25 paintings in 2025

At the beginning of 2025 I set myself a few challenges that I've called my 25 in 2025 challenges. These challenges ranged from "read 25 books" to "write 25 blog posts". One of the challenges I set out for myself was to complete 25 finished, individual paintings in 2025. I'm pleased to say that I …

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A painting of my final piece for Paint Garstang 2025

Paint Garstang 2025

Last week I took part in the annual Paint Garstang plein air painting competition. This year I decided to use the post impressionist painter Cezanne as inspiration for my piece. In particular I have been interested in how Cezanne paints trees and the landscape. I used The following paintings Montagne Sainte-Victoire 1885-1887 Cezanne, Landscape with …

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Creative Catch-Up: Aspirations, projects and looking forward to the second half of 2025

This year I decided to start 2025 with a few guiding aspirations. In the past years began with either no specific goals, or with huge goals. The huge goals seemed impossible to tackle after the first few days and so I gave up. Having no goals also left me floundering and not achieving as much …

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Post-impressionism- exploring the style of the post impressionist artist Cezanne

During 2023 and 2024, I became interested in the Cubist movement and spent a lot of time incorporating Cubist elements into my paintings. I experimented with a structured geometric style, fractured surfaces, hard edges, and geometric shapes. Pendleton Church by Rachel Crawshaw 2024 This year, I have taken a tentative step away from Cubism and …

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