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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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Jul 3, 20241 min read
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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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Jul 3, 20241 min read
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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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Jul 3, 20241 min read
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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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Jul 3, 20241 min read
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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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May 2, 20241 min read
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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,...
davidalanfinch
May 2, 20241 min read
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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...
davidalanfinch
May 2, 20241 min read
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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...
davidalanfinch
Jan 29, 20241 min read
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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...
davidalanfinch
Jan 7, 20241 min read
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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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Jan 7, 20241 min read
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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...
davidalanfinch
Jan 7, 20241 min read
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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...
davidalanfinch
Nov 20, 20231 min read
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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...
davidalanfinch
Oct 25, 20231 min read
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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 ...
davidalanfinch
Oct 25, 20231 min read
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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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Oct 17, 20231 min read
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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,...
davidalanfinch
Oct 17, 20231 min read
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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...
davidalanfinch
Aug 31, 20231 min read
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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...
davidalanfinch
Aug 9, 20231 min read
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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 ...
davidalanfinch
Aug 5, 20231 min read
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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....
davidalanfinch
Aug 5, 20231 min read
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