Ashwinstudio art blog

Paintings, contemporary sculpture and furniture by Ashley Baldwin-Smith


Looking for inspiration

29th May, 2009 - Ashley

Last few weeks, I have been out sketching, making paint studies and taking reference photos of trees, skies, the sea and various fen landscapes, from Prickwillow to Heacham beach. Still working on […]

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Recycled Art

12th May, 2009 - Ashley

I have started producing a new series of work titled ‘recycled art’. This involves buying discarded art (often for a few quid) from charity shops and then reworking them. I keep some […]

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Artist Block?

9th May, 2009 - Ashley

After spending the morning gardening, I decided to continue one of my paintings. The oil painting has been worked up from sketches and ref photos made in April when I visited and […]

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Spring Morning at St Ives Lakes

5th May, 2009 - Ashley

Finished this painting of a Spring Morning at St Ives just in time to go into the Landscape II  exhibition at Williams Art Gallery.  I only had minutes to sketch and photograph the April sky […]

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New Landscape Exhibition

1st May, 2009 - Ashley

I am exhibiting paintings from my Fenland Series at the Williams Art Gallery. Exhibition starts May 5th. Other artists involved will be Richard Keys, Gail de Cordova, Nicholas James Juett, Jess Sutton and Maureen […]

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