Pinmill, England, 15" x 11"
An artist friend kindly sent me some photos of a very popular location with painters - Pinmill in the UK. A place I have never visited and I am not one to commonly paint somewhere I haven't been. A painting seems more special when you were actually there yourself. But sometimes having little knowledge of a location has advantages - It does help, for me anyway, to simplfy the scene. I am not preoccupied with having to make sure I get every detail in like well known land marks. So for example, the background here is very easy - it's just a wavy band across the picture!
Tim, I was in Pin Mill last year and it's just as you see in the old photos, and just like in Arthur Ransome's books of that area ( Big Six, We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea etc). There were a few sailing barges in and we ate in the iconic Butt & Oyster!
Your painting does it great justice!
Posted by: John Cowburn | Jan 21, 2017 at 10:01 PM
Sound like you had a lovely time. I must look up that book for more inspiration. Thanks John.
Posted by: Tim Wilmot | Feb 20, 2017 at 03:55 PM