Studio View Blog: Latest Artworks, News and Inspiration.

This Blog ‘Studio View’ is a regular update of my new work, upcoming exhibitions, some work in progress images and photographs of what inspires me to paint.

My work is all about the ever changing light in the landscape.

Atmosphere is the sensation directed upon the viewer, whereas mood is the actual feeling provided”.

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Sunlight breaking through the clouds: Sunlit Lustre
Mary Burtenshaw Mary Burtenshaw

Sunlight breaking through the clouds: Sunlit Lustre

Each of my paintings seems to develop its own final personality. Some reveal their radiance straight away whilst others require time, some quiet reflection and a fresh spark of inspiration before I know they are truly finished.

So it is sometimes a quick journey but more often a slow but satisfying one.

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This painting was inspired by the North Downs, Surrey
Mary Burtenshaw Mary Burtenshaw

This painting was inspired by the North Downs, Surrey

This small study was inspired by the North Downs in Surrey, created as a spark of inspiration for a larger canvas. I often paint a series of smaller works to gather ideas and remain spontaneous and on this occasion I was exploring shifting seasonal light and the subtle reflections it casts across the landscape.

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Today’s sunset painting is: Sunset Soul
Mary Burtenshaw Mary Burtenshaw

Today’s sunset painting is: Sunset Soul

I love to capture the true essence of a sunset, as each one seems to possess its own unique and captivating personality.

The way the colours blend and shift creates a moment that feels both fleeting but deeply moving.

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Three quite different paintings but all painted with the same landscape in mind.
Mary Burtenshaw Mary Burtenshaw

Three quite different paintings but all painted with the same landscape in mind.

These three small original abstract landscape paintings ‘Windswept Evening’, ‘Mistral Sunrise’ and ‘Evening Rain’ are inspired by the North Downs in Surrey. Each shows the landscape at different times of the day in my unique abstract style, with bold brushstrokes, soft light effects, and rich textures to create a vivid and emotional view of the scenery.

See this painting in an interior setting and imagine it in your own space……..

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My latest small painting for sale: Windswept Shadows
Mary Burtenshaw Mary Burtenshaw

My latest small painting for sale: Windswept Shadows

This painting based on memories of the South Downs evokes a sense of the beauty of that landscape, its peace and a feeling of gentle solitude that captures that memorable one moment in time.

See more paintings for sale……………………….

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Today’s beautiful painting is: Rising Clouds
Mary Burtenshaw Mary Burtenshaw

Today’s beautiful painting is: Rising Clouds

This almost ethereal painting ‘Rising Clouds’ is painted with a beautiful touch and feel with the use of subtle colours and tones creating light and shadows with deft brushstrokes and texture.

Buy this painting for that very special place on your wall.

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Acrylic landscape painting of the day is: Oncoming Dusk
Mary Burtenshaw Mary Burtenshaw

Acrylic landscape painting of the day is: Oncoming Dusk

Acrylic landscape of the day is ‘Oncoming Dusk’ showing how the receding light of the day creates beautiful colours on the horizon as shadows lengthen in the foreground and the daylight begins to ebb. A stunning study of the effect of light on the landscape.

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Find that perfect small painting
Mary Burtenshaw Mary Burtenshaw

Find that perfect small painting

Take a look at a selection of small paintings on paper painted in a spontaneous abstract feel with lots of movement, texture and fluidity of paint capturing the essence of the colours, contours and shadows in the landscape.

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