Below is my finished artwork of Battle, East Sussex.
Titled “ Not just Battle Abbey”.

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#BattleAbbey #Battletown

When creating the “Sea Shelter” artwork I deliberately kept the colour palette quite plain and subtle. Apart from the strong red and yellow on the signs. This was to help give a cold drab feel to the artwork like a cold winters day.

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#Hastings #stleonards

Adding Battle Abbey to the artwork helps draw your eye through the artwork. I added in the different parts and pavements to the artwork, by having different colours and textures help break these different sections up.

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#BattleAbbey #Battletown

I’ve created this sketch to help work out what else would work being added to the artwork. Also to get a rough idea where these objects could be placed. In particular focusing on the street furniture.

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As I’m cutting out the different buildings for this artwork, I’m seeing how the different gaps between the buildings are showing you glimpses into the second row of buildings. I feel this effect is starting to work well.

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#BattleAbbey

Poster for a members art shown in Hastings where I live. It's a painting of the area in West St.Leonards where the lido use to be but is now filled in and a field.

An acrylic painting of 3 gypsy cob ponies tied up to a horse box at one of the oldest horse fairs in the UK. The Horsmonden Horse Fair in Kent.

A painting of two old guys at the Horsmonden Horse Fair with their gypsy cobs looking at other people's horses ready to do deals. Horse boxes and trucks.

#BlueSkyArt #horseart #horsesinart #gypsyponies #eastsussexart So these two paintings have never been shown outside of my house, I get rather attached to my horse paintings!. They're both in this exhibition and its attachments rare chance for people to actually see them in the flesh.

I am busy getting ready for “New Road Artists Spring Open Studios” where I will be exhibiting my artworks. Alongside “The Studio” at “Rye Creative Centre” taking place on Saturday 17 May from 10am to 4pm

www.k6photography.com/new-road-artists-spring-open-studios

#EastSussexart #openStudios #Rye

“De La Warr Pavilion Staircases” - from the beginning I was moving more out of my creative comfort zone. “De La Warr Pavilion, Piazza and Beach” were just as much inspired by the landscape around De La Warr as the building itself.

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Whilst taking photographs for this artwork, I realised how much alleyways inside roads are an important feature of Battle. So I made sure there were couple of spaces where the viewers can see in between different buildings.

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Title Along the yellow brick path

I like the way your eyes quickly drawn towards the art galleries. I find it interesting how each town seems to have its own style and how this makes each place instantly recognisable.

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Hawthorn such a perfect hedging here in the UK, hiding numerous birds from predators, keeping livestock in and a gorgeous blossom in the spring. Sold to a lovely London lady!. Acrylic on paper.
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"Duckman" the lovely Jeremy Fox who is from the USA allowed me to use his photo to do this portrait. His kindness oozes from him, it's oil on canvas board and available on my website roamingpalette.co.uk
#oilportraits #MichealHardyoils #hastingsartist #eastsussexart #womensart

Swan Avenue Ox Eyed Daisies, oil on canvas 23cms x 30cms, this the old town where I live. #flowerartistry #oilpainting #ArtAdventCalendar #artcollectors #eastsussexart #eastsussexartists #hastingsartist