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A watercolour sketch of a boat on Las Negras beach with the Cerro Negro behind. The village where I live in Almeria, Spain. These new paintings offer affordable art to visitors to our village although they can still be purchased by collectors on line. They are painted using the same professional pigments and on the same heavy Arches watercolour paper which I use for my more detailed and expensive work. The difference is that they are slightly smaller and the style is freer. The original painting is for sale for just 50 euros plus shipping. The size of the image is 340mm x 240mm. All enquiries: [email protected]

We have been fortunate to have had some spectacular sunrises at Las Negras during the last couple of weeks. The sun rising over the Mediterranean is a beautiful sight and the little fishing boats on the beach add to the composition and are great to draw. A lovely scene to paint and I decided to use pastels. I ship my original paintings all over the world and am happy to quote, including shipping costs to your home, for this painting. Please contact me direct regarding this. [email protected]

A watercolour sketch of an abandoned, isolated little cottage in a valley at the end of the Rambla de Las Negras just outside the village where I live in Southern Spain. A lovely subject to paint with the play of light, the textures and the colours of the aloe vera and bougainvillaea in flower. These paintings offer affordable art to visitors to our village although they can still be purchased by collectors on line. They are painted using the same professional pigments and on the same heavy Arches watercolour paper which I use for my more detailed and expensive work. The difference is that they are slightly smaller and the style is freer. The size of the image is 340mm x 240mm. The original painting is for sale for only 50 euros plus s...

A corner of a patio of the converted old mill of Bornos above the village of Las Negras near my home. A lovely subject to paint with many different tectures, the stone walls, metal bike and chimney, wooden doors and the plants. Lovely colours too and typical Mediterranean plants – vines, cacti, succulents and geraniums. I used a free, sketchy style of watercolour painting for this work. There is more in this painting than my recent sketches of beaches and boats but the work is not so detailed as in my usual style so I have priced the original painting accordingly. The size of the image is 350mm x 250mm. The original painting is for sale for 110 euros. All enquiries: [email protected]

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The window of Restaurante La Buganvilla, Las Negras. On my recent visit to the pretty, seaside village of Las Negras in the Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata, Almeria, Southern Spain, I was expecting to paint the usual scenes of the boats on the beach with the black cliffs of Cerro Negro behind. I lived in Las Negras for several years and painted these scenes many times so I looked for something different. When I turned a corner and saw this window, with the still life carefully arranged and the chair outside, I knew that this would be the subject for my next watercolour. Here it is. I sell my original paintings to clients all over the world and am happy to quote for this watercolour including delivery direct to your home. Enquiries: mmer...

This is a view I see nearly every morning when I walk down to the village, Las Negras in Almeria, Spain. A couple of weeks ago this attractive fishing boat, not from Las Negras, was moored for a few days in the perfect spot to make it a focal point of the composition. The fishermen working on the boat, the reflections in the water and the seagulls flying around add life to the scene. I could not miss the opportunity to paint it in watercolours. The little boats from the village are usually pulled up on to the beach and this is the first time I have seen a boat moored here so conveniently. The original painting is for sale. Please let me quote for this watercolour, including shipping, direct to your home.

This is a corner of my neighbor, Utes cottage garden in Las Negras, very typical of Andalucia, Spain I ship my original paintings all over the world and am happy to quote in Euros, including shipping costs to your home, for this painting. Please contact me direct regarding this. [email protected]

No hay lugar para racismo

La Jardinera - The Gardener. Francesca in my neighbour, Ute's garden again but this time I have painted her in acrylics to capture the vibrant colours of this composition. I love the setting of the tall, graceful girl on the terrace of a rustic Andalusian, cottage Medium - Acrylic on canvas The original painting is for sale - [email protected]

I love belly dancing and used to perform occasionally in public myself and I still dance for my own pleasure. I was delighted when Hiedra, a belly dancer of Berber origins who lives in southern Spain, came to my village, Las Negras, to give a performance a week ago. Naturally I could not resist the opportunity to paint her. Sennelier artist’s soft pastels on Sennelier pastel card. Image size 50cm x 34cm I ship my original paintings all over the world and am happy to quote, including shipping costs to your home, for this painting. Please contact me direct regarding this. [email protected]

This is the terrace in front of my neighbor, Ute's cottage in Las Negras, Almeria, Andalucia, Southern Spain. I painted the scene in watercolor. I love the painted doors, rustic furniture and the splashes of pink from the bougainvillea

One of my favourite flamenco dancers, Mayte Beltran performed in Las Negras at our village fiesta last weekend. I am painting some watercolour sketches of her three routines. Here are my studies of her dramatic dance with a shawl. The original watercolor is for sale. I ship my paintings to collectors all over thw world. Enquiries: [email protected]

A watercolor painting of the cottage and garden belonging to my neighbour, Ute. A romantic little corner so typical of southern Spain and in particular Almeria. Winner of the on line art contest - Cottage with Garden - June 2015 I ship my original paintings all over the world and am happy to quote, including shipping costs to your home, for this painting. Please contact me direct regarding this. [email protected]

A watercolour sketch of the beach, El Playazo de Rodalquilar, with marine plants in the foreground and looking along the coastline of the Parque Natural de Cabo de Gata towards Las Negras where I live in Andalucia, Spain. These paintings offer affordable art to visitors to our village although they can still be purchased by collectors on line. They are painted using the same professional pigments and on the same heavy Arches watercolour paper which I use for my more detailed and expensive work. The difference is that they are slightly smaller and the style is freer. The size of the image is 340mm x 240mm. The original painting is for sale for only 50 euros plus shipping. All enquiries: [email protected]

Another of my watercolour sketches. A hippie cottage behind the beach at San Pedro. I liked the contrast between the blue sky and door with the yellow flowers of the aloe vera. These paintings offer affordable art to visitors to our village although they can still be purchased by collectors on line. They are painted using the same professional pigments and on the same heavy Arches watercolour paper which I use for my more detailed and expensive work. The difference is that they are slightly smaller and the style is freer. The size of the image is 290mm x 200mm. The original painting is for sale for only 50 euros plus shipping. All enquiries: [email protected]

I met Naomi last week when she was with a group from Holland on an art’s and crafts holiday at Cortijo La Paloma in Las Negras. The group were in the gardens having a break from some Latin American dancing with a Cuban instructor. Naomi has the kind of face that stands out in a crowd and I wanted to paint her portrait so i asked her if she would pose for me. The soft light in the shade of the palms was perfect Sennelier artist’s soft pastels on Sennelier pastel card.

My latest watercolor and back to my old style of more detailed work which I think suits this subject. This entrance to a property in my village, Las Negras, epitomises the Mediterranean. The sun-blistered blue door, the sharp shapes and shadows formed by the cactus and the palm tree against the intense blue sky combine to form a composition which is very typical of where I live. The original painting is for sale for 200 euros. Images size 350mm x 250mm Enquiries [email protected]