The Rod Jones On-line Art Gallery
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Battersea Sunset
Watercolour
I caught this view one cold winter's evening from Wandsworth Bridge. It is one of my favourite river pictures but the sky content is what places it in this section of the portfolio
Available as a 350x241mm limited edition print
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Malvern Evening Sky
Acrylic on Board
Location: Malvern, Worcestershire
This very dramatic sky is a worthy addition to this section of the portfolio.
Photographers kill to get a good sunset - painters have a lot more control and sometimes a painting of a really lurid sunset is disbelieved by its viewers, even if they see the photograph of the original scene.
Many artists pretend to despise the use of photographs for paintings but it is noticeable that they tend to be the technically challenged among their number and so their purist stance often stems from a simple failure to get to grips with photography. However, if your time in a particular location is limited, photography is an absolute must to capture as much as possible for future reference. Both Canaletto and Vermeer painted from photographs in the sense that they both used a camera obscura to capture an accurate image.
Available as a 305x220mm or a 430x310mm limited edition print
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Severn Stoke Sky
Acrylic
Location:Severn Stoke, Worcestershire
Looking toward the Malvern Hills from Severn Stoke on the A38, this view is considerably enhanced by the puddles in the foreground which draws the sky further into the picture. Some people have found religious significance in the crosses on top of the telegraph poles but this was not intentional.
Available as a 430x310mm limited edition print
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St Catherines' Island, Tenby
Watercolour
This painting has an unusual quality in that, when the sun falls on it, the distant beach seems to light up. When the weather is overcast it is quite gloomy.
The fort on St Catherines Island was built in the 1860s to protect Tenby from a possible invasion from France. St Catherine was the patron saint of spinners and weavers and the ruins of a chapel to her was erected long before the fort was built.
The fort never saw service and was eventually acquired by the Windsor-Richards family. Now the island is closed to public access but is an impressive feature of Tenby's South beach.
Available as a 350x247mm limited edition print
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Owing to the fact that skies come free with nearly all landscapes, this gallery contains some pictures "borrowed" from many of the others on this site.
Painting a dramatic sky is almost as irresistible for me as painting water (which also features in many of these examples)
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After The Storm
Acrylic on Board
The sky is a very important part of this painting of a view revealed after the 1987 hurricane "thinned out" a lot of the trees in the South of England to reveal some wide vistas.
The sweep of the clouds helps to give a very "airy" feeling to the painting.
Available as a 345x255mm limited edition print
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Welland Evening Sky
Location: Welland, Worcester
Acrylic on Board
This striking sky was seen from the garden of the Anchor Inn at Welland in Worcestershire during a quiz night barbecue.
Of course I had my camera with me and this painting was the result.
Available as a 350x250mm or a 430x305mm limited edition print
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