Original Oil Paintings
Landscapes and more from Chris Gill
Based beside the beautiful coastline of North Devon, United Kingdom
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Painting from life, painting from the heart....
Chris is an artist based in North Devon. He paints with oils, using canvas or board as his painting surfaces.
Working in a figurative and often impressionist style, his painting subjects include landscape and seascape as well as small towns and specific subject collections including surfing, instruments, working environments and still life.
The obligatory mug shot.....
Out and about in Skye...
Sometimes a quick sketch is all...
Occasionally less is more. A quick sketch can convey feeling, atmosphere, even playfulness. Instruments and their making always inspire me. The guitar was sitting, waiting to be played, it felt like it was waiting to be painted too.......
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Painter: Chris Gill
Chris, born to an Irish mother and a father of Scottish descent, has always had a deep appreciation for the outdoors. He believes in the shared connection to its ancient history and feels a strong sense of love and belonging in nature. Chris's innate love for nature and his artistic expression are intertwined, and it is evident in the way he immerses himself in both. His upbringing and heritage have shaped his perspective on the world and continue to inspire his creative pursuits.
“The brush leaves traces of what I feel through what I see.”
Oil Paintings
Original Oils
Here you will find a selection of original pieces. All painted in oils; some on stretched canvas and some on board.
Surfers at High Sun
From the dunes at Woolacombe Bay, surfers carry their boards up the sands to check out the incoming waves. Painted on the spot in late afternoon, the shadows became steeper and almost non existent over the dunes themselves. The high sunlight gave a drama to the figures as they trekked up the dunes. I was able to just about make out the ghostly shape of Lundy Island on the horizon in the far distance (left horizon).
Woolacombe Bay from the hill.
Caught in early season, the clouds are slowly backing to reveal the brightness of the sands. The RNLI Life Guards are just beginning their shifts and training on an almost deserted foreshore.
Past Their Best.
These flowers were just starting to go over, however, I didn't have the heart to recycle them just yet. The colours seemed to have become even more vivid although their form was now so much softer and less defined. I captured them in a beautiful light that fell across them from one of the windows in the studio.
I used a strong and colourful impasto (Detail), not only to capture their colour, but to try to convey the softness and delicacy of the slowly falling petals of the flowers.
