Carmela's Gallery
A collection of paintings.
Throw over chairs
Charcoal and conte chalk on sugar paper
Paysage or Landscape
Reproduction of Cezanne's painting of a forest path on a rocky pine-covered hillside.
Poinsettia
Acrylic
Beach Walk
Acrylic and oil pastels. It was initially an abstract scene but I put figures in to add interest!
Pears 1
Pen and ink and oil pastels
Winter in Derbyshire
Acrylic
Iris in a glass bottle
Acrylic
Theatre
Copy of Valeriy Gridnev's painting in Pastel. I reproduced his work in acrylics and oil pastels.
Robin
Acrylic
The Palm
Henri Matisse's colourful, 1912 painting, which I reproduced in acrylics.
The Limousin, France
Vibrant and striking buildings in the Limousin which I photographed during a visit to France. Painted in acrylics and oil pastels.
Mauve Tulips
Acrylic and oil pastels
Lily
Acrylic
Fish Dish
Acrylic and oil pastels
Still Life on Oak Table
Acrylic and oil pastels.
Claude Monet Reading the Newspaper
Acrylic and oil pastels. Copied from Auguste Renoir's 'Claude Monet Reading the Newspaper, 1872'.
Plate of Fruit
Pencil drawing
Max
Our cat in one of his favourite sleeping positions. Used drawing pen with pigment ink.
Boat
This canvas was initially covered in abstract lines and marks of different coloured paint (acrylic). Then I decided to create a simple picture, as I wasn't too keen on the abstract results!
Hellebores 1
Acrylic and oil pastels
Footballer & Goalkeeper
Pencil drawing
Tabby
Pencil drawing
Trees
Pencil drawing
Splash of Colourful Flowers
Acrylic and oil pastels
Lime Tree
Watercolour pencils
Highland Cattle
I photographed the cattle at Cotswold Farm Park and placed them in my imaginary landscape! As usual, I used mostly acrylics but with the addition of oil pastels.
Flowers on Windowsill
Acrylic and oil pastels
Red Admiral
Acrylic, oil pastels and watercolour pencils. This butterfly was on my garage wall, soaking up the rare January sunshine.
Sunflowers
Acrylic Imaginative interpretation of sunflowers into a pattern design.
Cyclamen
Watercolour
Clown
Pencil copy of Max Beckmann's Clown, 1944.
Pembrokeshire Cottage
Watercolour
Jug of Roses
Watercolour
Highnam Court Garden
Monet style garden painted in acrylic and oil pastels.
Hellebores II
Acrylic and oil pastels
Pink Tulips
Watercolour
Old Leather Glove
Pen and ink
River Windrush at Sherborne
From sketch and photograph using acrylic, oil pastels and acrylic gloss medium.
Fruits on Table
Acrylic
Red hot fields
Acrylic and oil pastels.
Regent Street, Lytham, 1922
Acrylic and oil pastels. A reproduction of L S Lowry's 'Regent Street, Lytham, 1922'.
White Horses
Acrylic and oil pastels
Winter Sunset
Acrylic and oil pastels.
Dancer in Red Dress
Acrylic
Inclement Weather
Watercolour pencils
House under Snow
Acrylic This is a copy of Alfred Sisley's 1878 painting
Pineapple, Apples and Plums
Acrylic and oil pastels
Red Tulips
Acrylic and oil pastels
Footballer II
Acrylic and oil pastels. William Gallas, playing for Arsenal.
Fox Hill, Upper Norwood
A reproduction of Camille Pissarro's painting in acrylic and oil pastels.
Blue Irises
Watercolour Adapted from 'Blue Irises Against an Orange Sky' by Ohara Koson 1877-1945
Jug of Yellow Roses
Watercolour
Sunflowers
Acrylic
Cactus
Watercolour
Corsican Garden
Acrylic and oil pastels
Bird
This was the result of using a Ferrero Rocher box as a paint palette. I think it looks like a bird looking upwards - what do you think?
Highland Sheep
I painted sheep from some old photos and put them in an imaginary landscape, using acrylic and oil pastels.
Cat on a Lap
Pen and ink
Paradise
This painting was produced from imagination, using acrylic and oil pastels.
Rose
Pen and ink
Jug and Saucepan
Picasso style of still life in oil pastels.
Table 1
Acrylic
Cotswold View
Painted on Cleeve Hill, overlooking Cheltenham, the Cotswolds & the Malverns in the distance. In acrylic and oil pastels.
Daffodils
Acrylic and oil pastels with acrylic medium. A close inspection of our garden daffodils.
Threatening Clouds
Acrylic. Calm before the storm.
La Gomera
Painting from a holiday photograph taken on the Canary Island of La Gomera. Used acrylic and oil pastels.
Ginger cat
Acrylic and oil pastels
Suffolk Coast
Acrylic and oil pastels
Footballer 1
Acrylic and oil pastels. Micah Richards, playing for England.
Table II
Acrylic
Fruit and Veg
Acrylic
Purple Irises
Acrylic
Betws-y-Coed
Acrylic and oil pastels
Sunflowers
My copy of Vincent Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers',which he painted in Arles. I used acrylic and oil pastels. I love the colours, which he conveyed in his painting from the warmth of colours found at Arles.
Red Poppies
My collage interpretation of Emil Nolde's Red Poppies.
Fruits
Acrylics and oil pastels
Kingfisher
Painted with acrylics and oil pastels on paper.
Shell and Stone
Watercolour
The Wicker Chair
Acrylic & Oil Pastels
Sunset Ridge
Watercolour
Mum at Montecassino
Acrylic and oil pastels. From a photograph taken in 2001.
Half a Lemon
Acrylic and oil pastels
Snow at Louveciennes
Acrylic A copy of Alfred Sisley's 'Snow at Louveciennes', 1874
Grindelvald, Switzerland
Acrylic and oil pastels. Do you think that the sky looks like sea? Not intentional!
Tuscan Scenery
Acrylic
Max on Windowsill
Acrylic and oil pastels
The Wooden Chair
Acrylic
A Cotswolds scene
Acrylic and oil pastels
Potting Shed
Acrylic and oil pastels on canvas textured paper.
The Green Vase & Bowl
Acrylic and Oil Pastels
Moored Boats
Acrylic and oil pastels on canvas
Poinsettia
Watercolour pencils
A Pattern of Pots
Acrylic
A Path in the Snow
A study of Armand Guillaumin's 'A Path in the Snow' (1869) in acrylic.
Crete
A watercolour painting of a building on the island of Crete.
Whirlwind of Colour
Oil pastels
Squirrel on my Lime Tree
Acrylic
Sunrise over Stancombe Pool, Winchcombe
Watercolour
Daffodils & Irises
Acrylic
Forest View
Painting from photograph in acrylic and oil pastels.
Breakwater
Acrylic and oil pastels
Dance in the City
Acrylic and oil pastels. Copy of Renoir's 'Dance in the City', 1882.
Lake Coniston
Acrylic
Peyrelebade
Acrylic and oil pastels. A reproduction of Odilon Redon's 'Peyrelebade', c1896.
Max
My cat in his favourite position. Pen and ink.
Still Life with Fruit
Cezanne style of set-up with jug and fruit.
Oranges in Basket
Acrylic and oil pastels
Flower Power!
Watercolour
onions 1
Acrylic
The Laundress
Acrylic and oil pastels. A copy of Toulouse-Lautrec's 'The Laundress', 1884-1886.
Cockerels
Strutting Cockerels painted in acrylics.
Onions II
Watercolour pencils
Pear on wooden plate
Acrylic and oil pastels
Fishing in Spring
A study of Vincent Van Gogh's 'Fishing in Spring, Pont de Clichy' (1887) in acrylic.
Pink Flowers in White Vase
Painting created from imagination, from a background of various colours, forming representational objects, using acrylic and oil pastels.
The Abbey of Montecassino
Watercolour
Fruits
Acrylic
Jugs and Jars
Acrylic
Red roses
Acrylic and oil pastels
Windy Ridge
Acrylic
Limousin House
This is a painting, using acrylics and oil pastels, of a guest house where we stayed in France.
Grounds of Scotney Castle
From a photograph I took in the grounds of the Victorian country house & 14th-century ruined castle, in Lamberhurst, Kent. Mostly acrylic with oil pastel additions.
Fruitbowl
Acrylic and oil pastels on canvas
Swallow
Acrylic
Tulips
Acrylic and oil pastels.
White Farm
Watercolour
Interior with a Table
Acrylic and oil pastels. A reproduction of Vanessa Bell's 'Interior with a Table', 1921.
Gateway to the Dales
Derbyshire Dales in acrylic, acrylic gloss medium and oil pastels.
Severn Sisters, Sussex
Painted from a photo taken during a visit to Eastbourne. Acrylics and oil pastels.
Rugby Players
Pencil Sketch
Provence
Watercolour
Ornamental Elephant
Pen sketch of an ornament
Auguste Renoir
Acrylic and oil pastels. A reproduction of Auguste Renoir's 'Self portrait with a White Hat', 1910.
Frida Kahlo
Pencil copy, on canvas textured paper, of self portrait of Mexican artist, which was exhibited at Tate Modern in 2005.
Palms
Watercolour pencils
Three Glasses & an Orange
Acrylic & oil pastels
Pears II
Acrylic and oil pastels
Cotswold Countryside
Countryside in the north Cotswolds, painted in acrylics and oil pastels.
Upstairs Flat
Acrylic and oil pastels
Harbourside Restaurant
Acrylic and watercolour pencils. Adapted from Ramon Moscardo's 'Cadaques - Blue Sunset'.
White Orchid
Acrylic and oil pastels