Abstract Paintings

United States of Obama (0)
oil on canvas £1500. 115cm x 71cm.

Painted during the 2008 election campaign using colours from North Pennine landscape paintings.0
 
Ice Road Abstract (Hartside 7) (0)
Oil £450 framed. 49cm x 39cm.

Abstract twin to landscape painting Ice Road (Hartside 7). Painted with the colours mixed for Ice Road.0
 
North Pennine Moor 17, Abstract (0)
Oil on gesso. £395 Unframed. 81cm x 62cm.

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Haworth Moor 2 Abstract (0)
Oil on canvas £390. 56cm x 56cm.

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Haworth Moor 3 Abstract (0)
Oil on board £390. 0cm x 0cm.

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Cheviot 3 Abstract (0)
Oil on board SOLD. 0cm x 0cm.

Sold as a pair with the landscape painting of Cheviot0
 
Lapwing Spring, Abstract (0)
Oil on canvas £494. 51cm x 51cm.

Box canvas, side painted. Painted using the colours from "Lapwing Spring, Allendale".0
 
White Van, Black Band, Abstract (0)
oil on gesso £350. 41cm x 51cm.

Unframed. Painted using the colours from 'White Van, Black Band".0
 
North pennine Abstract 13 (Green Micra) (0)
oil on gesso. £575 Framed. 64cm x 58cm.

Abstract painting which utilises the colours mixed in the creation of a landscape called 'Micra Adventure, Yad Moss'. This ,and others like it, are an opportunity to explore unexpected colour combinations of colours mixed for one purpose and then applied for a totally different purpose.0
 
Hartside 4 Abstract (0)
oil on gesso. £550 Framed. 120cm x 60cm.

Painted using the colours from a landscape painting called 'Hartside 4 Commute'. This is a pure abstraction using only the colours mixed for the landscape painting. It therefore has an intimate and exclusive colour connection with that painting and could be thought of as a kind of abstract offspring or dual.0
 
North Pennine Moor 19, Abstract (0)
Oil on gesso. £495 Unframed. 89cm x 71cm.

Painted using the colours from a landscape painting called North Pennine Moor 19.0
 
Knowing and Not Knowing (0)
oil on calico on board £2300. 300cm x 120cm.

Five closely separated panels with one panel slightly raised above the others. The design developed from ideas around the emotions of lost love and the transition from calm waters to turbulent waters in a river.0
 
Not Knowing (0)
Oil on calico on board £2300. 300cm x 120cm.

Painted on 5 equal size closely spaced panels. One of a series based around the emotions surrounding lost love. This one was inspired by the turbulent peat dark waters below a waterfall in Teesdale and by the quartets of Bela Bartok.0
 
Perfect Day (0)
Oil on calico on board SOLD. 270cm x 120cm.

Three equal size panels. Idea based on a theme of lost love. This one inspired by a walk with a friend at Druridge Bay, Northumberland.

Private collection. Sold through UBS Wealth Management.0
 
Conversation Piece (0)
Gouache on paper £390. 100cm x 23cm.

Framed in oak and mounted. Idea of a conversation between two curving lines in a green verdant space. A walk in a wood with an ex-lover. 0
 
Earth-Sky (2000)
Oil on canvas SOLD. 130cm x 76cm.

Semi-abstract response to tidal mudflats at dawn such as Gossick Sands near Linisfarne or Morecambe Bay. 0
 
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