Raw - Storm over Lindisfarne

I notice your title is the subject for this year's RA summer exhibition, and I wonder if you have submitted this piece - if so, very best of luck! Your sea is fabulous, and this is a lovely composition.

Beautifully executed painting, Very striking.

Thanks for your kind comments. One of the reasons for doing this painting now this was to submit it to the RA Summer Exhibition. However, it appears that my application did not arrive, so when I enquired about it prior to sending off the painting with Picture Post (because I had not received any acknowledgement), the RA said they had no record of my entry. It appears that this was another letter lost in the post!! Very frustrating.

I'm so sorry to hear that, it's certainly a beautiful painting.

i love this! the sunlight coming through the clouds is just amazing!

What lifts this painting out of the ordinary - it could easily have been a somewhat stiff academic work otherwise - is that patch of clear blue at the top right hand corner: an inspired touch. Have I seen your work recently in International Artist Magazine? Sure I have: well done for keeping the British end up in an international publication. You have great technical skill, together with a real artist's eye.

Love the light rays through the sky and the white horses. Shame about the lost application.

Thank you all for your very kind comments. This painting was a bit of a challenge in a number of ways. The cloud formations and sea came largely out of my imagination, with a bit of help from my extensive library of digital photos that I have taken over the years. The sea was easy enough but I had to re-work the clouds many times. Secondly, I struggled with what to include or miss out. The first "final" version had a woman walking her dog (my friend Oscar!) down the beach. It just looked wrong and rather "naff", so I over-painted them, added the groynes, yacht and seagulls, and brought the surf edge forward. I think these changes worked, and I'm certainly a lot happier with it now. And yes, Robert, that was me in International Artist magazine. They will now be running a feature on my work in the July issue, so I'm looking forward to seeing how that turns out.