Drawing
In our life drawing classes I have been experimenting using different media. Here is a drawing I am particularly pleased with using ink...
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davidalanfinch
- Jul 3
- 1 min
French market
I am resuming my interest in French markets and how to create a sense of place with these. This one is a market in Thouars. These are 12”...
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davidalanfinch
- Jul 3
- 1 min
Sketching in France again
My wife and I visited friends who had just retired and were spending a couple of months living in France. They rented a beautiful gite...
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davidalanfinch
- Jul 3
- 1 min
Sketching in France
Just back from a trip into mid France in a small village called Voulmentin where I spent the afternoon doing this sketch.
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davidalanfinch
- May 2
- 1 min
Gloucester Park
I’ve always wanted to paint a ‘luminaire’ painting like Rene Magritte’s Empire of Light series. I found this ideal view walking through...
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davidalanfinch
- May 2
- 1 min
Life Drawing
I’ve been back to life drawing classes to sharpen up my drawing skills and to experiment with different media. Really enjoying it,...
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davidalanfinch
- May 2
- 1 min
Here and There
My new exhibition opened on May 1st at The Secret Gallery in Newent with fellow Gloucester Contemporary Artist Gilly Hill. The exhibition...
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davidalanfinch
- Jan 29
- 1 min
A view across Gloucester
I have been working on this commission of a view from the cathedral picnic site at Robinswood Hill country park. Splendid view of the...
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davidalanfinch
- Jan 7
- 1 min
Trying out a different painting style
I have been experimenting with a more looser style of painting creating some small paintings of a market in France. I have had a lot of...
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davidalanfinch
- Jan 7
- 1 min
Lost in France triptych
I have just finished painting this triptych giving a wide vista of the stormy fields of France after a recent visit during a very wet...
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davidalanfinch
- Jan 7
- 1 min
New exhibition
Very excited to be showing 20 pieces in Gloucester Framing Gallery until the end of January 2024. If you are visiting Gloucester City...
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davidalanfinch
- Nov 20, 2023
- 1 min
Lost in France
After a trip to southern France I am planning a large tryptych to creat the sense of space the rolling fields of France offer. I have...
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davidalanfinch
- Oct 25, 2023
- 1 min
A little more abstract
I was struck by the sunlight coming into my lounge so much so that I experimented with capturing the form of the light rather than the...
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davidalanfinch
- Oct 25, 2023
- 1 min
Oxenhall Lock
This is a large 60cm x 80cm canvas of Oxenhall lock keepers cottage and lock. It has been painted for the Hereford and Worcester Canal ...
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davidalanfinch
- Oct 17, 2023
- 1 min
Neil’s House, Merlin, Oregon.
Having spent the late summer on a road trip from Oregon to SanFransciso I stayed over at Jane's cousin Neil's house. Here I did several...
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davidalanfinch
- Oct 17, 2023
- 1 min
Gloucester cathedral
A painting from a sketch I did some time ago. I've been meaning to create this painting for a while. I am really interested in the lines,...
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davidalanfinch
- Aug 31, 2023
- 1 min
Retro on the Water
A wonderful weekend painting plein air at the Retro on the Water festival 26th and 27th August at Gloucester Docks. See the finished...
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davidalanfinch
- Aug 9, 2023
- 1 min
Catching up on framing
Now the exhibition is over, it's back to work! I have a number of new paintings that need framing. I make floating canvas frames which...
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davidalanfinch
- Aug 5, 2023
- 1 min
Exhibition was a success
It has been a long couple of weeks at the exhibition every day but very worth while. Three original paintings and a lino cut sold, 5 ...
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davidalanfinch
- Aug 5, 2023
- 1 min
Off the easel
Manning the exhibition from 10am until 4pm each day has enabled me to catch up with some paintings I have been meaning to do for a while....
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