Empty Seascapes and Landscapes
After his childhood in hilly Bradford, seeing the open horizon of the sea when he visited Sandsend near Whitby, was an extraordinary experience for Dad. Particularly later in life, he felt the need to simplify and empty his pictures of clutter and detail. He can create a feeling of vastness and spaciousness in quite a small painting.
Choppy Sea (1989)
oil on board - 14h × 22w (cm)
Although a couple of boats and distant land can be made out on the horizon, the main impression is of the wildness of the wind and sea.
Breakwaters (1988)
oil on board - 45h × 60w (cm)
Another bird’s eye view. The breakwaters point in the direction of the furthest horizon, away from the familiar and the safe.
Winter Seascape (1984)
oil on board - 30h × 40w (cm)
The tiny points of the people, the spit of land and the sea marker spaced out in the composition reinforce the sense of emptiness.
Clearing Clouds at Lepe (1992)
oil on board - 61h × 75.5w (cm)
Rain Clouds Over the Solent (1992)
oil on board - 29.5h × 59.5w (cm)
Distant Liner (1991)
oil on board - 26.5h × 53w (cm)
Seascape (1991)
pencil on paper
Sunrise (1990)
oil on board - 45.7h × 60.7w (cm)
Early Morning (1990)
oil on board - 14h × 25.5w (cm)
Big Clouds (1990)
oil on board - 27.9h × 36.8w (cm)
Rain (c1990)
oil on board - 45h × 60.5w (cm)
The Tanker (c1990)
oil on board - 18h × 17w (cm)
Bleak Beach (c1990)
oil on board - 60.5h × 75.5w (cm)
Girl with Seaweed (1989)
oil on board - 45.7h × 60.9w (cm)
Solitary Pair on Beach (1989)
oil on board - 47.5h × 61w (cm)
The Sea (1989)
oil on board - 43h × 62w (cm)
East Wind (1989)
oil on board - 10.2h × 40w (cm)
The Black Dog (1989)
oil on board - 78h × 74w (cm)
Brother and Sister (1989)
oil on board - 45.5h × 61w (cm)
Flight of Birds over the Sea (1988)
oil on board - 48.3h × 71.1w (cm)
Brent Geese and Gulls (1988)
oil on board - 29h × 42w (cm)
Broken Cloud (1988)
oil on board - 48h × 55w (cm)
Storm Arising (1988)
oil on board - 33h × 43w (cm)
The Shore (1988)
oil on board - 20.4h × 61w (cm)
Lone Sail (1988)
oil on board - 61h × 73w (cm)
Deep Sea and Clouds (1988)
oil on board - 12.1h × 15.9w (cm)
Lone Sailer (1988)
oil on board - 44.5h × 50w (cm)
Storm Brewing (1988)
oil on board - 19h × 88.9w (cm)
Bathers (1988)
oil on board - 9.5h × 20.5w (cm)
Mini Regatta (1988)
oil on board - 49.5h × 75w (cm)
Boy Watching Object (1987)
oil on board - 45.5h × 61w (cm)
The Rocket (1987)
oil on board - 28h × 60w (cm)
Two Yachts (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (cm)
Ponies in the Snow (1987)
oil on board - 40.6h × 61w (cm)
Sail in the Dark (1987)
oil on board - 13.2h × 17w (cm)
Bait Digger (1987)
oil on board - 48.3h × 61w (cm)
Lady with a Bucket on a Beach (1987)
pencil on paper - 39h × 55w (cm)
Early Morning, Lepe (1987)
oil on board - 41.9h × 61w (cm)
Rain At Times (1987)
oil on board - 12h × 15w (cm)
Low Tide, Lepe (1987)
oil on board - 17h × 24w (cm)
Winter Solent (1987)
oil on board - 38h × 61w (cm)
Sky Over Beach (c1987)
- 10.2h × 20.3w (cm)
Windsurfer Evening (1986)
oil on board - 30h × 65w (cm)
Seascape and Lighthouse (1986)
oil on board - 29h × 76w (cm)
Low Tide (1985)
oil on board - 38h × 45w (cm)
Boy With a Kite (1985)
oil on board - 58h × 78w (cm)
Marine (1985)
oil on board - 13h × 60.5w (cm)
Moonlight (1985)
oil on card - 30h × 40w (cm)
Entrance to Beaulieu River (1985)
oil on board - 29.5h × 109w (cm)
Cowes Regatta (1985)
oil on board - 11.4h × 74.5w (cm)
Sunrise (c1985)
oil on board - 51h × 76w (cm)
Early Morning (1984)
oil on board - 92.7h × 122.4w (cm)
Wind Surfer Seascape (1984)
oil on board - 61h × 61w (cm)
Rain Over the Island (1984)
oil on board - 56.5h × 101.5w (cm)
Fishermen, Low Tide (1984)
mixed media on board - 57.5h × 59w (cm)
The Balcony (1983)
oil on board - 62.5h × 75.5w (cm)
Into the Wind (1983)
oil on canvas - 25h × 35w (cm)
Fog, Beaulieu Road (1983)
oil on board - 30h × 40w (cm)
East Wind (1983)
pencil on paper laid to board - 28h × 38.2w (cm)
Winter Seascape (1983)
oil on board - 29h × 68w (cm)
Windy Sky and Sea (1983)
oil on board - 41h × 61w (cm)
Nocturne (1983)
oil on board - 12.1h × 24.1w (cm)
The Hog's Back (1983)
oil on board - 45.7h × 61w (cm)
Winter Seascape (1982)
oil on board - 75h × 127w (cm)
The Goal Post (1982)
oil on board - 34.5h × 50w (cm)
Green Summer, New Forest (1982)
oil on board - 40.6h × 61w (cm)
Solent from Lepe (1982)
charcoal pencil on paper on board - 18h × 31.5w (cm)
Summer Evening (1982)
oil on card - 23h × 33w (cm)
Forest Under Snow (1982)
oil on board - 46h × 63.5w (cm)
Seascape, Misty Morning (1982)
oil on board - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Blue Sea (1981)
oil on board - 19.5h × 30.5w (cm)
Low Tide (1981)
oil on board - 20h × 25w (cm)
Weymouth Bay (c1981)
oil on board - 10.5h × 14.5w (cm)
Solent Fishing (1980)
oil on board - 63.5h × 76.2w (cm)
Cloudbank Lifting (1980)
oil on board - 45h × 83w (cm)
Weymouth Bay (1980)
oil; support unknown - 46h × 76w (cm)
Weather (1980)
oil on board - 14h × 23w (cm)
Solent (1980)
oil on board - 16h × 24w (cm)
Sun and Rain (1980)
oil on board - 20h × 33w (cm)
Seascape (1980)
pencil on paper - 28h × 38w (cm)
Snow on the Grazing Strip (1979)
oil on board - 12.5h × 36w (cm)
Seascape (1979)
oil on board - 14h × 20w (cm)
Misty Morning in the Solent (1979)
oil on board - 42h × 45.5w (cm)
Drifting Snow (1978)
- 20.3h × 35.6w (cm)
Malham, Yorkshire (1978)
pencil on paper - 23h × 37w (cm)
Passing Showers (1977)
oil on board - 30.5h × 71w (cm)
Seascape (1977)
oil on board - 15.5h × 33w (cm)
Solent Mirage (1976)
oil on board - 50.8h × 61w (cm)
Solent (1975)
watercolour on paper - 19h × 29w (cm)
Green Sea (1975)
watercolour - 16.5h × 24.5w (cm)
Winter Seascape (1975)
oil on board - 16h × 34w (cm)
Docks (1975)
oil on board - 35.5h × 60.8w (cm)
Lepe (1975)
watercolour on paper - 19h × 29w (cm)
Seascape with Fort (1975)
watercolour on paper - 28h × 38w (cm)
Slate Quarries, North Wales (1975)
oil on board - 25.5h × 31w (cm)
Stormy Seascape (1975)
pencil and wash on paper on board - 28h × 48.5w (cm)
The Coast Road (1975)
oil on board - 25.5h × 30.5w (cm)
Solent Angler (1975)
oil on canvas - 59h × 60w (cm)
Mouth of the Beaulieu River (1975)
pencil and wash on paper on board - 30h × 40w (cm)
Seascape with Rainbow, Eddystone Lighthouse (1974)
oil on board - 48.2h × 82.5w (cm)
Eddystone Light (1974)
oil on board - 60h × 90.8w (cm)
The Rescue (1974)
oil on board - 75h × 60.5w (cm)
Cornfield (1974)
oil on board - 70.5h × 90.2w (cm)
Southampton Water (1973)
oil on panel - 51h × 71w (cm)
Silver Morning, Solent (1972)
oil on canvas - 51h × 76w (cm)
Watchers on a Beach (1971)
oil on board - 76.2h × 101.6w (cm)
Crab Boat (1971)
oil on panel - 24.9h × 37.5w (cm)
Solent, looking towards the Needles from Lepe (1970)
oil on board - 16.5h × 79w (cm)
Ramsgate (c1970)
oil on board - 28h × 50w (cm)
Gathering Storm, Solent (1969)
oil on board - 20.3h × 30.5w (cm)
Solent (10.00am, 14 October, 1969) (1969)
oil on board - 16h × 43.5w (cm)
Rain at Times (1969)
oil on board - 31.5h × 54w (cm)
Stormy Morning in the Solent (1968)
oil on board - 28.5h × 39.5w (cm)
Early Morning, Seahouses (1967)
oil on board - 40.5h × 50.5w (cm)
Rough Sea with Solitary Figure (1967)
oil on board - 40.6h × 60.9w (cm)
Hillside in Wales (1967)
oil on board - 62h × 76w (cm)
Isle of Wight, New Forest (1967)
oil on board - 34h × 54.5w (cm)
The Needles (1966)
oil on board - 21h × 62.5w (cm)
Sunrise, Southampton Water (1963)
oil on canvas - 71.2h × 91.4w (cm)
The Great Convoy to North Africa, November 1942 (1943)
oil on canvas - 76h × 127w (cm)
Rain (1922)
watercolour on paper