the view of the north coast.... two images a pair

today i had two pieces to complete for a charity event and i decided to do a pair , very similar they are with a distinct difference in composition in a few ways , i wanted these two pieces to reflect the work i have been doing these days , as it is i am into the coast line and especially the rivers of our beautiful Trinidad ..... and i have so very many more to paint .... these two pieces are both watercolours 20 inches x 8 inches .... long pieces and after they are framed they will pop as i say ,.... the colours i have used are the varying transparent blues to greens .....do enjoy both of them ......must admit i had fun doing both of these pieces , the two paintings have bromeliads in them that i have flowering , ....... paintings can be comissioned , i have painted from large to miniature watercolours ......

Nariva River Mouth

Nariva River Mouth ....flows out here ,the beach is on the other side , i wanted to do a time that was moving into a twilight hour, yet not there as yet , this is a very recent piece , and as always would post it here on my blog to share with others , its 15x22 inches and a watercolour , the sky i have roughly 5 colours working there in this piece , the river itself i wanted dark yet not too dark , so i played with the colours from the sky etc to come up with the river the backgrounds i always have fun doing, these as they are so different and can be a surprise , however i am very happy with how this piece came out , and i hope you will enjoy the Nariva River ....

Returning .....

Returning ... is my latest piece , in watercolour .... its of the caroni swamp lands and the returning scarlet ibis , that live and rest in those swamp lands , this swamp land is situated in Trinidad in the caribbean , and thousands of scarlet ibis make it their home throughout the year its also a breeding ground for them as well as a tourist and local beauty spot as the sun sets the ibis fly into the swamp from where they have been for the day , the mangrove is rich and dense so giving the bird a good home .... in this piece i gave some detailing to the mangrove however its a layering of washes that forms this painting the sky is roughly four colours in all to produce the effect i wanted hope that you enjoy it ...

Watercolour medium

Many people marvel at those who use the medium of watercolour , its my prefered medium of painting , i have been always a lover of it, and as the years have passed by i have noticed how my style has evolved , in this very medium , its not a very easy form for many to work with,, i myself find great relaxation in it and although many other artist have said its an unforgiving medium to work within, i have found it to be very friendily as i work with it , now as it is i see with one eye only and paint without the use of my glasses , its another marvel that i continue to use this medium , ... but as i stated i find great relaxation in it the medium gives so many surprises to you as you journey with it from dry to wet techniques, i am familiar with all by now and hope you do enjoy my paintings as i place them up for viewing.... on my blog here my website consist of both watercolours as well as acrylics , i prefer to do 5x7 s or smaller in acrylics, have done them for years in that style , ... do follow my blog as i upload paintings , today was a bad day, in natural light so i could not complete the one i am now doing so hopefully tomorrow it will be here for you to see .....

Salibia River Bank

Salibia River Bank .... is a beautiful river in Trinidads North coast ... where many go to camp swim, or just to take in the beauty of the river , ... i normally work in themes ,i have always done this , and this is yet another river that i have completed today ... this piece is 15x22 inches and i had fun painting this ,especially the foreground and working on the sky as well , i find so many watercoloroist , just place a wash on as a sky and there is so much that can be done in layering washes etc to form a beautiful sky ,this sky i worked with blues and purples as well as a pink rose a touch only ....do enjoy feel free to email me or to comment on any of my pieces will be happy to hear from you as view the work .....

the north coast...the view

The North Coast , was completed today its a watercolour of 15x22 inches, and i have worked on it trying to bring a sense of beauty to the very view of the north coast of Trinidad , working from an image i decided to do this type of sky and i am pleased with this painting as it has come out quite well in my books ,,, so hope you all enjoy it , do remember that art is available from me directly ....

Relieved in Hope

Relieved in Hope ... one of two that have been painted for the cancer society in Trinidad , this piece is a woman resting in a chair near to a window the flowering is the new life that starts all over again shes at the end of her life and rest relieved to have seen a great deal she sits as the time is a quiet time .. hope you enjoy it all .... a watercolour ...

Hope blooms

Hope Blooms.... is a piece i have painted for the cancer society in Trinidad .... i find that the love of nature i can see in it hope,,,, and hope is an important facet for todays world and all people must face day to day , i know that this world rarely offers hope just like that ...when it does its the birth of a child, the promises made by a young couple at the altar, its the flowering of a tree in the dry, arid times of a country, Hope lives no matter what we may think ,we but need to see with our inner eyes only ,,, this piece is a watercolour

Tirico bay

Tirico bay is on the north coast of Trinidad this piece i loaded today to share , its a watercolour around 15x22 inches in size , and in this piece i wanted to capture the sky, a simple piece but effective with the blues and greens of the hills and foliage ... enjoy

THE VIEW

The View ... this was a piece i had painted in 2007 ...a watercolour that was roughly 22x25 inches ... it was done for an exhibition i showcased at a small gallery , this piece was reframed after the exhibit and sold right away, to a collector in Canada , .... when i was painting this i enjoyed how the watercolour did its own thing with the background , the painting is rich in greens and blues and has very little detail at all ..... had fun doing this piece ...hope you have fun viewing it ....

shark river

Shark River ... i wanted to paint this river ,that flows out at the north coast of Trinidad , the feeling i wanted to give the piece, is one of a calm, peaceful moment ,two figures one sits and another walks far in the distance looking out at the ocean that laps the north coast of trinidad , one of the most beautiful coast lines to be seen in Trinidad, by all , it offers many a spectacular feast to the eyes at all times from bay to bay .....i enjoyed working with watercolour creating a simple but effective piece , i knew that as i was completed it that i would share it on my blog , when an artist is completed a piece and they are satisfied this is a good thing.... i am satisfied with this piece and i hope you all enjoy it ....

MOUNT IRVING BAY

mount irving bay ....a watercolour 15x20 inches ....this piece is of the sister island of Trinidad called Tobago .....its one of the most beautiful bays in Tobago .....i painted this from a photo and used very little detail ...bringing to life the very bay itself i place a solitary figure of a man strolling on the sands and a pirouge out on the waters anchored ... this piece was sold last week however i wanted to share it here on my blog for those who look at my blog , do enjoy ...

Maracas Bay

Maracas Bay ... a watercolour the size is 15x20 inches , i have enjoyed doing this ,the use of transparent watercolours i have used to the very best here ,as i wanted to bring a certian calm to this piece , this was a piece i worked from a photograph , as many artist i had the photo for quite awhile before taking the brush to paper, to recreate a piece like this . Maracas Bay is a well known bay in Trinidad, on the north coast, its a bay that has drawn many to its waters and beach of sandy areas on the weekends and holidays in general , this painting is looking down the beach to the end of it, the other end houses a fishing village and a river mouth , that i am also looking to paint soon .....so do keep following my blog as much more will go up one by one

Mount Irving waters

This piece forms a body of work, i am now in the process of doing with great joy , this is from a photo its titled ......Mount Irving Waters , i wanted to depict not the tranquil waters of the beach but the turbulent waters, as it can indeed get that way , i believe i am into my blue mood and love using the shades of blues etc for this piece, as well as the others that i will share on my blog , this piece is also for sale and all you need do is drop me a line at my email address the piece is 15x20 inches , and a watercolour ......

The Coastline

This piece is a 15x20 inch watercolour ,that i greatly enjoyed doing, working with various washes in tones of blues to greens and liliacas , the water was a great deal of fun , i am right now in the process of painting seascapes , so many people seem to love them, i myself love the tones of blues and greens that i am using to bring these pieces to life , this piece is.................. The Coastline.... of Trinidad , and is titled that , i was traveling on the ferry one morning ,to Tobago and i was captured by the beauty i saw, so i pulled out my pencils and began doing quick sketches of the various parts of the coast i made numerous notes on tones of colours i had seen etc , this piece is one of the many drawings that i enlarged and did in watercolour this week hope you enjoy it............... its on my facebook as well and its for sale so do enquire if interested ....

Out on a Limb

Out on a Limb ........One of my favorite pieces , was painted in 2009 , its roughly, 5x7 inches and it meets the requirements, in the ruling for a miniature .... I enjoyed painting this one very much indeed it hung next to The Vista ... a circular watercolour ,that is also on my blog , this piece I would like one day to paint much larger with the same methods I used in the smaller piece here .... as an artist.... I find it interesting to look as my art evolves this piece and another was bought by a very avid art collector ,here in trinidad ... its always good when you create a piece to know that others love it and it ends up on the walls of an art collector .....the shades of blues and greens i loved working with , hope you enjoy it and do leave a comment or two .....

Going home

Going Home ...is a piece i really loved doing in all shades of blue .... its a watercolour that is 6x9 inches , matted and framed and still available ,i am tempted to keep it, as it brings a sense of peace .... when i paint, i paint with the music of Handel in the background, his water piece that is so beautiful ,,, this place does not exist.... yet it can in the every day life of the caribbean as .. one journeys home from a day at the store on foot.... it can be anywhere in the country of Trinidad ... and thats why at times i love painting from my imagination,However not all my works are painted from my imagination as i tend to use pictures or sketches of places ......i hope you enjoy this piece as much as i have ........

High Up

High Up.... is a watercolour thats around 5x9 inches .... i wanted in this small piece ,to depict men looking into the day that was ending , theres one guy sitting and another looking towards the valley below .... these men are hunters ,high up so they look down and can see it all,,, the view they have is a good one, its a view that brings a silience and peace to the end of a hunting day ... many times when i paint, i have an idea what i want to bring to those who will view the work ,this piece is one of many and can be considered a moment , a time that comes and goes its rather a very precious moment that many of us would have with different things in life this one is an appreciation of nature as these men stand back and look on .......

The Clearing

The Clearing ....a watercolour that i enjoyed painting , its of a bamboo clearing as though someone is peeping through, looking on at the people in the distance, that are under the bamboo chatting .....this piece was painted and composed totally from my mind , my imagination plays a great deal in my art , i wanted to create a feeling of space in this piece and i do believe i captured that , i call the piece The Clearing, its also framed in a bamboo carved frame , by a leading gallery here in Trinidad, this piece formed part of a series of paintings all watercolours that i had done one year to showcase to the art lovers and my friends of Trinidad ,do enjoy its on sale still and if interested contact me ....

Coconut vendor

Coconut Vendor ......this is another piece of Trinidad island life ,we no longer see its of the famed coconut vendors, that came into Port of Spain, mainly east indians with coconuts that they sold to passers by to drink the water from ...they cut them open so that many could eat the soft white jelly of the nut itself it was a treat, that many went for once in Port of Spain , these coconut carts ,were first seen in town, then they were to be found around the savannah. I remember as a little boy comming upon them pulled over on the side of the Queens Park savannah, with the donkeys at the time ,,, as the years went by the donkeys were replaced by trucks, then to this day they were replaced with fancy carts , no longer do we see many of them again ... in this painting Yuilles Printers ,is to be found in down town ,this was done from a photograph ...its 23x33 inches ... if interested i have it in my own personal art collection but may sell if the right person came along with the right offer ......

Cocoa Dancers

Dancing the Cocoa....... this painting is roughly 23x30 inches ... its a watercolour of a time when on the cocoa estates ,the cocoa was danced or walked upon, by a few of the hired hands in Trinidad. The cocoa was one of the very best world wide and sought after, the estates were owned by many french descendents who prospered in the late 1800s and early 1900s from sales of the crop , many estates were set up during that time , here in this painting once again i have captured an old method, a method that we no longer see here in Trinidad ,relating to this prized crop ...this painting is actually taken from an old photograph that i worked with the photo was in sepia colours ,so i brought it alive by bringing colour into it .... it was sold at my 2007 exhibition entitled Trinidad .. a series of 32 pieces in all at the time this was a favaroite one ....

Flowers For sale

Flowers For sale.........one of a series for an exhibition .....in this watercolour i wanted to bring to the viewer the brightness of the caribbean ,.... the colours used here are bright fresh and add a difference to other works ....i wanted also to capture the flower vendor or vendors of Trinidad so few left as flowers are now sold in malls or flower shops this piece shows a woman not only selling her cut flowers in buckets set up on the pavement but also honey etc ... the flower vender adds a burst of beauty when come upon in Trinidad on the corners of busy streets they once set up its now rare to find them ...i backed the sale of the selling of the flowers with a burst of a flowering garden of an old home and one can note the vibrant flowering of the bouganvilla the purple as well as the crimson ... i indeed had fun with the shading in with the blues i used for shadows ..this piece was sold some time back ....

The Proposal

The Proposal ......this is a circular watercolour 6 inches , with a wide mat and frame ...this piece was part of a collection of circular ones , its in the keeping with the miniature style and is very transparent in its tones of weatercolour ......this is a walk in the gardens here in Trinidad, of two people a man and a woman , our gardens here is famed for many a couple coming to it years ago to propose to their loved ones ,while walking or sitting on the grassy lawns ....the bamboo arches overhead making the perfect addition to my little painting , the focal point however being the two figures , i remember painting this , as i normally take my time with most pieces that i do ,this piece unfolded beautifully i am never sure when i paint what will come about i am happy with the background as i achieved the light i wanted and as a signature the foreground is framed in shrubs .... do enjoy this piece ... it is available still .....and you can contact me for further information about it .....

For Sale

For Sale .... is a watercolour that I painted for my 2007 exhibition of art the exhibit was entitled Trinidad , I wanted to showcase different images of Trinidad ,the land of the hummingbird and steel pan .... For Sale is an ordinary day down town with a vendor selling her fruits and vegetables , this piece i enjoyed as the colour was a joy to work with from the bright green of the walled building, to the dress wear of the women as well as the usual umbrella in place ....what more can i say but it is an image that can be still seen up to this date down town Port of Spain

, this piece has been sold for some time now ......

Restful Moment

Restful moment , is a watercolour, that is part of three pieces ,all are done in the very same hues of watercolour and each piece is 9x5 inches ,then matted wide and framed , these three pieces hung together once in a gallery for my 2008 exhibition , i remember the feeling that i had when i did these three pieces,this was one of peace, as the day comes to an end one where the quiet river will meet the dark shoreline of the ocean , i rather enjoyed painting these pieces in the dusk look, giving them that effect , the skies....... i do believe i enjoyed the most as i was able to bring about a clean transfer of watercolour to the very skies i wanted in these 9x5 inches ..... hope you enjoy them they are all three framed in a stark black frame this pops it as well ....

The Escape

The Escape.....a circular piece ... is part of 20 pieces, all circular 6 inches all miniatures ,a miniature is, 6 inches and below, no more than 7 inches it can be , watercolours matted and framed , these 20 pieces comprised an installation at the gallery that made them look like portholes through a time , i enjoyed doing these 20 pieces , most have been sold off , and a few remain in my care for sale still .......i worked with very fine brushes and each of the 20 pieces is full of detail, however not too much to disturb the very presentation that i wanted to bring to those who view ....... the escape,, although 6 inches is matted and framed in a classic way , when i am framing my work for exhibitions ,i feel that one should do them all beautifully so these works were well framed by friends of mines here in Trinidad, that ran a gallery .......the escape is the name i gave it ,as it was very much an escape for me to disappear into the very painting of it , without a distraction, i paint to the sound of only nature or music , on completing the work i knew the name instantly , as i wanted to go there and just escape the race of this world we live in ....... do enjoy this piece its in a leading gallery now in Trinidad ......

Bagshot House

Bagshot House .......this painting was one of a collection of 27 pieces ,for a full scale exhibit in 2006 of old places , from homes to parks to old offices , that were no longer standing this beautiful house , was owned by a well known family in Trinidad, and had a sweeping lawn area and was surrounded by beautiful trees ,that framed it with walk ways and little paths ,it was a breath taking place to just look at , however the family sold it and that was its demise ,as it was torn down and all the beauty around it was cut down , to leave a barren piece of land it was all done at night .... this was a very sad thing .... my exhibition in 2006 was titled.. Shadows of Yesterday ....as it spoke volumes of the places gone from our landscape , many artist have painted this house , i had tried not to, staying away from what had been reproduced often however i was asked to do this for the exhibit ,and i am very very proud to say that the original was purchased by a member of the family that lived there for many years ... it has been said its the very best painting ,of the house ever painted by any artist by the family that lived there ,this in its rite is a very high compliment ....enjoy it ....

The Awakening

The Awakening ..... i titled this piece ... for my 2009 exhibition , its a large piece , and a watercolour , my favoured medium , i find i connect some how spiritualy with the very flow of the use of watercolour , sometimes its transparent in use or at times dark its all on the mood of how i am feeling , this piece i wanted to bring about the element of light and the gradual upwards walk into this path of light ,,, hence i named it the Awakening , its now in a private collection and i am happy to say it still brings me great joy seeing it on my website , hope you enjoy it ...........

All in A day

All in A Day ... is an acrylic , 12x24 inches , on canvas board , its of a day when work seems to have been completed and the couple are looking out at the sea from their little home, near the sea , the piece talks of the caribbean as it depicts the grape trees found along many of the coastlines in Trinidad , these tress give great shade , and in the painting i have used blues in shading the areas i want giving depth , i have also given the sky a look as it reminds us of evening about to come upon the day ..... this piece can be shipped and is available .. just contact me

Gauva season

The gauva season, a time for stewing gauvas to make jam and gauva chesse , and jelly , many women worked very hard, with fruit at their disposal , these women are seen collecting the gauvas ,.......the old kitichen is out doors not attached to the main house, due to possible fires that could break out ... this piece is an acrylic................ 8x10 inches on sale matted wide then framed ....it tells of days gone by in Trinidad ......

Quiet day

Quiet Day , a watercolour that i did for a collection that i showed in Trinidad , this piece is of the old boats ,drawn up on a beach its a lazy day .....as the two fishermen in the distance relax in the shadows of the hut , the colours of this piece are vivid and are transparent , great fun doing this piece with the grape trees and the gentle surf on the sands .......also available ....

vista

Vista ... a watercolour .. 6 inches , circular , i had fun doing this one, as i painted it, it was one i really wanted to keep however it sold, about two weeks ago , i loved working within the miniature style, as it is a miniature , if blown up to a large size it will stand on its own with other paintings i have produced that are large, this is due to the detail it has in it .... enjoy this piece .....

solitude

Solitude .... sepia watercolour ... a series of 5 ...6x7 inch pieces , this piece is one that shows the art of true sepia, in the medium of watercolour opposed to the thickness of acrylic , watercolour tends to be easy to work with in this form, transparent in some areas ,and fresh in colours unlike acrylics, that tend to be dull in sepia medium , many artist use glosses or finishes afterwards to highlight their sepia pieces ,.....with watercolours nothing can be used to highlight a work other than the use of properly using the colours to give the effect thats needed , this piece is available

the flowering

The Flowering .... is a watercolour already matted and framed , its of a bromeliad that just sits high up on natures shoulders the tree life of the caribbean forest and the lush greens are a treat to any , this painting is roughly 17 x27 inches , ......i remember when i painted this, i had returned from a hike of one of our lush nature trails in Trinidad .....

The Hide Away

The hide away ... is the piece here its , a 2010 piece ,its a watercolour ...size 12x24 inches , a narrow piece , unframed , its of an old country home in the caribbean when all is still and all is at rest , its a lazy day , .... the painting is available just email me ......

the water wheel

the water wheel is a new piece , its a watercolour and is roughly 16x24 inches , its of the water wheel in Tobago a little caribbean island , the area that the water wheel is located has a resturant and tea house , if interested in this piece just contact me ..........