Ashwinstudio art blog - Painting

Paintings, contemporary sculpture and furniture by Ashley Baldwin-Smith


King Arthur Walk, Tintagel – oil painting

11th February, 2018

I worked this painting up from colour studies and sketches. I tried to depict the wonderful clean light and bright colours of Cornwall, such as the pure cobalt green of the sea. […]

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Hauxton Winter Morning – oil painting

5th February, 2018

Another landscape oil painting of Hauxton on a January morning. Mostly painted very quickly using alla prima technique, although I did add some glazes after painting had dried. Oil on canvas board, […]

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Oil painting of the River Cam behind Hauxton Mill

1st February, 2018

I spent a cold day in January sketching and taking reference photos of the River Cam behind the old Hauxton Mill. This is the first of a number of quick paintings I […]

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Watercolour study of Cambridgeshire

13th December, 2017

Watercolour study by Kenneth Baldwin-Smith depicting a view from Hill Farm, Harston looking towards Haslingfield. Probably a study for a later oil painting. He would regularly sketch local scenes of Cambridgeshire, such […]

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Kenneth Baldwin-Smith painting on the BBC website

15th January, 2014

As part of their ‘Your Paintings‘ project the BBC discovered a painting by my great grandfather in the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust collection. The painting is a portrait entitled George Harriman […]

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