Foreshore Painting

Frederick Moir Bertie I became a full time artist in 1990 after having a career in engineering at home and abroad. The need to change my life became overwhelming and when the opportunity arose I took it . Within three years I opened my Gallery selling my own work only. I closed the Gallery after 15 selling just my own work years to give me time to concentrate on my own work and the time to travel. Workshops have now become very popular and take up some of my time each month but my efforts are now concentrated on my own work When I started to paint watercolours some twenty five years ago I was confronted with the age old problem of where to begin, what to paint and where to look for inspiration. Everyone relates to the weather as it catches a moment in time we have all experienced, and this became the main theme running through my work I then started to look upwards and study the sky and weather patterns, including misty scenes, and my paintings became recognised by skies whatever the subject. Weather patterns in the UK are infinitely variable and give a never ending subject matter. I have now begun to include light texture and atmosphere to my work..