Ashley Baldwin-Smith - Cambridge Artist
Fenland Landscapes - Painting the fens
The fenland landscape is a recurring theme in my work, so much so that it has become a series in its own right. This is not surprising, as I spend so much of my time sketching, fishing and walking out in the fens. I like capture the wide openness but also the intimate scenes that people often overlook.
Much of my recent work is about conveying a personal feeling and understanding of the landscape but also to capture fleeting moments as the sky and colours change. Also, I am fascinated by the fenland skies that change so dramatically, one minute the scene can be misty silver - the next silhouetted against a golden sky.
My working method is normally about spending a long time absorbing and observing then working furiously to capture what I have seen and felt.
"An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all." Paul Cezanne
The Fens Dawn Till Dusk, Fenland painting series exhibited at Cazimir Cafe, King Street, Cambridge
Click images below to enlarge:
Mayday Marina
Fenland Series
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches
Deep canvas 60mm
SOLD
Marina
Fenland Series
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches
Deep canvas 60mm
£550
Ten Mile Bank
Viewed from Brandon Creek
Fenland Series
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches
£350
Spontaneous Beet
Fenland Series
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches
Deep canvas 60mm
£450
Sunrise on the fens
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches
Deep canvas 60mm
£550
Dusk on Fens
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches
Deep canvas 60mm
£550
Spring Morning at St Ives Lakes
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches
Deep canvas 60mm
£550
Fen Storm
Fenland Series
Oil on canvas
24 x 18 inches
SOLD
Night Fishing
Night fishing in the fens - Woolpack, Godmanchester
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches
SOLD
Fen Mist near Benwick
Fenland Series
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches
£350
Fenland Rise
Fenland Series
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches
£350
A wet morning in the fens
Fenland Series
Oil on canvas
16 x 12 inches
£300
Holkham Beach
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches
£350
Rapeseed Field
Fenland Series
Oil on canvas
20 x 16 inches
£350
Autumn Avenue
Oil on canvas
12 x 16 inches
Sold
June Avenue
Oil on canvas
12 x 16 inches
£325
