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Friday, May 10, 2019
Thursday, March 21, 2019
"Irish Cottage" by Lynda Cookson
Everyone has a soft spot for Ireland and you can still find quaint old thatched roof cottages like this one, set in beautiful flower gardens, in villages all around Ireland.
The link here is to an instant image download of "Irish Cottage" but the original is also available as it's just dry enough now to go into stock. Oil on stretched canvas.
To purchase the original of "Irish Cottage" CLICK HERE
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To purchase the instant digital image download of "Irish Cottage" CLICK HERE
To purchase the original of "Irish Cottage" CLICK HERE
or
To purchase the instant digital image download of "Irish Cottage" CLICK HERE
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
"Spikey Flowers" by Lynda Cookson
This is a real life painting for sale today! It's available as an instant digital image download as well, where you can print it larger than the original, but right now this original has been put up for sale and you can find it here :
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Wednesday, March 06, 2019
"Ruin Above the Mist" by Lynda Cookson
"Ruin Above the Mist" was inspired by the wide open spaces, the big skies, where ancient ruins watch out over the lands in Ireland.
It's damp and cool where the blues, greens and grey rule. Crispness dominates in both temperature and view clarity. Ireland breaks all the gauges when it comes to measuring beauty ... too much to measure!
"Ruin Above the Mist" can be downloaded here, just CLICK
It's damp and cool where the blues, greens and grey rule. Crispness dominates in both temperature and view clarity. Ireland breaks all the gauges when it comes to measuring beauty ... too much to measure!
"Ruin Above the Mist" can be downloaded here, just CLICK
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Tuesday, March 05, 2019
"Clear Green Wave" by Lynda Cookson
It's another really windy and rainy day again here on the west coast of Brittany in France. If we were brave enough to venture down to the sea, which is only 300 metres down a steep road, we'd likely see a rather more active sea than this one! But just imagine the sound of gentle waves lapping at the shore ... in your home each day. How soothing.
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Thursday, February 28, 2019
"Bougainvillea Sky" by Lynda Cookson
"Bougainvillea Sky"
A lovely sunny day in Portugal a few years ago ... and that sky really was that blue when I took this photograph! I grew up with a huge ... really old and really big! ... Bougainvillea of this exact shade in KwaZulu Natal in South Africa, so I was tickled to be able to capture my memory so stunningly against the orange deck cover and such an incredibly blue sky. Most definitely one of my favourite photographs.
This image is available as an instant download (just click an image to take you through to the download site).
Instant image download here :
Thursday, May 10, 2018
The story of "Lone Tree" by Lynda Cookson
A funny thing happened with this little watercolour called "Lone Tree".
I'm using up old pieces of watercolour paper which belonged to my Mum way back when, and I mean really way back when. She probably bought the paper close to 25 years ago. I've been trying out different brush stroke techniques and this piece of paper took the paint in different ways. I liked it so I left it. There's a block to the left of centre in the blue sky where the paint took smoothly. For the rest of it, "it blotched". The effect was to make a simple brush stroke more interesting ... with a hint of weather.
I used a wet on dry technique and the paper seemed to be very absorbent either side of the oblong shape where the paper allowed the paint to be brushed on smoothly.
I'm using up old pieces of watercolour paper which belonged to my Mum way back when, and I mean really way back when. She probably bought the paper close to 25 years ago. I've been trying out different brush stroke techniques and this piece of paper took the paint in different ways. I liked it so I left it. There's a block to the left of centre in the blue sky where the paint took smoothly. For the rest of it, "it blotched". The effect was to make a simple brush stroke more interesting ... with a hint of weather.
I used a wet on dry technique and the paper seemed to be very absorbent either side of the oblong shape where the paper allowed the paint to be brushed on smoothly.
"Lone Tree" by Lynda Cookson
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Thursday, February 22, 2018
"Cottage in the Hills" by Lynda Cookson
This was a double challenge for me - watercolour is always a challenge and "Cottage in the Hills" is Painting no. 22 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge.
Inspired by my years living in Connemara, Ireland :
"Cottage in the Hills"
Watercolour on Paper
10" x 14" (25 cm x 36 cm)
Inspired by my years living in Connemara, Ireland :
"Cottage in the Hills"
Watercolour on Paper
10" x 14" (25 cm x 36 cm)
"Cottage in the Hills" by Lynda Cookson
All paintings in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge are for sale here :
Friday, February 16, 2018
"Tall Pot of Geraniums"
Painting No. 16 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge
"Tall Pot of Geraniums"
Watercolour on Paper
11" x 7" (28 cm x 18 cm) approx.
"Tall Pot of Geraniums"
Watercolour on Paper
11" x 7" (28 cm x 18 cm) approx.
"Tall Pot of Geraniums" by Lynda Cookson
My website : http://lyndacookson.blogspot.fr
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
"A Deep Message"
Painting no. 14 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge
"A Deep Message"
Watercolour on Yupo Paper
8" x 12" (20 cm x 30 cm)
As you can see LOL this is my first time using watercolor on Yupo Paper and there's a lot of work to be done there!!
"A Deep Message"
My website : http://lyndacookson.blogspot.fr
Sunday, February 11, 2018
"Birthday Bouquet"
Painting no. 11 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge
"Birthday Bouquet"
Oil on Paper
5" x 7.5" (13 cm x 19 cm)
"Birthday Bouquet"
Oil on Paper
5" x 7.5" (13 cm x 19 cm)
"Birthday Bouquet"
My website : http://lyndacookson.blogspot.fr
Saturday, January 27, 2018
"Green Tea Pot"
This is reaching back a few years when some studies and daily paintings were signed TPP as they were done as demos for students of my studio, The Painters' Palette. TPP was the official signature of work produced in The Painters' Palette studio. They sold on eBay at the time (I no longer run an eBay store).
I have always loved tea pots, for what they represent as well as for their shape ... fat and round with useful appendages and an interesting lid to top it off. To me they represent family and friends, comfort and home - and all that goes with that.
So I present "Green Tea Pot" ...
I have always loved tea pots, for what they represent as well as for their shape ... fat and round with useful appendages and an interesting lid to top it off. To me they represent family and friends, comfort and home - and all that goes with that.
So I present "Green Tea Pot" ...
My website : https://lyndacookson.blogspot.fr
Friday, June 30, 2017
"A Spiritual Journey" by Lynda Cookson
The wind is howling today, spattering rain drops on windows and thoroughly wetting everything I have outside which I'm trying to keep dry! We've recently moved house and haven't been able to put everything in its allotted space yet. So I thought a little bit of peace and calm was required. Hence "A Spiritual Journey" with its calm green, dusky pink and cloudy blue.
"A Spiritual Journey" by Lynda Cookson
Detail of "A Spiritual Journey" by Lynda Cookson
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
"Breaking Through"
"Breaking Through" ... I love this abstract. I can feel the sun,
the warmth of that sun, a warm evening sky, the sea, and the white foam
of the waves.
A residency at the restored stone cottage famine village of Cill Rialaig, near Ballinskelligs in Co Kerry, Ireland, was the inspiration for this acrylic on board. The strong winter wind whipped the foam from the top of the waves and blew it against the cliffs. That, together with the sense of all the ancient (and not so ancient) lives lived there created a very spiritual atmosphere. Absolutely wonderful weather and wonderful inspiration!
"Breaking Through" is for sale HERE ... or just click the image and you'll be taken through to the correct page where you'll find the price and the size of the painting.
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A residency at the restored stone cottage famine village of Cill Rialaig, near Ballinskelligs in Co Kerry, Ireland, was the inspiration for this acrylic on board. The strong winter wind whipped the foam from the top of the waves and blew it against the cliffs. That, together with the sense of all the ancient (and not so ancient) lives lived there created a very spiritual atmosphere. Absolutely wonderful weather and wonderful inspiration!
"Breaking Through" is for sale HERE ... or just click the image and you'll be taken through to the correct page where you'll find the price and the size of the painting.
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