Day's end: Flamin Nosh small town oil painting street road restaurant night lights nocturne

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Flamin Nosh is a pizza restaurant close by to where I live. We once went as a whole family to celebrate a special birthday and the kids were allowed to create their own pizzas and see them put into the ovens. It always looks great at night because the banners are orange and look really good lit up.

Day's End: Speed Check small town oil painting street road night lights nocturne

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Day's end: Waterloo Road oil painting street small town england english sunset

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I have painted Waterloo Road before - this building - but it was called Daybreak, so dawn rather than dusk (to check it out it's the posting of November 21st 2007). I like this building. It's now housing the police but I'm not sure what it was originally built for.

Day's end : across the valley mill factory small town landscape sunset stalybridge england english oil painting

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Quite a romantic view - an old mill chimney highlighted against the setting sun. That's the 'Bridge for you (although the chimney is probably in Dukinfield or Ashton looking at the distances). We are nothing if not exploitative.

Day's end Stamford Street (II) small town sunset stalybridge england english oil painting

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Day's end Stamford Street (I) small town sunset stalybridge england english oil painting

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I have a little series of sun-sets. The same sun setting over Stalybridge as sets over Los Angeles, Dar es Salaam, Paris and so on - just add your own place to the list. Here the sun's setting behind us and lighting up the advertising hoarding on the wall there (which incidentally is for Sainsbury's bank - I went and had a look last night).

Hillside (keywords: painting oil landscape england english)

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This is the last of the landscapes for now. I'm working on my other blog at the moment but am sure to be back here in the not too distant future.

Lone Tree (keywords:landscape painting trees fields hills england english)

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There's something strong and independent about a lone tree. It has resisted the buffets and blows of the weather and man's hand with a chain saw. A true survivor!

Ravine (keywords: hills fields glossop england english landscape painting)

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Compared to many ravines this is a tiny one I know but it's a deep cutting in the landscape through which a river runs so, I suppose it's a ravine of sorts. Again in the Glossop area. Dried, autumn grasses in front and the evergreens in the background.

Striated (keywords: hills fields england english landscape)

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I haven't been able to find a really good definition for that word "Striated" but I think it means striped or wavy. Just how the earth looks sometimes.

The A624 (II) (keywords: landscape painting england english hills fields motorway glossop)

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These two paintings are of the A624 to Chapel en le Frith as seen from the Glossop end. It's a busy road but not too wide and you have wonderful hills and fields on both sides.

The A624 (I)

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Wheat field

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I think it was a wheat field anyway - a very gentle kind of yellow.

Tree shadows II (keywords: landscape painting england english glossop hills trees fields green blue)

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I did a painting based on this scene a couple of years ago, called Tree Shadows. So this is version II. It's such a beautiful scene and I'll never tire, I don't think, of trying to capture it.

The green, green grass

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i decided to test myself by doing a mini-series of landscapes. I decided on 12 as an appropriate number as I am basically an analogue girl rather than a digital one (12 shillings to the pound - no you won't remember). It wasn't easy - a bit like taking medicine - so I have been completing 2 or 3 each day over the past few days. Today I finished the twelfth but I will put them up in ones and twos. I am putting them up in the order in which I painted them. They tend to get brighter as I go along, LOL. Also I introduced some new colours - alizarin crimson instead of indian red and turquoise which makes nice greens mixed with yellow ochre.

Gully

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Long grass

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This is around the Charlesworth area near Glossop. Lovely dips in the landscape.

Earth fold

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I have painted this scene before but was up there again yesterday to see this wonderful landscape. Again it was the abstract shapes which pulled me in but I found the more I worked on it the more it was being transformed into a more "literal" expression in my mind so I had to stop. I noticed also how sexy the hills are, very womanly with their folds and curves. Maybe that's why we talk about "Mother earth".

Ploughed field

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A chilly autumn day

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I am fascinated by light coming through the gaps in between these old buildings. Just love their heavy, clunky structures. This photograph is not picking up the colours as well as I would have liked though.

Warehouse

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Stalybridge Days

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This was a commissioned painting for a buyer in Texas. It was interesting to do. I think it's the biggest Stalybridge painting in oils that I have done so far and I really enjoyed it. Not easy to see on the blog though owing to its long, narrow shape. Clicking on it gives you a better view.

Morning on an empty street

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This is Market Street, one of the main streets in Stalybridge. I have had to simplify the buildings quite a lot but anyone who lives here may be able to recognise at least some of them. There is the white house on the hills at the back, sitting all alone. I sometimes walked up there with the dog - a bit of a trek!

Mini market

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I have painted this shop before. I was really interested in the angles of the buildings and the two street lamps and that shop window to the upper left above the mini-market with its yellow hoarding.

Bricked up

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The empty house

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This is old, terraced housing, which, since I took this pic has been taken over by a small industrial unit, I think to do with cars. There is a sort of workshop to the left. I like the contrasts of sharpness and softness the sun makes.

JS Motors

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A quiet street

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This is a re-work of a painting I did in November 2007, so it's got a more autumn feel than a summer one. I loved the way the sun had got between the buildings and lit up that left hand wall with a bright L shape.

I won't be posting for a couple of weeks as I am going away. See you in August some time. In the meantime check out "Tuesday" the posting of 18th December 08 - that is also a recent rework. I like it much better now.

End of an era

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This is a re-work of a painting I did about a year ago. The mill buildings to which this chimney is attached were I think due for demolition but as far as I know they are still there. For anyone local they are in Carrbrook but I can't remember the name of the mill at the moment. Hope they save it!

Patchwork

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Same theme - I don't get tired of these fields. They fascinate me.

Fields off Woodhead road

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The fields fit together as tightly as jigsaw pieces. I love the layers they create as you look towards the horizen.

Fields of gold

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Don't know what crop was growing in those fields but they kind of shone out despite the greyish sky.

Canals of the Pennines

I have been invited by Littleborough Art Gallery to submit some canal paintings to a special exhibition called "Canals of the Pennines" (on throughout July and August). I am very pleased about this as I will be joining some well known local names who are also exhibiting. Thank you Suzi !
The paintings I'll be showing are: Urban development; Lock gates; The canal in fog; Canalside; Workshop and Canal Lock.

History

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What stories these old buildings could tell if they could speak. This ended up as a tailor's shop but it is close to other mills and factories and doubtless had a more industrial background in its early days. Now it's all closed up, become part of our history. For the techies amongst you- I wanted to create a feeling of gentle sunshine without using blue in the sky! In fact there is hardly any influence of blue at all in this painting, just a hint of lavender to tone down the red on the building.

A bit of peace and quiet

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Sorry about the glare upper right on this one (near the wall dividing the 2 fields - it isn't like that on the painting proper). However, the colours are pretty accurate in this photo but I will retake the photo in a few days when the painting is dry. Ok, I have blended the paint quite a bit in this, especially in the foreground. It just felt right to do so and also seemed to fit with the "peaceful" aspects of the painting.

Path to Crowden (II)

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Path to Crowden (I)

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As you follow the Longdendale trail up past Torside reservoir there is a signpost pointing across the reservoir chain via a bridge to Crowden. Part of the track is wooded with pine trees. It is not a big area but it is mysterious and a bit magical.

Sailing at Torside

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Now and again you get a fine day like this. You're up at Torside, the boats are out, and you could almost be in Italy!

The house on the hill

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I worked a lot on this painting. Originally it had a blue sky but I wanted the scene to be very still so that the house almost "brooded" over the surrounding countryside.

Shining Water

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Not sure if the water is part of one of the reservoirs or if it is a lake. Again, it is seen from the Woodhead Road which stretches for miles. Great days we are having.