We will be opening the doors again to The Old Police Station on Saturday 24th, Sunday 25th and Monday 26th August to show you an exhibition of smaller works from 2019 to my most recent works. There will be huge offers and discounts for subscribers to my mailing list so please don’t miss it, as well as this painting being on sale and show for the first time.

This week I finish my seascape of Dunstanburgh Castle on the North East Coast, prepare for a commission and frame some high quality giclee prints for Rydal Mount and Gardens, and the Dennis Kilgallon Gallery.

This video shows me out and about gathering information and sketchbook work for future paintings. I visit several locations, and make preparatory studies in my sketchbook en plein air. Looking at colour shape and form, I use the work done in the open air to inform my final original oil paintings with a geometric pattern underpainting. From a lake in Lincoln, to a Sculpture exhibition in Doddington Hall, from a meadow in Oxfordshire to a garden in Solihull - I might not have been in the studio but I still managed lots of time to paint outdoors. I have also added a gift card option to my website, so if you don't already subscribe to my mailing list - hop over there now https//www.helenalicejohnsonartist.com and take advantage of a 10% discount this week in celebration of my new gift cards and updated website courtesy of Kalkidan Legesse at https://www.kalkidanlegesse.com

This week I finished one painting and got well on with two more. Using a pattern inspired by stained glass at Chartres Cathedral as an underpainting, I then paint over the top to create a landscape inspired by Jock Bay in Kirkcudbright, Scotland. This large oil painting on canvas is the same size as the one I finished which is inspired by Cow Green Reservoir in Teasdale. This also uses geometric pattern first as an underpainting and then showing through the final painting.