Blue Lagoon, Abereiddi

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I like your gallery. You are not afraid of good strong colours! You have certainly achieved a lovely colour for the water.

Posted by N. Fen on Mon 08 Aug 10:04:52

Thanks Anne, I'm trying to use thicker paint and be a little more free with brush strokes. I put this in a group exhibition at the weekend and it sold much to my surprise, as I felt the foreground wasn't quite finished !!!

Posted by Ray Burnell on Mon 08 Aug 12:56:13

Like this Ray, strong, bold and lots of solid structure in the rocks. I too like the colour of the water.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Mon 08 Aug 15:45:00

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31/03/2015

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Blue Lagoon, Abereiddi. Oil on MDF board 200 x 150 mm. The Blue Lagoon, a large disused slate quarry, now filled with seawater through a breach in the outer wall. This is 25m deep, according to a neaby Pembrokeshire National Park information board. Despite the name, the water is always a distinct greenish hue, owing to the mineral content within the quarry.

About the Artist

Ray Burnell

I started to paint again after I moved to West Wales twelve years ago. Originally from Devon, I find a lot of similarities between the coasts, rivers and countryside of the West Country and those of West Wales. As a Welsh language learner I am also interested in the links between landscape,…

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