Mark Harris 
Briantspuddle Art Gallery

This is my new work space and Gallery. The gallery is in two sections consisting of my work space and main gallery space. The second part is also the self contained holiday let. When the holiday let is not occupied then this becomes part of the galley space. An opportunity for my paintings that allowed the viewer to see my paintings in situation and the main gallery to be a peaceful space top take time to view art.

This painting came from spending a couple of amazing weeks in the most beautiful sunny autumn weather. I have created a serious of works from close ups of trees to this open scene. I wanted to capture the feelings of space and calmness created by the lovely low light at this time of year.

This is a throw back to a commission painting I did of Weymouth town bridge. The client wanted a modern take on his favourite spot as he use to sail his boat into the harbour and with the bridge go up and down. I wanted to keep it fresh and keep the movement. I found this film hidden in a folder so wanted to share it as it was one of my favourite paintings. This is copy from the original painting.

I wanted to start abstracting this amazing plant we find in the edges of our hedgerows and roads. I love the architecture of this plant. This first study and I will continue these studies until it is a full abstract.

This is the final piece after several paintings from sketches of a life model. Each time I abstracted the figure until I got to the essence of the model and the strength of form. I like to abstract from original works as you already have a better knowledge of the subject

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I visited St Ives in the beautiful sunshine to go and see the Tate Gallery. Whilst we were there we went to visit the Barbara Hepworth Museum. The garden is full of her sculptures and it made a great impression on me and this painting.

I did this painting after visiting on a still wet winter day. I often visit Durdle door as it is just down the road from me but like to go in the winter and autumn when it is quite. It gives me a chance to sketch or draw on iPad. Went back to the studio as wanted to get the atmosphere of the lines in the sea, the rocks, and hills all melting together and the muted colours.