I was in good company during that trip with 4 wonderful painters - David Bachmann, Tim King, Mo Teeuw and John Walsom.
The first painting done, straight after getting off the plane was this cliff near Portimao (sorry forgot the name!). What attracted me to the subject was the light reflected in the water with those gorgeous green and purple hues.
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Water reflections - Near Portimao
Oil on board | Approx 10”x6.5”
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See below the setting. I ended up at home chopping a bit of the left of the painting as I thought the composition worked better that way...
Action shot - it was rather windy
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| Mo Teeuw trying not to be blown away by the wind! |
For the next painting we headed to Ferragudo. There was a lovely sparkling light on the water and I tried to capture that with spontaneous brushstrokes.
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| Boats at Ferragudo - 10"x8" - oil on board SOLD |
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| Morning shimmering light - Praia dos Tres Castelos Oil on board | 10”x8” Available here |
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See the progress of my painting below:
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| Mo Teeuw |
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| John Walsom and David Bachmann |
We then went back to Ferragudo but weather wasn't great. While David and Mo were painting the distant views I decided to make them the subject of my painting.
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| Painters in Ferragudo Oil on board | 12"x7.5" Available here |
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That's it for part 1! All paintings are available on my website here.
I'll finish with the happy news that I've recently been elected as a member of the Bath Society of Artists! Super chuffed about it!
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