Marvellous new paintings by

Mark Preston

A Year - En Plein Air

Show opens 21st September until 6th October

Although most of my work during the last ten years has been painted on location, this has been the first exhibition for which I have painted “en plein air” consistently during each month of the year. This can involve working in some difficult conditions; being frozen, buffeted by strong winds, soaked by rain or sea spray, or baked by hot sun, but the emotions I feel at the time can go directly into the work.

Autumn Hawthorn

Stormy Sea, Priests Cove

Foxgloves, Ashleyhay

Daffodils and Damson Blossom, Ashleyhay

January Snow, Stanage Edge

There’s a certain magic and feeling In the landscape which can only be captured by working directly from nature, allowing time to observe and absorb the subtle changes of colour, light and atmosphere.