Linda Barlow
  • Home
  • About
  • Textiles
  • Paint
  • Other Projects
  • Animation
  • Blog
  • Sales
  • Contact

Paint

When I was about 15 or 16, somebody gave me a great big box of oil paints, left over from a shop closure. I didn't really appreciate oil painting at that age, seeing it as an old fashioned medium; the stuff of the dark, dour paintings in the local municipal galleries I frequented. 
So I dragged these paints along with me for my whole life, through house moves and renovations, feeling vaguely guilty that I wasn't doing justice to such a generous gift, and promising myself that one day, I would get to grips with oil paint.
This opportunity came when I did a residency at Stiwdio Maelor, in Corris, on the edge of Snowdonia National Park. These paintings are influenced by the landscape of the Corris area, and the coast around Aberystwyth. Old mine and slate works have been reclaimed by nature, with trees growing out of derelict buildings and amazing views appearing through abandoned doorways, occasionally interspersed with the roar of a Tornado practicing low-level flying.
Picture
"The Blue Door"
28cms x 24cms
Oil and cold wax on canvas

Picture
"Ewe and Tornado"
28cms x 24cms
​Oil and cold wax on canvas board

Picture
"Fish"
28cms x 24cms
​Oil and cold wax on canvas board

Picture
"Pages From History"
46cms x 61cms
​Oil and cold wax on canvas

Picture
"Corris Doorway"
40cms x 50cms
​Oil and cold wax on canvas board

Picture
"Blanda Riverbank, April"
50cms x 40cms
​Oil and graphite on Arches paper

Picture
"Cala D'Or, September"
40cms x 50cms
​Oil and cold wax on canvas

Picture
"Cala D'Or 2, September"
40cms x 30cms
​Oil and cold wax on cradled board

Picture
"Cornwall, July"
50cms x 50cms
​Oil and cold wax on linen

Picture
"Mist, Shropshire, May"
73cms x 53cms (framed)
​Oil, cold wax and graphite on paper

Picture
"Walking By The Blanda, April"
40cms x 50cms
Oil, cold wax and peat ash on paper

Picture
"Waiting For The Bus, Saudarkroker, April"
56cms x 71cms
​Oil and cold wax on canvas

Picture
"On The Road To Akureyri, April"
30cms x 40cms
Oil and cold wax on Arches paper

Picture
"Walking Down The Mountain In A Thunderstorm, Trelex, April"
40cms x 56cms
​Oil, cold wax and graphite on paper

Picture
"The Island, April"
30cms x 30cms
​Oil and cold wax on paper

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.