Needles From Hengistbury Head - oil painting

Needles From Hengistbury Head - oil painting

Needles From Hengistbury Head - oil painting

Hengistbury Head is featured in this painting done during May 2017. The location is on the 'spit' of land, near to the town of Christchurch in Dorset. In this coastal view we see the mixture of sand and tough grass that grows at such locations, with tyre tracks from bicycles snaking through the sand. In the distance and across Solent water are the 'needles' as featured on the coast of the Isle of Wight. It was painted and based on a photo taken on a sunny but cold December day.

The painting is done on stretched paper measuring 16” x 12” and is painted in oil paint.

The final painting can be seen here.

 

Pit of Giant Insect Monsters

Pit of Giant Insect Monsters

This digital illustration was created during the summer of 2013, and painted in photoshop to A3 size.

Pictured is a man, looking out of place and dressed in rags, on the edge of a cliff in a barren, rocky landscape. A large green humanoid creature, dressed as a savage and sporting a large wooden club, is preventing him from moving away from the cliff to safety and teasing him for amusement. It is enjoying the idea of the human falling to his fate over the cliff, and into the jaws of giant, crawling insects awaiting their next meal. Maybe it will add the skull to its necklace!

Pit of Giant Insect Monsters

nightmare haunted castle

nightmare haunted castle

I do like horror images and this is based on the idea of combining threatening elements with things we don't want to see threatened. The castle is not a pleasant, happy place, and is situated in a valley which is also theatening and devoid of life. The narrow path makes it difficult to approach the castle, and more difficult to escape. The castle gates are in ruins as is the castle, but there is still a light on within the building. We feel for the little boy as we do not want him, or his teddy, to come to any harm. This was digitally painted in 2008.