Morning Haze over Sandown Pier

Comments

Alan, this is lovely. I really like the way my eye is drawn right to those lovely white yachts

Posted by Heather Love on Mon 13 Jul 07:58:25

Love the palette used and the sketchiness of the painting. A very happy painting - gorgeous!

Posted by Gabriele Renz on Mon 13 Jul 08:22:54

A beautiful summer scene, Alan - love the sketchiness which contributes to a real feel of a summer haze.

Posted by Margaret Nisbet on Mon 13 Jul 09:08:02

You make it look so simple and easy Alan, this is so refreshing and uncluttered and I love the colours, especially eye catching are those white yachts.

Posted by Linda Drury on Mon 13 Jul 09:15:57

Very impressionistic, Alan. Beautiful summery colours, love it!

Posted by Mia Ketels on Mon 13 Jul 09:37:55

Yes, you've got that shimmery light, Alan.

Posted by Marjorie Firth on Mon 13 Jul 09:51:59

Beautiful, Alan! So lively and spacious and bright.

Posted by Shirley May on Mon 13 Jul 10:15:27

A lovely beach scene, Alan.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Mon 13 Jul 10:44:46

Well thank you girls for your super comments, I always enjoy reading them!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Mon 13 Jul 11:13:18

Fabulous Alan, there's a 'mirage like' quality to this piece.

Posted by Russell Edwards on Mon 13 Jul 12:00:49

I'll swear you've painted more pictures of the island than I have, and I live here.... this one is a corker ... that's the Isle of Wight light I know and love.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Mon 13 Jul 16:48:42

Thanks Russell and Robert! Yes I may have done Robert, I visited the island at least four times a year on extended holidays - the benefit of having family living there. I have many dozens of various sketch books crammed full of useful stuff. Glad you like this one.

Posted by Alan Bickley on Mon 13 Jul 17:33:06

The horizon is shimmering beautifully Alan, wonderful recession and mark making.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 13 Jul 19:11:40

Yes, I am drawn to the yachts too - good style.

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Mon 13 Jul 19:23:52

A very effective painting Alan. I like the way the yachts are simply suggested - it gives a sense of the shimmering light on the water. Looks like a fairly limited palette too.

Posted by Chrissie Havers on Mon 13 Jul 20:53:40

Captured the colour and mood of summer perfectly Alan.

Posted by Shaun Byatt on Tue 14 Jul 07:44:26

gorgeously painted! What a great vast composition! Yes, we should appreciate beautiful joyful ( no worries, corona) summer sky and beach!

Posted by Yoko Archer on Tue 14 Jul 12:28:00

A truly successful portrayal of the morning haze Alan, love the colours and the almost abstract feel to it. So soothing, must be more so in the real size.

Posted by Anjana Cawdell on Tue 14 Jul 15:47:11

And you do capture the ambience and atmosphere. I enjoyed reading your description as I am less fond of what you would call a static representation.

Posted by Sandra Kennedy on Tue 15 Dec 09:56:15

Hang on Studio Wall

13/07/2020

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Continuing my testing of Jackson’s Artist oils. Painted thinly in two layers, using just a touch of cold-pressed linseed oil, on Jackson’s linen board 40 x 50cm. Reference from my plein air sketchbook of watercolour drawings done some time ago. As always with most of my work, I’m trying to capture the ambience and atmosphere of a place, rather than a static and accurate representation - one of the reasons I dislike copying from photographs, they can easily stifle any creativity.

About the Artist

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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