Exhibition at 54 The Gallery, Shepherd Market, London

Four artists, Shan Egerton, Susie Arbuthnott, Clemmentina Raynsford and I are having an exhibition during the week of May 6th until the 12th 2013.

We shall be showing our recent work and it will be an exciting varied show with landscapes in oil, pastel and watercolour, portraits of people and animals as well as a few botanical works by me.  The following posts are some of the works to be exhibited by me at the gallery.  Sizes and prices are marked and where possible I have given a description of the frames.
If you are interested in any of the works and are unable to come to the exhibition, please contact me on:   alisoncooper@uwclub.net

Sunset at Bryn-y-Mor

Sunset at Bryn-y-Mor

A landscape in watercolour and pastel
Approximately 33cm x 56cm, mounted in cream museum board and a washed grey and natural pine reversed frame

£500

I have had to photograph this picture in its frame as I forgot to do it before I took it to the framer.
We stay at Bryn-y-Mor every year in September or early October and get spectacular sunsets every time as the house faces west and you can watch the sun sinking slowly into the sea.  There is an outcrop of rock called Dinas Fach, and as I don't speak Welsh, I have not got a clue what it means.  Our dictionary says Dinas means 'City' which seems a bit strange, except along the coast there are the remains of an iron age fort.  It looks a bit like an old man lying, with a very large belly,lying in the sea

Penny's Piglet

Penny's Piglet

Watercolour

approx 27cm x 37cm

Mounted and Framed

£500

Pigs have enormous ears and when they are young it seems all out of proportion.  This piglet is one of a pair that I sketched one morning.

A Dish of Sardines

A Dish of Sardines

Watercolour

approx 40 cm x 40cm

£450

I went to Paint with Neil Bally one day last year and he produced a dish of sardines, which I had fun painting.  They are delicious to eat, I just wish they did not have quite so many little bones.

A Sea Bass

A Sea Bass

Watercolour

approx 27cm x 37cm

Mounted and Framed as a pair with the Mackerel

£500

Simon Arbuthnott came over for a lesson and I bought a fresh Sea Bass from Waitrose.  They have rather splendid spines, which  we had to pin them down to keep them upright.   Sea Bass are caught mainly in the south and the Mediterranean, but increasingly are being farmed.It is a really  beautiful looking fish with a magnificent steely grey body. It is also delicious to eat.

A Fresh Mackerel

A Fresh Mackerel

Watercolour

Approx 27cm x 37cm

Mounted and Framed as a pair with the Sea Bass

£500

I spent a morning at Vin Sullivans, a fishmonger near Abergavenny, trying to paint a very large and ugly cod.  I had meant to paint a hake, but by the time I got there, he had sold it.  In the end I took a mackerel home and painted that in my studio, much more comfortable than in  the shop.