The Flock, Cogges Manor Farm

The Flock, Cogges Manor FarmThis is an original oil painting from my artist residency at Cogges Manor Farm in Witney (Oxfordshire) focusing on a flock of the Manor's chickens enjoying the shade on a sunny day. Unframed size 45 (H) x 60cm (W) x 5cm (D) (approx 18 x 24 x 2 inches). Additional information: This original artwork was painted on Stretched Linen Canvas using high quality Michael Harding oil paints and finished with Gamvar gloss varnish. It has been signed on the front,

An en plein air painting of the Rocca Maggiore in Assisi

and also the various reflected lights in the metal parts of the tube

An original painting of the Windrush Valley in Oxfordshire with a calm evening sky

and the beginnings of a bare root rose

as I was able to use larger brushes with broader strokes to quickly capture the mood of this particular moment whilst still maintaining a certain level of detail

Unframed size - 27cm (H) x 20

with tons of buttercups and cow parsley also in full bloom

The manor's facade was naturally decorated in the autumnal

I was interested in capturing this view of a room on the first floor

I painted this on location at Boscastle in Cornwall

made en plein air to capture a view of the lush garden of Cogges Manor Farm in the fading evening light

Unframed size - 60 (H) x 45cm (W) x 5cm (D) / (approx 24 x 18 x 2 inches)