It seems at the moment, that time is flying by quicker than ever. The year comes and goes as quick as the months and days! This year’s summer has been no different. This creation is a little different as it wasn’t inspired by travel or lack of, like, the Belfast creation, but this time was,Continue reading “Swindon: It’s not all just roundabouts”
Author Archives: Clegg Bamber
Belfast via Birmingham: A Bloody Travel Disaster
It’s been a while since the last time the paints came out from their storage box. This is due to being busy and having packed weekends taken up with various things – and time flying by quicker than you can blink your eyes. However, here we are with a partly free weekend, well, a freeContinue reading “Belfast via Birmingham: A Bloody Travel Disaster”
Buckingham Palace
This creation has a different inspiration from the other creations published on this site. On Thursday 8th September 2022, Buckingham Palace shared the news that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had died peacefully at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. TV programming was interrupted the share the news, as was radio. It was a moment that theContinue reading “Buckingham Palace”
Coate Water Diving Board
Sticking with the theme of landscapes, this creation incorporated something new for acrylic. Something that has been created with chalk pastel but not with acrylic. A landmark. The Coate Water Diving Board is an iconic and recognisable landmark in the Wiltshire region, being associated with the town of Swindon. The diving board is a listedContinue reading “Coate Water Diving Board”
Turbines on the Horizon
For this creation, we went back to acrylics, and also back to the theme of landscapes. A theme that hadn’t been the focus of a creation for a while. Summer 2022 has been busy. It has been the first summer where there have been no public health restrictions. In 2021, summer was deemed as “openingContinue reading “Turbines on the Horizon”
The Joker
Well, this was a creation of many firsts. And a creation that was enjoyable from the first stroke to the last. This creation was done over Easter weekend, in 2022, and being honest a creation like this would only be complete when there is time available to have two sittings that are relatively close toContinue reading “The Joker”
The Insignia
After spending some time, across various creations, and getting used to blending acrylic paints to get vibrancy and more natural looks across artworks, acrylic paints had been noticed to dry quite quickly, sometimes creating a challenge on the blending aspect of the creation. So with this in mind, the next media to move to wasContinue reading “The Insignia”
A Path of Peace and Hope
When the hobby of exploring art and drawing, or painting, different landscapes, subjects and objects, it was because of the lockdowns that were imposed owing to the coronavirus pandemic. More of the story behind the hobby can be found here. However, lockdowns were in reaction to a crisis and what would later be described asContinue reading “A Path of Peace and Hope”
A Tropical Sunset
It’s another acrylic paint creation that takes the form of the landscape – just this time moving away from the theme of the African Savannah! A tropical island, somewhere in the Caribbean, like Barbados, was the inspiration for this creation. The tranquillity of the light blue, tropical sea, the golden white sands and the warmContinue reading “A Tropical Sunset”
Mount Kilimanjaro
Another landscape painting was inspired by the amazing continent of Africa. This time, still remaining in sub-Saharan Africa but moving towards the equator. The iconic Mount Kilimanjaro stands tall in Tanzania. Mount Kilimanjaro, similar to Table Mountain and Cape Town is on the “to visit” list. Climbing Kilimanjaro is a challenge that has been undertakenContinue reading “Mount Kilimanjaro”
Artwork in Progress 