WOODLAND LIGHT

Since visiting the New Forest several times in 2011, I have been working on a body of work entitled 'Woodland Light'. So far I have produced over 60 paintings which will be shown in several galleries around the Uk throughout 2012. Many paintings  are inspired by my visits to  Hollands Wood and Whitley Wood in the New Forest. Some were  produced plein air and others back in my studio.  I have also worked in Sherwood Forest and other woodland areas near where I live in Bolsover and around Cromford in Derbyshire. I will be adding to this work throughout this year  aswell as  starting my next project which will be inspired by Rivers.

Having just photographed and uploaded 58  paintings, I now  have the awful task of giving each one a title...

For further details of which Galleries will be showing  'Woodland Light' see my website www.connollyart.com  

Whitley Woods

Still Standing

Fairy Light

Into Whitley Wood

Sounds of the cockoo

Spring Colours

Walking with Jessie

Whitley 2

Whitley 5

Whitley 6

Whitley Wood - Back Hurting

Whitley in May

Whitley Woodland Walk

Whitley Woods 3

Woodland Moonlight

Woodland Walk

Wow the Colours

November Colours

Quiet Morning Walk

Sherwood Green

Silver Birch Wood

Skeletal

A few Dead Ones Still Standing

Apple Orchard

Autumn Mist

Autumn Glory

Autumnal reflection

Blue Hump

Bluebell Light

Can we pick some Dad?

Canopy

Cromford Blue

Cromford Blue Study

Dawn Bluebells

New Forest -Hollands Wood. 

Hollands Wood

Hollands Wood Autumn Colour

It Started to Rain

Hollands Wood November

Icanhearacuckoodad

Jo's Wood

Kates Bluebells

Let's Follow the Path

The Light's in my Eyes

Loved the colours

May Blue 2

More shades of Autumn

New Forest Colour

Happy New Year

Happy New Year Everyone.

OOOOps my back went, (doing nothing more strenuous than leaning over the bath) the day after Boxing Day and so JC looked like 'Badly Drawn Man' for a week.  Fortunately by the time the Osteopath was open for business on Januray 3rd, I was a little more mobile, apart from having 'the bug' (some may call it man flu) which I think I  caught when  Santa met 350 children pre xmas. Although I didn't manage to paint for 2 weeks, the positive side was I read more books in that time than I have for the past 2 years. AND only 2 of them had pictures. David Attenboroughs ' Frozen Planet' is well worth a look at. As one reads it, one can hear his voice. 

Wow, its 24th January already.... Already got dates to deliver work to Gallery 55 in Hampshire (changed name from Strawberry Fish) and working hard to get ready for my Solo show throughout April  at Leabrooks Gallery in Derbyshire and the Reading Arts Fair at the end of April. Seems a long time away doesn't it, but I am also due for a change over at OCG in Ambleside and St Johns Street Gallery in Ashbourne. It's good to give galleries new work as Spring approaches. (Not had winter yet have we)

I am still working on the 'Woodland Light' body of work and am due at the framers at the weekend. I have wide selection of sizes of framed and unframed canvas as well as some work on paper  under glass. It looks like the first showing of Woodland Light will be at Gallery 55 in Hampshire from 1st March...

A day off to be Santa.

I took time off painting this week as Clowne Infant and Nursery school asked me to be Santa for the day.

I hope they approached me because of my acting ability rather than my white hair and ever increasing waist size...

Having been on stage thousands of times, I was still very nervous, not wanting to disappoint the children... and certainly not wanting to hear "He's not the real Santa". I did the Nursery first... and I must admit, I 'filled up' as the tiny children sang to me.... Seeing their little faces looking at 'Santa' was amazing... I had 'revised' the night before and so was very confident when I could roll of the names of all 9 reindeer...

Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen. Comet and Cupid and Dasher and Blitzen with Rudolf at the front. I had to blag it a bit when a smart 6 year old asked me how I would be able to deliver presents in his house without setting the burglar alarm... (Magic of course) and another asked me exactly how many presents I would be delivering to ALL the children in the World...

Answer being..

Four hundred and twenty Squillion, 9 hundred and 4 Trillion, 449 Million 678 thousand 9 hundred and thirty  6 was my answer....  WOW......... said the children, amazed that I should know the answer.

I had a truly wonderful day.... and only one child said to the teacher, "I know he's not the real Santa because he wasn't fat enough and I could see the elastic on his beard. He must have been one of Santas helpers. He was very good though"

Not fat enough eh? Good lad. I'll work on that over Christmas.... :-)

Here are a few Photo's which unfortunately are not the best I have. The good ones have lots children  with smiling faces which I am not allowed to publish on the internet.

 

Santa danced as the children sang. ;-)