Sunset Chimneys

Oil on card 7 inches by 4 inches.
Liked the idea that the main charachters onstage, ie the three smokes, are formed and moved by invisible external forces, so this is geting to be a painting about invisible subject matter.

Door Shadow

This is an attempt to use an even more limited palette, on pretty minimalist subject matter.

Stairs Light, oil on card 4inches by 3 inches.

Similar pallette to last, I liked the

ordinary mundane nature of the subject matter.

Porch Light, oil on card 3inches by 7 inches.

Well this was an attempt at using a more limited pallette, including black. Again title actor is offstage.

Farmyard edge 1

This picture is not quite finished.

Farmyard edge 2

Another painting about a cusp space.

This hill just seemed to rise and rise into the

sky.

Hot boring mindnumbing, hence I paint it.

Morning Crows

Morning Crows, just what was I thinking.

Dryslwyn garage

Disused garage in sunset.

Llandeilo station

Edge of Town 4

This is more of a sketch on the theme.

This is the third "edge of town"painting, the darks have been inhanced digitally, original is oil on card.

Second "Edge of town painting" I am interested in those areas where the town feathers off and the countryside begins.

This is a plain concrete , unpainted 1950s wall, I loved the bulging sculptural curve , the drain pipes, and the subtle patina. It is wonderfully banal and imposing.

This was the first of a series of "edge of town " paintings, in which I have tried to paint the cusp space between urban and rural. I find ambiguity interesting as a way of delaying automatic labeling of spaces, hence hopefully triggering a deeper response in the viewer. The resulting painting is a bit too pretty , but is one of the very few I have done in this vein that does something like as it says on the tin.

Sunny, windy beach road

Many things attracted me about this scene, the optimistic1930s seaside house, and the way the sea is so rough it threatens the whole scene.

Oil on card 12" 6".

Porthgain Harbour.

This structure attracted me as it hovers between many common forms, is it a road? a wall? a building? Also liked the way the boats hang like dead fish at low tide.

Oil on card 20" by 12".

Penclawdd Wales.

Penclawdd, well known cockle fishing village used to be right next to sea, now theres a kind of void where the sea used to be, so the main character is offstage in space and time.

I suppose the implied absence of something is what attracted me to this scene. Its an idea I borrowed from Hopper.