While my larger oil paintings are created in my Pembrokeshire studio, I spend extensive time exploring the Welsh countryside to gather raw, authentic reference material. Working directly in the elements, I create preparatory sketches and studies, testing compositions for later development into larger studio pieces.
Painting Adventures in Wales
Below are photographs from some of my recent plein air painting adventures. I enjoy the solitude of painting alone, usually the case when I'm gathering reference material. Sometimes I paint with friends, fellow artists or my students. It's all very casual and just about having fun painting outdoors. If you'd like to come painting with me, get in touch.
Painting with friend and fellow artist Diane Mathias at Llanerchaeron near Aberaeron.Working on a rapid oil study using a traditional pochade box along the rugged north Pembrokeshire coast.Capturing the morning light and sweeping tidal movements of the Teifi Estuary at Gwbert using watercolours.Adapting to the elements: Setting up a mobile studio inside my car to capture crisp winter landscapes.Painting with my pochade box fitted to a tripod on Dinas Mountain, in the Pembrokeshire National Park.A peaceful afternoon sketching by the River Aeron near Aberaeron, capturing the shifting light along the riverbank.Capturing the historic atmosphere of the Pentre Ifan neolithic dolmen in the Preseli hills.Setting up a warm, mobile studio inside my car to comfortably paint the landscapes of Pembrokeshire.Enjoying a collaborative painting day with fellow artists, capturing the historic coastal charm of Cwm yr Eglwys.Summer's day painting using my pochade box in Pembrokeshire national park.Out painting the rugged rugged cliffs of Ceibwr Bay on the Pembrokeshire coastal path with fellow artist Diane Mathias.Oil painting landscape sketch of the Preseli Mountains in Pembrokeshire National Park.My streamlined field kit: Keeping it simple with essential oils, brushes, thinners, and liquin for fast drying.Hard at work in the summer sunshine on location at Llanerchaeron in Ceredigion.Watercolour sketch capturing the rugged coastal rock formations at Ceibwr Bay Pembrokeshire.My Winsor and Newton compact watercolour field set used for painting landscapes on location.
From Field Studies to Finished Paintings
Discover how these raw sketches and field studies are transformed into large-scale, fine art oil paintings in my studio.
