Goodbye Winter
Hi folks, be great if you can make it. Many local artists are exhibiting.
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Nigel Montandon
Aug 14, 20221 min read
Here we go again!!!
Hi folks, after 2 years under the grip of Covid, and now facing possibly the worst global finance problems this century caused by some...
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Nigel Montandon
Apr 25, 20221 min read
The Moods of the Malvern's
I am now able to concentrate some serious time in my studio and have been captivated by the early morning skies which I have endeavoured...
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Nigel Montandon
Feb 11, 20211 min read
Just a quickie............
Change of direction....Spring is coming.. Oil on canvas 10" x 12". Unframed but ready to hang. Contact me for more information.
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Nigel Montandon
Jan 2, 20212 min read
HAPPY NEW YEAR......( you deserve it!)
Sorry, yes I am a day late. I was looking through some photos of 2019 as I prepared this blog and I found these first 3 pics of Sidmouth,...
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Nigel Montandon
Dec 24, 20202 min read
Xmas, Brahms and other things.........
This has been such a challenging year. We started with great plans to support the Autistic Society this year with open gallery events,...
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Nigel Montandon
Dec 3, 20201 min read
The last bluebell picture.....for a little while.
I have just completed this last picture of woodland at Woodend. It is a larger full sheet (30" x 22") watercolour with some pastel work....
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Nigel Montandon
Nov 28, 20201 min read
First of the winter floods and other things...........
Hello folks, three watercolours today, First Floods and Across the Common. Both 11" x 15" and a couple of warm ups in my sketchbook....
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Nigel Montandon
Nov 26, 20201 min read
These are ready for a new home........
Hi folks, two newly completed oils, on canvas (framed) 50cms x 70 cms. Both views in woodland owned by my neighbours. Hope you like.
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Nigel Montandon
Nov 20, 20201 min read
I've been busy !!..........
Hi all, the leaves are cleared up, the lawns been cut, hedges cut and generally prepared for winter. Now happily back in thestudio. The...
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Nigel Montandon
Nov 8, 20201 min read
A bit more painting....
Couple of oil sketches across my field. Both oil on board, ' Mid-day grazing' 10" x 8" and the next 'Evening Sky' 7.5" x 11" Thanks for...
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Nigel Montandon
Nov 5, 20201 min read
What a difference the sun makes............
Took a walk around the garden in the brilliant Autmn sun. Even the most ordinary views become things of great beauty. Completed today,...
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Nigel Montandon
Oct 29, 20201 min read
Todays (yesterdays) painting.......
Hi folks, Daphne and I took a walk to Queenswood recently and had a rare burst of SUNSHINE! Here is the resulting painting in acrylics. I...
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Nigel Montandon
Aug 13, 20201 min read
More lockdown paintings
Clifford Bufton, my neighbour, had just finished baling this hay when very sinister clouds arrived. I took my easel outside and managed...
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Nigel Montandon
May 24, 20201 min read
Oh dear! Its nearly June....
Good day folks. Yes, this year seems to be flying by. I had so much planned but Covid 19 has put paid to many things. However, being...
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Nigel Montandon
May 15, 20201 min read
A cruel frost and more paintings......
We have had a hard frost here the last couple of nights. It took the blossoms of two large rhododendrons, wiped out pieris shoots and...
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Nigel Montandon
May 9, 20201 min read
Lockdown fever..... lets get painting!
Yes, its a long haul for Daphne and I so this is a release for me. I paint for the pleasure I get from trying to relate to the the viewer...
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Nigel Montandon
May 8, 20201 min read
VE day 2020...........
I made this full size plywood figure of a WW11 tommy emerging from the battlefield to be greeted by a grateful modern day child who is...
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Nigel Montandon
Apr 30, 20201 min read
I just love this plant ...and other things
This lovely climber is an Actinidia Kolomikta. Its an easily grown perennial that will thrive in sun or part shade. This is around 3...
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Nigel Montandon
Apr 26, 20201 min read
Todays Painting...
Hey Folks, this little scene took my eye some time ago but I have only just got down to it. Quickly executed pen and wash using a home...
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