Success at the Pittenweem Festival

In one of my earlier posts I talked about the paintings I was entering for the East Neuk Art Club Exhibition during the Pittenweem Festival. I am really pleased to say that I sold seven paintings. I won't make a fortune but its nice to know that seven of my paintings will be on the walls of different people's houses. I hope they enjoy them! My harbour scenes seem to be particularly popular; I sold several back in Easter at the Crail Art Club Exhibitions. My Autumn Day in Saint Andrews also sold as did one of my Iris paintings from last year. 

More experiments with ink and paint

On Saturday I sold three paintings at the East Neuk Art Club Exhibition during the PIttenweem Festival - very exciting. In the meantime, I've been experimenting again with ink and paint with some interesting results. First of all, another scene from Cambo woods:

Cambo Woods

Ink and acrylic

Secondly, an adaptation of part of one of my previous paintings of Crail Harbour:

In Harbour

Ink and acrylic

And, two versions of tree motif, based on the old Spanish chestnut tree at Balmerino Abbey in Fife:

The Old Tree (1)

Ink and acrylic

The Old Tree (2)

Ink and acrylic

New Beginnings

I have neglected this blog for a few month so I am going to start it afresh. I am going to begin with some of the paintings I am hoping to sell at the East Neuk Art Club Exhibition at Pittenweem New Town Hall, Session Street, during the Pittenweem Festival (6th to 14th August 2016).

Several paintings are of local scenes. The harbour scenes, the Autumn Day in Saint Andrews and the Flower Meadow have been made using a scraffito technique with acrylic paint over oil pastels of complementary colours. I have tried to get a balance of warm and cool colours.
  

Crail Harbour

Mixed Media

This will be on sale, mounted and framed, for £75

Pittenweem Harbour

Mixed Media

This will be on sale, mounted and framed, for £60

Anstruther Harbour Festival

Mixed Media

This will be on sale, mounted and framed, for £75

Autumn Day in Saint Andrews

Mixed Media

This will be on sale, mounted, for £15

Several are of one of my favourite subjects for painting, flowers:

Flower Meadow - based on the wild flowers in Bankie Park, Anstruther

Mixed Media

This will be for sale, framed, for £30

Red Poppies

Acrylic

This will be for sale, framed and mounted, for £60

Pink Poppies

Mixed Media

This will be for sale, framed and mounted, £50

 Himalayan Poppies - as seen in the grounds of Cawdor Castle

Acrylic

This will be for sale, mounted, for £20

A rare subject for me, a still life:

Still Life with Bastet

Acrylic

This will be for sale, mounted, for £15

And an Italian scene:

A View of Siena

Acryli

This will be for sale, mounted, for £15