Paul J Best

Joined Artfinder: Dec. 2013

Artworks for sale: 397

(32)

United Kingdom

Updates from Paul J Best's studio

  • Titchfield Art Show Prize

    Titchfield Art Show Prize

    I was very pleased to have been awarded 3rd Prize at the Titchfield Art and Craft Show this weekend for my painting 'Wight View'. This is a vey well attended show with over 300 amateur and professional artists exhibiting and with more than 1000 visitors over the two days, so some fairly stiff competition! At the last show I did not sell any paintings but this year I sold five ...Persistence is the key to all things!

    30 November 2021
    Upper Hamble River

    Upper Hamble River

    'Upper Hamble River' is one of my paintings exhibited at the the Titchfield Art and Craft Show this weekend 27th -28th Nov, which had coincided this year with the nearby Bursledon Art show. I have volunteered in a small way to help with setting up and manning both. Just an enormous amount of work involved by some very dedicated people who care about art and raising funds for important local community facilities and charities. They are to be greatly commended.

    27 November 2021
    Cliveden Summer Border

    Cliveden Summer Border

    One of the four paintings inspired by the spectacular summer flower borders at Cliveden which I will have exhibited at the Bursledon Arts Show 27th -28th November

    22 November 2021
    Landscape Strata

    Landscape Strata

    I am working on some oil paintings at the moment for a change. There is a quality to oils in that you get several days in which to manipulate the paint and the effects. Oils are much more forgiving than acrylics.. the obvious downside is when you are finally happy with the painting it can take a fair time for the painting to dry!

    18 November 2021
    Autumn Woodland

    Autumn Woodland

    Another of my paintings on paper created in a series of paintings to be portfolio works available for sale at the Hampshire based Titchfield Art Show which runs on the 27th -28th November. Don't miss it !

    13 November 2021
    Summer Borders

    Summer Borders

    I am Working on a series of paintings on paper this week which will be folio works for the Titchfield Art Show. 27th & 28th November. This is a great Local Hampshire Art and Craft show which is well supported by some fabulous local artists.

    11 November 2021
    Red Woods

    Red Woods

    I am very pleased to have sold my original painting 'Red Woods' to a Canadian couple based in the UK this week! Reminds them of home I guess.

    25 October 2021
    Landscape Psychogeography

    Landscape Psychogeography

    Had a great couple of inspirational days sharpening my painting axe recently on a workshop led by the very talented Geoff Hands at the fabulous West Dean College near Chichester in West Sussex. We adopted some interesting psychogeography techniques to explore the landscape of the grounds and translate our impressions and sketches into a series of paintings.

    25 October 2021
    Summer Wheatfield

    Summer Wheatfield

    I was very pleased to dispatch my painting 'Summer Wheatfield III' off to Texas this week. This is one of a series of cheerful and bright acrylic paintings that I have created on paper that can be posted rolled in a tube at a relatively modest postage cost.

    01 October 2021
    Painting workshop at Tichborne House Garden, Hampshire

    Painting workshop at Tichborne House Garden, Hampshire

    I really enjoyed leading a painting workshop at the fabulous Tichborne House Garden this week, focusing on some iconic Hampshire landscape. I am always very pleased to run ( reasonably local ) workshops 'En Plein Air' on indoors, ideally for around six people and can provide, easels and all materials required. Please message me ( search on line). The aim of the day is for each participant to complete a painting within a six hour workshop period ( including a lunch break) that they are happy to hang on a wall at home. There are some wildly different responses and the majority of participants are very pleased with the paintings that they have created.

    18 September 2021
    Hillier Gardens Summer Borders

    Hillier Gardens Summer Borders

    I have enjoyed creating a series of small paintings this week, a series of three inspired by a visit to the spectacular centenary borders at Sir Harold Hillier Gardens, near Romsey in Hampshire.

    27 August 2021
    Mottisfont Rose Garden

    Mottisfont Rose Garden

    I have enjoyed creating a series of small paintings inspired by the Rose Garden at Mottisfont Abbey Gardens, near Romsey this past week. It is the end of the rose flowering season now but with the rose petals also on the ground it makes for interesting compositions. I have used acrylic paints but also coloured inks in these paintings which adds a pleasing and not entirely predictable effect.

    26 August 2021