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A little Robin in Walton Park, Sale at lunchtime today. Luckily the miniature railway was closed today.
Norio and Yuba looking peaceful and relaxing on the floor not very far from Naomi. In reality, they fought a battle near the litter box a few minutes earlier - each wanted to use the litter box at the same time and that just wouldn't do!
Looking towards the North from the Pleinmont Fortifications St Peter Port can be reached by following the costal path that leads from the left of this picture
Looking Out
Martin Beek:
The paintings, drawings and digital works that form my contribution to this exhibition result from my residency at Camp Walden, Michigan during this summer. With the exception of the Simon’s Wood series of iPad drawings (no. 14), all the work was conceived, painted and drawn in the USA. It has come from a relatively small area of woodland no more than one hundred metres from my cabin studio.
In 2013 I exhibited my ‘plein air’ oils of rural locations in Ipsden and Longworth in a show called ‘The Pace of Nature’. These smaller paintings were a direct response to places that I had come to know well. Each work reflected the changing weather conditions that characterise the British climate; they were about the immediate moment. I did not retouch any of them in the studio.
In Looking Out my approach has slightly altered in that, whilst each work results from many hours’ direct work outside, certain passages and responses to the forest were repainted or reworked under studio conditions as a result of further consideration. This series was also painted as a body of work with several being developed simultaneously, rather than each being a record of a particular day.
Possibly the most difficult thing to do as a painter is not to mimic someone else’s paintings or style. I therefore find that my unique choice of location, which has no immediate association with other artists, is a really helpful move as it gives me a clearer sense of vision. Walden fulfils that for me, as it has done for many years.
This is the first time that I have exhibited in the UK a complete series of American works painted in situ. With the opportunity to spend seven or more hours painting each day, without having to travel any distance, I seem to find I can paint more fluently and the sense of involvement is all the deeper. America during the summer months, with its extreme heat and strong light and shadows, injects a kind of excitement into my work that I don’t often achieve in Britain. I find drawing trees both challenging and rewarding, not at all predictable if one is serious about the task. Here in the heart of the forest new opportunities present themselves. I suppose one of the ‘rules’ of modern painting, if such exist, is to think about the surface and not go for illusionistic tropes. So, as with all my work since 2012, I’ve made it quite specific in its intentions, without labouring or overworking. This results in an effort to create a lively surface.
The paintings are considerably larger than the 150 works of ‘The Pace of Nature’ series. The larger scale involves different approaches, and a lot more physical movement in order to judge the effect of distance and overall optical colour mixtures and relationships.
The acrylic paintings (‘Woodnotes’ I–III) were influenced by my iPad drawings, utilising the possibilities of multiple layers of line and overlapping colour. These works pull away from their motif and are a more personal statement about the forest and capture a fleeting sensation. They are characterised by loose areas of random marks against areas of control, held in the geometry created by the pine trees.
Formally, the works stress verticality and height, looking out and upwards, strong contrasts and spatial division. It was also rewarding to make a number of large charcoal drawings (nos. 11–13) to convey strong areas of light and shade.
Each morning began with an iPad drawing, some of which form Walden Suite (no. 2), a response to the daily variations of light and colour. The iPad drawings echo the Simon’s Wood piece (no. 14) which I began in January 2016 and finished just before my June departure for USA.
Five friends sat on a log at the end of Talapus Lake and looked at the lake. I spoke with them as they started to leave. They said this was their first hike. They were feeling quite adventurous and proud of themselves. I hope they got bitten by the hiking bug and keep coming back for more.
Look at all them lenses!
(Taken with my Nikon D40 18-35 kit lens, so obviously not pictured)
BTW: I managed to acquire all these lenses for less than 300GBP (the amount I am now wanting to spend on a Sigma 10-20mm. Ha!)
Submitted to Jones Soda Company for hopeful selection. if you like the photo, please vote!
Cracked the Top 5 for Interestingness on Feb 8th.
Looking down from Eddy St. as P&W local PR-3 performs a few switch moves at the Shell (ex Motiva) racks pulling one load and spotting one empty tank.
The cool blue waters of Providence Harbor and upper Narragansett Bay are visible in the background.
The 2 mile long Harbor Junction Running Track and it's connection the South Harbor Track (the line peeling off to the right i. the foreground) are both owned by the City of Providence and served exclusively by the P&W accessed from Cranston Yard off the Amtrak Northeast Corridor Mainline.
2008, an EMD GP38-2 built new for the railroad in December 1980 has spent its entire almost four decade career working the rails of Southern New England and is very much at home here.
Providence, Rhode Island
Thursday January 9, 2020
Had an Fantastic Shoot at Wollaton Hall with the Amazing Lydia! Strobist Info: Lencarta Safari Lion 2 Camera left through Standard Reflector!
Albany, NY. October 2016.
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These photos of Erin are from the second part of our shoot at the Star River Walk Park. Erin was such a blast to shoot with. She did an outfit change hiding behind trees. The trail was crowded that day so she had to keep hopping around for privacy and ended up with a bunch of wood chips in her pants. The things we go through. We were so busy shooting that we didn't notice the sky turned black and we made it back to our cars seconds before the skies opened up on us. Thanks to Erin for such a fun shoot!
I took these photos at the end of April 2020 in Star River Walk Park.
Bridalveil Fall with the Nearby Towering Peaks of Cathedral Rocks. When I captured this image back in May 2016, I was standing on the banks of the Merced River and soaking in the views of Yosemite Valley with the towering mountainsides all around me. It was late in the afternoon and traffic barely made any noise. So it was just the flow of the river and an occasional breeze to keep me company. I don't think one could ever tire of being in Yosemite! Which is the story behind this image I posted here on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/14723335@N05/35607539423/in/album-7...).
Now to the digital painting...which was a little more challenging then composing a capture of a beautiful setting and getting the right meter for the exposure :-) A lot of what I did in this image I've previously discussed in using broader strokes (except where I want to show some detail) and varying the amount of tone and shade to bring out differences in colors to show relief (trees and mountainsides). Where I really focused was with the clouds (a long time difficult area for me to paint). I decided to try something different and used one of Kyle's watercolor brushes (Kyle's Real Watercolor - 500 Giant). I first built up the edges with a darker tone and then a lighter tone as it moved to another edge. I could then use brush strokes to blend the different tones across the clouds. For other areas, I used a thin crosshatch brush for certain areas that I wanted a darker tone. For the blue skies, I continued with the base blue dry media chalk look and the used a watercolor brush with different hues, adding that on top to bring out a look of lighter skies in the image top and more earth hues to the bottom. Finally, I added some ravens in flight, soaring high above and occasionally giving their signature croak from time to time.
In the left foreground of the digital painting, you'll find that stick figure image of me "hiking" with my Cubbies hat, loving my time exploring Yosemite Valley and National Park...and wanting to do it again one year soon!
I was going through my photo library earlier and came across loads of photos (literally thousands) that I meant to come back to but obviously forgot!
This was taken on Sceilig Mhichil, a UNESCO site off the South West coast of Ireland. A truly magical place.