For me landscape painting can be both challenging and exciting as I try to capture the light and scene around me. If it’s possible to paint outdoors in the traditional way…en plain air …I find it most rewarding.
Once I’ve chosen my view I sit quietly and just observe. Very soon I become immersed in the atmosphere and find the vista and colours around me inspirational to paint.
However painting outdoors takes some organising and necessitates carrying equipment, paints, brushes, water, chairs and some sort of easel before I can even get started.
And …I need to pray for fine weather as I will be in situ for many hours! I find watercolours and acrylics are the most practical mediums for me to use when I paint landscapes.
More convenient than oils to carry both mediums dry quickly making it easier to safely transport the picture home.
Before I do pack up at the end of the day I take a photograph of the scene for reference which I can use to continue my painting back in my “studio”.




Wiltshire Watercolour 10×14 ins Wiltshire Watercolour 10×14 ins Dorset Watercolour 10×14 ins Kent Watercolour 10×14 ins Dorset Watercolour 10×14 ins Dorset Watercolour 10×14 ins Surrey Watercolour 10×14 ins Scotland Acrylics 22 x 18 ins Devon Acrylics 12×16 ins Devon Acrylics 12×16 ins Devon Oils on board 20 x 16 ins Devon Oils on board 14 x 18 ins Devon Oils on board 14 x 18 ins Wiltshire Watercolours 10 x 14 ins Surrey Watercolours 12 x16 ins Wiltshire Watercolours 10 x14 ins Bergerac Oils on paper 12 x 16 ins Bergerac Oils on paper 12 x 14 ins Bergerac Oils on paper 12 x 16 ins Holland Watercolours 10×14 ins Studio at home Devon Oils 14 x 18 ins Devon Oils 14 x 18 ins Easter Islands Watercolour 10×14 ins Portugal Watercolour 12×16 ins Norway Watercolour 12x16ins Norway Watercolour 12x16ins Portugal Watercolours 10×14 ins Sweden Watercolours 10×14 ins South America Watercolours 10×14 ins South America Watercolours 10×14 ins Dorset Watercolours 10×14 ins Germany Watercolours 10×14 ins Surrey Oils on board 16 x 20 ins Somerset Watercolours 12 x 16 ins Dubrovnik Watercolours 10×14 ins Mediterranean Watercolours 10×14 ins
The Green Goddess with some of her art Surrey Acrylic on canvas 20 x16 ins Surrey Acrylic on canvas 20 x16 ins