Pelham House, Lewes

I currently have a number of paintings on show at the Pelham House Hotel in Lewes. Call in to have a look if you're over that way. it's a beautiful hotel.

Eastbourne pier at dusk (4)

I've done a lot of these this week I know. It's just that there have been some beautiful sunsets.

Eastbourne pier at dusk

Maybe next year I'll spend the whole year painting the pier!

Downland near Alciston 4

I felt like using some green again after the past few days of greys and blues. An often painted view from the A27 driving west past Alciston.

Eastbourne Pier - Dusk (2)

Another view of the promenade and start of the pier with the Burlington Hotel in the background. I love evenings like this.

October sea

Beautiful sea today. Quite calm but with dramatic breakers. I find that whenever I paint the sea I feel a strong desire to see the film 'Riding Giants', generally thought to be the best surf movie EVER. If you haven't seen it, Video Shack in Eastbourne Old Town have it to rent.

Eastbourne Pier

After a lovely sunny autumn day I was not looking forward to the earlier evening (due to the time readjustment). However the sunset was beautiful and seemed a fitting end to the day. This is looking west towards the pier from the promenade.

Downland near Alciston 3

A study of a slice of downland near Alsicton. Dusk.

Barn near East Grinstead

This is an 'imagined' night scene based on a barn I spied recently just north of Uckfield.

Hastings Old Town beach

I've been visiting the beach by the stade in Hastings since the late fifties and it is essentially exactly as it was then. I once fished every weekend for a year and the only fish I caught was a ling from the harbour arm just near here.

Forest Row

I love this view as you drive from the south into Forest Row. I always imagine that for visitors it looks like a perfect English village.

Lewes, Tues 20th Oct

A bright autumn afternoon looking towards the downs from the high street in Lewes town centre.

Chimneys, Lewes

Looking in the other direction from the previous painting - a group of chimneys and aerials on a bright autumn day.

Lewes, Sun 18th Oct

This is at the top of the town near the castle. A pair of windblown trees on the edge of a bowling green. This whole area is like a living museum and the buildings are just wonderful.

Cuilfail Tunnel, Sat 17th Oct

Another view of the Cuilfail Tunnel in Lewes. I've been in Lewes quite a bit lately and have an exhibition at The Pelham House Hotel that runs 'til early December. If you haven't been before pop in - it's a beautiful building with some nice exhibition areas and a fantastic sculpture garden.

St Marys Church, Old Town, Eastbourne

I took some photos from the roof of this church a few years ago and was extremely impressed with the spiral staircase leading to the roof. It was built probably 700 years ago and the vertical line at the centre of the spiral was perfectly straight.

Sea view apartments, Eastbourne

I've always liked this building which overlooks the pier on Eastbourne seafront. There's something of the 'Miami' about it.
I remember taking a photo on Lincoln Avenue in Miami Beach - Christmas 1996, that had EXACTLY the same lighting, colour and contrast as this.

Cuilfail Tunnel, Lewes

First tunnel I've ever painted and I'm going to do a few more soon. Approaching Lewes from the south.

Cuckmere Haven 3

Downland near Lewes 5

The evenings are drawing in and, as happens at this time of year, the short space of time before sundown can throw up some extraordinary colours. This is a view just south of Lewes.

Sunday 11th Oct - Eastbourne Pier

Following on from the recent Brighton Pier images I've been posting over the past few days, here's a study of the underside of Eastbourne Pier.

Sat 10th Oct - Brighton Pier 3

Another abstracted study for a possible larger painting sometime in the future. These are the kind of interpretations I feel really at ease with at the moment.

Brighton Pier 2

A study of Brighton Pier with a warm early evening glow. There is an extraordinary light seen in Brighton at dusk on sunny days, captured very well I think by the painter Philip Dunn.

Straight road near Burgess Hill

This is near Hassocks driving (the slow way) to Burgess Hill. No cars in sight, just the road and the sky just before sunrise.

Brighton Pier

I love viewing piers from underneath. I've painted quite a few piers over the past couple of years. Well actually I've painted one pier lots of times (Eastbourne) This is the first study I've made of Brighton Pier since 1972 (when it was the Palace Pier) SOLD

South downs - Evening

I painted this last night looking towards the downland near Alciston. I have a habit of putting too much detail in some of these recent studies. Occasionally I feel the simpler ones are the most successful.

Seascape 17 - Eastbourne

Another seascape looking out from near the waters edge. Very calm pools this side of the shoreline but really choppy beyond.SOLD

The Bandstand, Eastbourne 3

Last time I painted this I decided not to use it as a subject for a while. However I saw this (pedestrian free) today and couldn't resist!

Sat 3rd Oct - Seascape

The sea is getting wilder with the drop in temperature and the high winds over the past few days. This is from a beach in east Worthing.

Eastbourne Marina

As I've said previously, I've got mixed feelings over this marina. A bit of a missed opportunity I think. I have some friends with a townhouse overlooking this view and the living area looks out (through french doors) and balcony to this bustling harbour scene.

Thursday 1st Oct - Downland near Arundel

This is a view looking north just past Arundel on the A27. Often the more abstracted images like this commnunicate more in terms of mood and atmosphere than the more representational.