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.
Windy Sky and Sea (1983)
oil on board - 41h x 61w (cm)
Nocturne (1983)
oil on board - 12.1h x 24.1w (cm)
The Hog's Back (1983)
oil on board - 45.7h x 61w (cm)
Winter Seascape (1982)
oil on board - 75h x 127w (cm)
The Goal Post (1982)
oil on board - 34.5h x 50w (cm)
Green Summer, New Forest (1982)
oil on board - 40.6h x 61w (cm)
Solent from Lepe (1982)
charcoal pencil on paper on board - 18h x 31.5w (cm)
Summer Evening (1982)
oil on card - 23h x 33w (cm)
Forest Under Snow (1982)
oil on board - 46h x 63.5w (cm)
Seascape, Misty Morning (1982)
oil on board - 63.5h x 76.2w (cm)
Blue Sea (1981)
oil on board - 19.5h x 30.5w (cm)
Low Tide (1981)
oil on board - 20h x 25w (cm)
Weymouth Bay (c1981)
oil on board - 10.5h x 14.5w (cm)
Solent Fishing (1980)
oil on board - 63.5h x 76.2w (cm)
Cloudbank Lifting (1980)
oil on board - 45h x 83w (cm)
Weymouth Bay (1980)
oil; support unknown - 46h x 76w (cm)
Weather (1980)
oil on board - 14h x 23w (cm)
Solent (1980)
oil on board - 16h x 24w (cm)
Sun and Rain (1980)
oil on board - 20h x 33w (cm)
Seascape (1980)
pencil on paper - 28h x 38w (cm)