak-built barque “Helvetia” grounded upon the Helwick Bank near Mumbles off the coast of South Wales.
Registered at Horten, it was inbound to Swansea with five hundred tons of timber from Campbelton, New Brunswick.
The ship struggled free of the sandbank, only to round Worms Head and become embayed. The master dropped anchor and was taken ashore by the Coastguard. The crew stayed aboard to deter looters. Unfortunately, the wind changed direction dislodging the anchor and the ship drifted shoreward. The captain appeared and ordered the crew to abandon ship. The “Helvetia” drove ashore with no casualties.
The Helvetia’s cargo scattered across the sands of Rhossili Bay but much was recovered and auctioned, and some found its way into the floors and structures of Rhossili houses, where it remains to this day.
A local man purchased the hulk intending to recover its valuable copper sheathing that protected the hull from attack by shipworm, the Toredo mollusk. Misfortune again intervened, however, when the wreck settled into the sand so quickly that he was unable to salvage the metal.
A tragic sequel to the wrecking of the Helvetia was occasioned by attempts to salvage the anchor of its salvage vessel. On Sunday 18th March 1888 Captain John Hopkins of the Llanelli screw steamer“Cambria” was completing the timber salvage. Previously, his own vessel had been driven ashore beside the Helvetia, and one of the Cambria’s anchors was lost in shallow water during the Cambria’s refloating. Hopkins commissioned five stevedores to retrieve it by boat, and bring it to Kitchen Corner ( SS401876 ) where it would be buoyed, and finally recovered, with its chain, when conditions permitted.
The six men dragged the anchor and chain to Kitchen Corner and adjourned to “The Ship Inn” at the village above. Later that Sabbath, they rowed back to the buoy and hauled the chain into a coil in the bottom of the boat. The weight brought the boat so low that the sea was almost spilling over its gunwales. The men began to recover the actual anchor but Hopkins realised too late that the sudden Archimedean weight-gain as the mass of iron emerged would be enough to overset and sink their small vessel; chain, anchor and all. Hopkins ordered the anchor to be released. The anchor was now effectively weightless, and the sudden recoil of their boat was enough to swamp and sink it. All six men drowned.

2012 supermoon at the cove

Inspired by the supermoon this month, I painted this cove scene, it has a great sense of being in
scotish highlands but in fact it could be anywhere in our rugged lanscape
very enchanting and magical.

Acrylics on Canvas



Hello Robin

For the last few weeks I have watched the robin build a nest lay her eggs and sit, while mr robin brings food

They are nesting right by my window it's lovely because I can sneak a peek in without

annoying them to much, however it was while watching them I decided I would love to paint another robin
painting and my friend asked me to paint the photo right at the bottom for her

with texture and feeling, I was very inspired looking at the photo so
I will start that as soon as I have purchased the right size canvas...

Sunshine on a rainy day - a story of friendship & sisterhood

Acrylic on Canvas 24 x20"
This paintings is all about friendship and sisterhood
sticking together on the dark rainy days...

Sisterhood is many things. It's a warn smile on a cold and rainy day, a friendly hug, a cheerful hello... It's all that a good and lasting friendship is, only better. It's treasured. It's sacred. It's knowing that there will always be someone there for you. It's dreams shared, and goals achieved. It's counting on others and being counted on

Summer In Bloom - A Epic Painting

Every now and then a idea comes into my head, I toy with the concept of it for a while
some times it takes months for it to be produced on to canvas some times

weeks... this one was days.. although took many long hours to paint
not to mention achy arms and stiff shoulders!

This massive painting is 90cm Square on box canvas
gallery wrapped

I adore it, it makes me feel hopeful inside..
A brighter time to come.