Towards Weston Village – Under Flood.

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Another great work about skies Alan fabulous series

Posted by Dennis Rounding on Thu 31 Oct 09:42:58

Another fantastic painting Alan 😀

Posted by Linda Drury on Thu 31 Oct 09:47:21

This one is a superb painting, Alan, a great work full of atmosphere.

Posted by Cesare Romano on Thu 31 Oct 09:58:03

Love those rich blues and pinks in your skies and you have succeeded in portraying a very wet landscape so successfully Alan.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Thu 31 Oct 10:16:11

A taste of things to come perhaps. Typing this, I see only the lower half of the painting, in rectangular format - and it still works!

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Thu 31 Oct 10:53:13

As someone who never paints outdoors, I find this astonishing. The sky is great, but on this one it's the flooded land that grabs my attention.

Posted by Lewis Cooper on Thu 31 Oct 11:05:43

Thanks guys, always good to hear your feedback, so important to me! I’ll be demonstrating how I tackle a flooded landscape in watercolour this time, in stages as ever, in the January e-shot.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Thu 31 Oct 11:14:49

So, so good Alan! Fabulous darling.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Thu 31 Oct 11:54:11

Absolutely fabulous Alan

Posted by Heather Love on Thu 31 Oct 12:32:48

Great sky compliments the understated water and trees.

Posted by Richard Cooper on Thu 31 Oct 13:57:21

Absolutely brilliant a really nice painting, the wetlands looks great.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Thu 31 Oct 14:18:16

Punchy colours. Really stands out.

Posted by Stephen Kelly on Thu 31 Oct 15:27:11

A brilliant sky Alan.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Thu 31 Oct 15:49:24

Well that’s so lovely of everyone, strange how these rapid sketches attract more comments than something that’s taken hours! Thanks all.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Thu 31 Oct 16:05:04

A lively painting of a beautiful scene Alan I can see the attraction of making several paintings on the day.

Posted by Barry Hulme on Thu 31 Oct 19:10:29

Fabulous, Alan! Hope the floods have receded now.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Thu 31 Oct 21:07:41

Lovely painting Alan . Great Sky.

Posted by Dennis Roberts on Thu 31 Oct 22:18:11

Superb Alan

Posted by Russell Edwards on Thu 31 Oct 23:26:21

Chances are you won't see this comment, Alan, but I just wanted to pop in to say how much I like this painting. It's an absolute stunner and one I could look at all day long. Top drawer! Bri

Posted by Brian J Mackay on Fri 01 Nov 07:59:03

Thanks again to some of the later comments, what a response!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Fri 01 Nov 08:14:46

Quality and masterful use of paint - I really enjoy your loose but confident style and great use of colour Alan.

Posted by Shaun Byatt on Fri 01 Nov 08:32:32

Love the big sky format - lovely painting, Alan

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Fri 01 Nov 14:27:47

I hadn't known you'd had floods where you live, I hope your place was OK. We've had bad flooding in NZ but fortunately not ChCh. At least you've made some lovely paintings of the flooded landscape!

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Tue 17 Dec 02:10:21

I like the drama sky on this one for sure, it did grab my attention straight away. Nice sketch, colours, view...

Posted by PogArt Ti on Mon 21 Nov 20:32:52

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31/10/2019

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40 x 50cm oil on board. A rapid oil sketch (devoid of detail), painted at the scene on Sunday morning after the deluge. It’s one of several that I painted the same day, inspired by the flooded landscape – in this instance the River Trent has burst its banks, the spire of Weston Church just visible on the horizon. The dramatic sky does help to add some spice to the composition, albeit I’ve slightly exaggerated it, and why not!

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Alan Bickley

Having studied fine art and graphics at both Stafford and Derby college, my career working as a graphic artist and latterly as editorial artist with Northcliffe Media Ltd, has kept me constantly in touch with all aspects of art and design. Painting mainly in oils, acrylics and watercolour, my…

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