Paul J Best

Joined Artfinder: Dec. 2013

Artworks for sale: 304

(31)

United Kingdom

Updates from Paul J Best's studio

  • Autumn Fileds

    Autumn Fileds

    It is the Private view today for the 'Autumn Fields' exhibition at the Yellow Edge gallery in Gosport where I have four wall hung paintings and a number of folio works exhibited and for sale. Starting to feel very Autumnal now !

    16 September 2022
    My studio

    My studio

    I am very lucky to have a great working environment in my loft studio with two large powered rooflights with solar powered blinds. I can play my old vinyl records and CD's and make as much mess as I like ... and no one cares! I have lots and lots of paintings though.... Make me an offer so I can create some space!

    24 August 2022
    Autumn Landscape

    Autumn Landscape

    I am working on a series of four paintings this week reflecting the Autumn landscape for a couple of up coming exhibitions. Seems that Autumn will be welcomed this year after the unrelenting heat and dry weather!

    19 August 2022
    En Plein Air in a heatwave !

    En Plein Air in a heatwave !

    Out in the landscape painting again this week ..... in a 30 degree heatwave. This time based under the shade of a Walnut tree!

    12 August 2022
    Shepherds Delight

    Shepherds Delight

    I have been working to represent the particularly fantastic red sky sunsets that we have been having in Hampshire in the the past few weeks.

    10 August 2022
    Lymington Saltmarsh I

    Lymington Saltmarsh I

    I am very pleased to have sold my painting 'Lymington Saltmarsh I' to a buyer in Hampshire through a charity auction this month.

    27 July 2022
    Abstracting the landscape

    Abstracting the landscape

    This past week I have spent a couple of days on a great course led by Michael Weller at the fabulous Hampshire Art Studio on the bank of the River Dever, near Stockbridge in Hampshire. It has been great to sharpen my painting axe.. working with a limited range of colours and focusing on line, colour and tone. Inevitably mine ended up more impressionistic than abstract .... Seems that I just cannot help myself. However the paintings that I created do have a different quality I feel.

    19 June 2022
    Out on the Solent

    Out on the Solent

    I am very pleased to be dispatching my original painting 'Out on the Solent I' to a new home in Southampton this week.

    14 June 2022
    Optimism

    Optimism

    It is a pleasure to be dispatching my painting 'Optimism' to a new home in Southampton today. Every so often there is particular painting that seems to mark a change of direction in style.

    10 June 2022
    Behind the Scenes Work

    Behind the Scenes Work

    Sometimes it is worth remembering that when considering the price and value of paintings purchased on line, that there is a not inconsiderable amount of time and effort that does into the transaction including the paperwork, packaging and transit. In this case arrangement for collection by DHL and three copies of forms for USA customs. With Brexit you also need to have EORI tax registration for any exports to the EU and actually now also in reality for the USA. I have a limited company and accountant with much of the paperwork already in place to submit tax returns but it is not for the faint hearted!

    30 May 2022
    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