There have been two trips to Dorset in recent years that have inspired a number of my painting. Large numbers of reference photographs were taken of Weymouth, Lulworth Cove, Portland Bill and Chesil Beach, which up to now has resulted in two oil paintings, one watercolour and one pastel painting.
The most notable work to come out of these two visits to Dorset is my oil painting of Weymouth Old Harbour, which started my – relationship with Gibsons Jigsaw Puzzles. They approached me about my work and decided to use the Weymouth artwork for one of their 636 piece jigsaws.
Weymouth Old Harbour In May Oil Painting
Weymouth Old Harbour In May Original Oil Painting on canvas 30 x 20 inches. Weymouth is a seaside town and tourist resort in Dorset, England, halfway along the Jurassic Coast, to the north east of Portland in Weymouth Bay at the mouth of the river Wey
Moody Morning In Chesil Beach Pastel Painting
Pastel and watercolour on Daler Rowney Murano 98lb neutral colours pastel paper. 400 x 300mm. This artwork is for sale with its frame as shown. Chesil Beach in Dorset is a pebble beach 18 miles long which is largely separated from the mainland by the Fleet Lagoon. This is from source material taken on a visit to the Dorset coast in May of 2015. The view is near to the Fine Foundation Chesil Beach Centre which is run by the Dorset Wildlife Trust, located on the Portland Beach Road at the extreme eastern end of the Fleet looking towards the crest of Chesil Beach. Well worth a visit.
Lyme Regis Harbour Dorset.
The Cobb is the famous Lyme Regis breakwater, the start of which can be seen on the left of the painting with the people walking along it, past the RNLI Lifeboat Station. It features in Jane Austins novel Persuasion and in more recent past in the film adaptation of The French Lieutenant’s Woman form the novel of the same name by the late author, John Fowles, who lived in Lyme Regis.
Portland Bill Lighthouse In Autumn
Original oil painting on wooden panel 60.5 X 29 cm. Portland Bill Lighthouse on the Isle of Portland, in the beautiful county of Dorset, England shows the way for vessels heading for Portland or Weymouth. The lighthouse warns shipping of the rock coastline of the Portland Bill and the hazardous waters that surround it.
Ketch Off Red Crane, Portland Bill:
original watercolour and gouache by Roger Turner on The Langton Prestige 140lb watercolour paper.
Red Crane is a crane situated on the cliff edge at Portland’s southerly point. The crane was part of the old Portland Bill stone loading quay. This is another painting that is from source material gathered on a visit to Dorset, England in May of 2014