Paul J Best

Joined Artfinder: Dec. 2013

Artworks for sale: 397

(33)

United Kingdom

Updates from Paul J Best's studio

  • Landscape Reflections XV

    Landscape Reflections XV

    I have been creating a series of paintings which I have called 'landscape reflections' which all feature reflections in water. Lately I have become hooked on using the sumptuous range of 'Golden' acrylic paints and gels to add texture and sheen to the works. They are expensive but I figure that I am worth it !

    22 March 2018
    My latest indulgence

    My latest indulgence

    Lovely paints and gels used in the creation of my latest painting . 'Landscape reflections XV'.

    17 March 2018
    Paintings for the Titchfield Art Show 2018

    Paintings for the Titchfield Art Show 2018

    I am currently completing nine original artworks which will be exhibited at the 2018 Titchfield Art show. This is always a great art show well supported by some well known local and regional artists where the artists price the artworks very competitively to support the show. Well worth a visit, particularly for the preview night which this year is Friday 27 April. Tickets need to be purchased in advance. See web site http://titchfieldartandcraft.co.uk/

    03 March 2018
    Tashinga Exhibition

    Tashinga Exhibition

    Tashinga at Bishops Waltham is currently featuring a range of my original paintings. http://www.tashinga.co.uk/

    19 February 2018
    'Four Seasons' Exhibition. Southampton City Art Gallery

    'Four Seasons' Exhibition. Southampton City Art Gallery

    I am very pleased to have my painting 'Winter Song ' exhibited alongside works by regional professional landscape artists that I admire, including Shelia Goodman, Caroline Ruark-Davis and Roger Dell Seddon.

    03 February 2018
    Four Seasons Exhibition at Southampton City Art Gallery

    Four Seasons Exhibition at Southampton City Art Gallery

    I am delighted to have my painting 'Winter Song' selected to be exhibited as part of the 'Four Seasons' exhibition at the Southampton City Art Gallery from 3rd Feb to 21 April. This painting is a depiction of a Winter landscape, one of a series depicting the Hampshire Downland Landscape through the four seasons, inspired by poems. This painting is inspired by an extract from the Katherine Mansfield poem ' Winter Song' …."Snow and sleet, and sleet and snow. Will the winter never go?.... Snow and sleet, and sleet and snow " .I have limited edition prints available for sale of all four paintings at http://www.the-art-barn.com/collections/paul-best

    27 January 2018
    Limited Edition Prints

    Limited Edition Prints

    I am having a good period of sales of my range of limited edition prints recently.

    23 January 2018
    'Steak of the Art' Southampton

    'Steak of the Art' Southampton

    I am very pleased to have paintings featured currently at the Steak of the Art restaurant/gallery at Ocean Village in Southampton. It is good to find a venue that has the space to exhibit some large 102cm x102cm paintings.

    30 December 2017
    Strata I

    Strata I

    I am enjoying creating some bright abstract landscapes at the moment by experimenting with paired paintings in complementary colour combinations.

    30 December 2017
    Halved a Soul

    Halved a Soul

    I am pleased to have sold another of my 'Halved a soul' limited edition prints to a buyer in Buriton. This is proving to be a popular print... less is more it seems. The original painting which was featured as the Artfinder ' Art of the Day' on Valentines day this year, is a depiction of a distinctive thorn tree for Romantics, inspired by an extract from the William Butler Yeats poem 'A man young and old VIII' "We sat under an old thorn -tree And talked away the night' Told all that had been said or done Since first we saw the light, And when we talked of growing up Knew that we'd halved a soul And fell the one in t'other's arms That we might make it whole." http://www.the-art-barn.com/…/prod…/RS-PB-028/halved-a-soul/

    30 December 2017
    Queen Elizabeth Country Park in Autumn

    Queen Elizabeth Country Park in Autumn

    I am pleased to have sold one of my series of paintings inspired by The Queen Elizabeth Country Park near Petersfield in Hampshire in Autumn time this week. The Country Park receives a huge amount of visitors each year .. just less than Madame Tassauds I believe, making it the fourth largest visitor attraction in the UK. I am very pleased that I will be having my fourth solo exhibition there in April 2018.

    22 December 2017
    New website. PaulJ Best Reflective Artworks

    New website. PaulJ Best Reflective Artworks

    I have a newly created web site now which is now live. https://pauljbest.wordpress.com/

    12 December 2017