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Painting Afon Wyre Llanrhystud Aberystwyth Ceredigion started off as a sketch with watery acrylics on watercolour paper and expanded over a few hours into an abstract painting with thicker paint.

The painting shows a small part of the river Wyre under a canopy of trees at Dole and close to the village of Llanrhystud.

The view is from the river’s Rhyd or Ford and which is a shallow part to allow traffic to cross it without the need for driving over a road bridge.

There is a pedestrian bridge adjacent to it with wooden railings. It overlooks this Ford and was the place where I stood to capture my initial river picture sketch. I took a few reference photographs too and especially to obtain the ever changing sunlight.

I felt inspired to capture the diminishing sunset light leaking through gaps in the foliage above the river and from the trees and bushes that surround it on both banks.

This created the dark shadows and dappled light you can see...

Fine Art Painter Introduction An established British fine art painter residing and working in the Llanon region of mid West Wales, (United Kingdom). I have been fine art painting for about 50+ years of which the last 34 years have been spent running my own creative businesses. I have had unconventional art publication successes. My art has been exclusively screened on British TV. I have exhibited, numerous times, both solely and with other artists in shared exhibitions, within the UK. I have sold my original fine art paintings and reproduction prints through traditional outlets and through the Internet including this site. Many of my original paintings, illustrations and cartoons hang in private collections within the United Kingdom,...