The two colours of blue and red blended and contrasted.
Six pastel abstract drawings
Drawn for a love of the colours and the texture of soft pastel.
Southport, Birkdale and Ainsdale beaches
Eight pastel drawings based on the huge views across the beachs of Southport, Birkdale and Ainsdale. Famous for its vast expanse of sand at low tide these beaches provide and exercise in the horizontal!
The colours of the nature reserve
Two drawings using the range of colours from the drawings of the sand dunes in a abstract way. Soft pastels.
Dry slacks, Ainsdale Nature Reserve
The Ainsdale Sand Dunes National Nature Reserve is a mix of open dunes and pine woods. I walk here every week doing a voluntary job for Natural England and enjoy seeing the changes that occur season by season and in the very different weathers that happen along the Sefton coast. The dune slacks are dry wind-blown hollows in the sand dunes providing a habitat for the specialist animals and plants that survive in this environment.
The vivid colours and shapes have intrigued me for many years and I have recently begun to try to represent this unique landscape in an abstract way in soft pastel on slightly textured paper.
Dune slacks, Ainsdale Nature Reserve
The Ainsdale Sand Dunes National Nature Reserve is a mix of open dunes and pine woods. I walk here every week doing a voluntary job for Natural England and enjoy seeing the changes that occur season by season and in the very different weathers that happen along the Sefton coast. The dune slacks are dry wind-blown hollows in the sand dunes providing a habitat for the specialist animals and plants that survive in this environment.
The vivid colours and shapes have intrigued me for many years and I have recently begun to try to represent this unique landscape in an abstract way in soft pastel on slightly textured paper.
Pottery designs
Designs for pots, never made and probably impossible to construct
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Abstract drawing
A soft pastel abstract drawing
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Sketch of trees and drystone walls
Another old sketch of drystone walls and trees – elements of the landscape that have influenced designs on my pots for years.
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Across the beach
Living on the west coast, with miles of sandy beach and huge skies, gives many opportunities for abstract expression of the sheer emptiness in front of you.
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