Paul J Best

Joined Artfinder: Dec. 2013

Artworks for sale: 304

(31)

United Kingdom

Updates from Paul J Best's studio

  • Sidi Bou Said

    Sidi Bou Said

    I am pleased to have sold another paintings from my 'Powerful places' series of paintings. This one is is off to Seattle. The painting draws on my memories of the colourful village of Sidi Bou Said on the Tunisian coast. It is a painters dream here in blue and white and the place where Paul Klee had the marked turning point in his use of light and colour. "Colour has taken possession of me," he wrote. These paintings draw on inspiration from my travels which is of course a bit of an ego trip for me...but I have sold a fair few now...so I have a great excuse to paint some more!

    25 May 2022
    Summer Borders

    Summer Borders

    I am pleased to have sold my painting ' The Vyne Flower meadow II ' this week from a Hampshire Gallery. Gives me a good excuse to paint some more floral border paintings at a nice large format! Commissions always welcomed.

    22 May 2022
    Strata I

    Strata I

    I am pleased to have sold and dispatched my painting 'Strata I' to a buyer in Chicago. Gives me encouragement to try some similar compositions with a range of colours at a larger scale possibly?

    13 May 2022
    Farley, Hampshire

    Farley, Hampshire

    I have really enjoyed painting outside again this week for the first time this year. The experience is very different to working in the studio. Yesterday there was a background of skylark song which somehow helped to associate the experience of painting with the landscape and the memory of place I think.

    05 May 2022
    'En Plein Air' at Farley Mount in Hampshire

    'En Plein Air' at Farley Mount in Hampshire

    It was fabulous to get out yesterday painting again in the Hampshire Landscape for the first time this year. The Spring greens are super bright and the rape fields are out in flower which offers those welcome flashes of lemon yellow. ...bit of artistic licence possibly with the foreground to provide some additional colour and interest!

    05 May 2022
    St Barbe Gallery and Museum, Lymington . Open Exhibition

    St Barbe Gallery and Museum, Lymington . Open Exhibition

    I am dropping off my painting 'New Forest Walk IV ' for exhibition and for sale in the St Barbe Gallery and Museum open exhibition today. The exhibition opens on 30th April and runs until 11th June. There will be work exhibited by 80 local and regional artists.

    22 April 2022
    Titchfield Art and Craft Show 2022

    Titchfield Art and Craft Show 2022

    I am dropping off my submissions for the Titchfield Art and Craft show today including 'Golden Woods'. There are three paintings on deep box canvases and six mounted portfolio folio works on paper. This show has grown to be a very well attended show of regional importance with a large number of very talented artists and craftspeople participating. Preview night is Friday 22nd April. Last year I sold five of my nine submitted paintings!

    21 April 2022
    Yellow edge Gallery , Hampshire Exhibition

    Yellow edge Gallery , Hampshire Exhibition

    I am very pleased to have my large 100 cm x 100 cm painting 'Freshwater bay in Winter as one of my four paintings exhibited as part of the Yellow edge Gallery Open exhibition this week alongside 27 other local artists.

    20 April 2022
    Winter Beechwood. Limited edition print

    Winter Beechwood. Limited edition print

    I am very pleased to have sold one of my limited edition prints this week from my beechwood seasons series. I had 34 prints set up at High resolution on museum quality paper with associated printed certificates. The prints do have a particular quality which is different to the originals but the process costs an absolute fortune to set up and to print and so there is absolutely no profit to be made after commission at prices that people are prepared to pay. They look fabulous however..... Expensive lesson learned !

    10 April 2022
    Spring on the Hampshire coastline

    Spring on the Hampshire coastline

    It is great to be getting out there along the Hampshire coast again.. and just being very thankful that we still have the freedom to enjoy the Spring time in the UK... With so much darkness at home and across the world currently, we can only take respite in the people, places and nature that we hold precious and each do what we can to work towards a better future.

    26 March 2022
    Spring is here !

    Spring is here !

    Following a visit to the magical Isle of Wight, I have enjoyed creating paintings inspired by the fabulous Mottistone Manor Garden at Mottistone this week.

    18 March 2022
    Hope

    Hope

    Inspired by the Ukrainian flag which takes inspiration from a Ukranian blue sky above a golden wheat field. All of my proceeds from the sale will be donated to Ukranian humanitarian aid.

    14 March 2022