Joomla! site syndication http://www.seanwhittaker.com Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:31:08 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.seanwhittaker.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.seanwhittaker.com Joomla! site syndication http://www.seanwhittaker.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19 After moving to Auchencairn, Dumfries and Galloway, with his family, Shirley, Zoë and Robert in 2006, Sean soon found it totally impossible not to try, in his own way, to capture the ever-changing beauty of the skies and moods continually barraging him while either walking on the shore or working in the garden of his croft overlooking the Solway and distant mountains of the Lake District.Working mainly with oil on canvas from the studio at his home, Sean can easily spend hours feeding his pure enjoyment of painting views of the local coast along with the more abstract visions in which he tries to capture the light, colour and sheer emptiness that are so much a part of this wonderful landscape. ‘My chosen medium of oil on canvas enables me to paint in an organically natural way, building, moulding and changing my subject as the atmosphere around me alters; therefore allowing me not only to create an image of what I see, but also to capture the moments in time that brought it about.’ Through this website, Sean not only wants to display his painting but also wants to share the places, inspirations and local history (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=12 Itemid=33) that bring it about. Buying InformationIf you are interested, or would like to know more about buying any of the paintings on this site please contact me (index.php?option=com_contact Itemid=3) .I know that buying something personnal, like a painting, over the internet is far from ideal, but I would like to reasure you that if, for whatever reason,you are not completely happy I will always give a full refund on any returned item. Prices start from under £100. News - Latest Sat, 07 Mar 2009 16:42:02 +0100