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David Oversby-Powell

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High Summer Felmersham
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Hign Summer Harrold
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Houghton House and Marston Vale
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Misty Winter Morning Stevington
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Summer Walk, Blunham
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Sunlight And Steam At The Bedford River Festival
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Sunny Morning Bedford Embankment
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The Blue Gate
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The Swans’ Boudoir, Bedford Embankment
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Willington Dovecote
I have been painting since early childhood. Apart from a year’s pre=diploma course I am self-taught. I have worked in watercolours, acrylics and oils: my subjects include landscapes, still life, portraits (human and animal) and abstracts.

For some years I have specialized in local landscapes, painted in oils, particularly along the valley of the Great Ouse and its tributaries where, despite modern developments, there is still a wealth of natural beauty as well as weathered old buildings. I love to paint landscapes with trees and water – bare winter trees against a clear blue sky reflected in water have inspired a number of successful paintings. The inclusion of wildlife, which can be observed along the riverbank, or in the sky, can bring a landscape to life.

I love to work on site although time and weather often make it less easy so I have to resort to working in my studio from sketches and photographs. A pocket can be very useful to capture such animals as muntjak and roe deer, which never stay still for more than a few seconds (unlike sheep and, cattle which always seem to be curious and come right up to the easel to have a look).

It is often the play of colours that first attracts me to a scene: I find a pocket watercolour box and a pocket book of watercolour paper can be really useful to quickly capture such effects.

Contact the artist:-
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07595 766386
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