A new acrylic seascape painting

Well it's been a busy few weeks and sad to say I have rather neglected my posts on here. To atone for my failure in this respect, this is the latest acrylic seascape painting that I have just finished. I shall probably exhibit this in my main Summer exhibition at the beginning of August.

Another watercolour painting sold

I had a successful sale at another exhibition a few days ago, a beach scene.


I need to get down to finishing some new work ready for the summer exhibition, which I suspect will arrive with undue haste, what I want to know is where does all my time dissapear, answers on a postcard please.

Two more paintings sold

I sold two original paintings this week, more can be seen on my website, which reminds me I must do some updating there. The weather has been excellent this week as well, so as my wife dissapeared out on a ladies day yesterday I took the opportunity to visit a local Nature Reserve to take some wildlife photographs. This little Egret was doing a spot of fishing in one of the smaller stretches of water.

Ducks Landing

From one of the photographs from my trip to the Nature Reserve I created this acrylic painting, I was standing waiting for my wife who was in the shop, now there's a suprise! and these three ducks came in to land, so managed to grab a quick photograph, which has resulted in this painting. A reversal really of the ubiquitous ducks flying up the wall which seemed to be the de riguer domestic decor in the 1950's

Birds and Railway Engines

Since delivering my last painting I met the recipients at a wedding and they were thrilled at the painting of their cottage. Always nice to get feedback on ones efforts. Despite the recession I took the plunge and bought a new telephoto lens for my camera a couple of weeks ago. An ultra zoom it enables some great opportunities for birds. I captured these Gadwalls at a local nature reserve on a very cold day.


This morning the preserved steam locomotive Tangmere was passing nearby so took the opportunity to get a photograph as she crossed the railway viaduct on her way to Fareham.

Deep and Crisp and even

Well the UK weather has been a little extreme this last week with unprecedented levels of snowfall that has placed everywhere in chaos. The Government seem incapable of organising things, I'm sure all that hot air could have helped solve some problems!

It did give me the opportunity to get some photographs, these are of Portchester Castle an original building project of the Romans with extensions by the later Norman occupants, bet they didn't ask for planning permission.





A bit cold for painting outside, I guess the water would freeze any way so watercolours would be a non starter.

A Cottage painting commission

My first ever commission was a cottage for someone's daughter and over the years I have been asked to paint several peoples houses, not the Dulux dog thing you understand. Well history seems to be repeating itself again and I've just delivered my latest commission of a cottage that has been undergoing refurbishment.



If you would like to consider a commissioned painting,not neccessarily a house or cottage, just contact me through my website www.artyman.co.uk an enquiry will cost you nothing and there is no obligation so whatever your request just ask.