Carousel
This painting came about from a conversation I had with one of the fairground people who bring their roundabouts to our annual Christmas Street Party. He told me he had studied Fairground Art so that he could restore the old family fairground rides including a Carousel for a museum. This brought back childhood memories of riding on a Carousel at the Easter Fair on Blackheath. I just had to get close to that memory! Painting the Carousel did just that.
|
Rainbow Wye
I have never seen a rainbow over the Wye Crown. The great thing about art is that you can play God. I moved a blackberry hedge in front of the Wye Crown and added a rainbow. Result, a lady who wanted my picture so badly she asked if she could pay the price off in installments.
SOLD |
Scarecrowess
I really enjoyed myself here going off into the realms of fantasy. What better subjects than the scarecrow and magical hares!
SOLD Cornish Legend
Cornish legend has it that a girl who is rejected by her lover at the alter, dies of a broken heart and turns into a white hare who haunts him.
This is such a lovely story and of course the hare is a great creature of myth and legend. I decided to put the story together visually. |
West Ham Gizmo
Gizmo a Jack Russel had gone to the great kennel after a good long life of happy walks in the Wye Countryside.
I was commissioned by his owner's wife to paint a picture of the little fellow as a Christmas present. All she had to give me was a black and white photograph of Gizmo down the bottom of the garden at night time. I had to draw hard on my imagination here. Knowing that Gizmo's owner was a West Ham fan, I introduced the elements most dear to him including Gizmo. Of course setting him in our countryside with the Wye Crown in the distance brought Gizmo to life. (Not literally.) I had the painting framed with a mount in the West Ham Colours. Result? A very happy Christmas! COMMISSION ALL ARTWORK IS SUBJECT TO COPYRIGHT
TICKETYBOO ART & GIFTS 141 Bridge Street Wye Nr Ashford Kent TN25 5DP TELEPHONE 01233 812 671 Email: ticketyboo@clara.co.uk |