Jack Cox North Norfolk Fishing Boats Oil on board Signed 53cm x 64cm SOLD
SOLD: North Norfolk Fishing Boats – Jack Cox
Author: j5wan
SOLD: Study of a black Labrador – John Trickett
John Trickett b 1952 Study of a black Labrador Oil on board Signed 30.5cm x 25.5cm SOLD This painting also appears in my blog post 'Crufts: Man's Best Friend in Art'.
THE QUEENS 90th BIRTHDAY PARTY
It was the Queen's official birthday this weekend and it was celebrated with a service at St Paul's cathedral followed by the Trooping the Colour on Horse Guards Parade. The finale of the celebrations was a giant street party on the Mall. Queen Elizabeth II is the great- granddaughter of Edward VII [1901-1940] who inherited [...]
Red Bull Air Race
Norman Hoad 1923- 2014 Formula 1 Air Racing Oil on canvas. Signed 17" x 23" A highly talented artist specialising in aviation and animal subjects, Hoad studied under the renowned aviation artist Frank Wootten. With Wootten and others [including David Shepherd] he was a founder member of the Guild of Aviation Artists , later [...]
Springtime
The clocks have sprung forward and Spring is now officially here, even though it is still a bit chilly. This painting, by Claude Cardon, sums up this feeling beautifully. It is a lovely tranquil pastoral scene with apple blossom and sheep, which so typifies his work. Claude Cardon exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1893- 1913, at the [...]
The Gathering Storm
Storm Katie hit our shores at the weekend with gusts of wind in excess of 100 mph . It was, apparently, the 11th named storm of the season, causing disruption across much of England in the Easter holiday. This poor French girl hurrying barefoot along the coastal path, trying to escape the impending squall , is a very moody and powerful [...]
Easter Eggs
Easter eggs, also called Paschal eggs, are decorated eggs given to celebrate Easter or Springtime.The oldest tradition is to paint chickens eggs for decoration. Some people still do this with their children but make sure they give delicious chocolate eggs too. Eggs are a symbol of fertility and rebirth in many cultures and in Christian faith [...]
War and Peace
We have all been captivated by the BBC adaptation of Tolstoy's War and Peace which has brightened up our Sunday evenings with the fabulous costumes, scenery and romance.We have followed the lives of Pierre, Natasha and Andrei, against the backdrop of war with Napoleon. Russian artists are very popular at the moment and Russian art is, as [...]
Crufts: Man’s best friend in art
Crufts was held at the NEC, Birmingham, last week. We all watched,with bated breath, the dogs parading around the ring and running around the agility courses. We fell in love with all the different breeds and we wanted, for ourselves, one as perfectly groomed and well behaved as the one sitting on Clare Balding's settee. [...]