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A hand-built vase looking at the scene when standing in Hele Bay looking west toward the iron-age hill fort. Arches set into the hillside...

Autumn has started 'proper' with gusty winds and cold rain. It has meant a few of the garden flowers have snapped, so what better time...

A circle of burning embers, the glow of a tent as evening settles. Collecting sticks and bits of dry fern ready to keep the fire warm....

Ceramic vase. A walk along the coastal path leading away from Ilfracombe, across the remains of what was an iron-age hill fort and down...

"Coastline". A ceramic vase from a series inspired by the dramatic north Devon coast, this part being Hele Bay. #HeleBay #vase #ceramic

(Autumn's almost here). Oil on paper #abstract #art #Bella

Abstract aspects of the coast along the western tip of north Devon. Pastels on board. #pastel #art #abstract #coast #sea

One of the great things about painting is that it can be done in so many forms. There is the detailed, the soft washes, the abstract and...

As is often the case at the start of August, the weather has turned wet and stormy. Waves whipped up into huge sweeps of power swell...

The tide turns to come back as a gull sky reflects the movement below. #HeleBay #oilpainting #art

There is a coastal path which winds up the hillside from Ilfracombe towards Hele Bay. It has two sections; one which goes up high, and...

The harbour in the evening. An oil painting on board. #water #Ilfracombe #oilpainting #abstract

Pastel and pen sketch. #HeleBay #Ilfracombe #sketch #drawing #rocks #Coast

Walking from Hele Bay to Ilfracombe, an oil paint sketch

A favourite method of painting is oil on paper and so there are a few oil paintings in a sketchbook which have been done in response to...

Printmaking using heat bed press transfer technique. #printmaking #artabstract

It's not often a post is made about sold work, but this is one - just because they have gone as a pair. It is so good to see how much...

Full moon, casting light on land, casting light on water. #moon #reflection #water #oil #abstract #art

North Devon has a dramatic coastline. #HeleBay #ilfracombe #NorthDevon #sketch #pastel #seasketches

#wave #sea #water