'Raw'
Cloudscape painting in soft pastels
​40x30cm

Deep purply-indigo flecked clouds creep across the horizon. Not just your average stormy grey but these mean business, a proper temper tantrum of toddler proportions - all toys out of the proverbial pram! Dramatic though it is, there's something raw and pure about the intent, like a detox of the skies.

'Soft Footprints'
Cloudscape painting in soft pastels
​40x30cm

Muted marble bursts of colour appear across the thick opaque cloud cover, releasing sweet petal pinks and violets. Each one emerges as if there are soft footprints pattering across faint stepping stones of billowing mesh, swiftly swallowed up as the clouds collide in the breeze.

'Lacy Veil'
​Cloudscape painting in soft pastels
​40x30cm

The pale yellow of the afternoon sun bashfully makes its way across the bay, stoically emerging as if not sure if it should do so. Darker clouds sensitively form a lacy veil to provide a space for the winter hues to protect their blushes. This benefits them both as the sky becomes awash with yellows and indigos, enriching their journeys and the vision of anyone caring to gaze upwards.

'Catching Dreams'
Cloudscape painting in soft pastels
​40x30cm

Gently illuminated by fragmented sunshine, a cloud breaks and scatters like a burst feather pillow. Some scatterings are held captivated by the light, as if it's catching their dreams before they float off in the breeze.

'Waves'
Cloudscape painting in soft pastels
​40x30cm

Clouds mirror sea as streaks run across the skies in huge waves that surge and plough forth each time the wind takes a breath.

'Glow'
Cloudscape painting in soft pastels
40x30cm

The wind is thundering around the bay and you can imagine the sound of knitting needles as the clouds cluster round the fire of the yellow winter glow. I wonder what songs they might sing together as the embers smoulder and go to warm another hemisphere?

'Whispers'
Cloudscape painting in soft pastels
​40x30cm

Tiny whispers of cloud flutter over the bay like delicate lashes blinking in the momentary pink of the rising light. Sometimes the most memorable sunrises are those you barely see at all.

'Thunderous Applause'
Cloudscape painting in soft pastels
​40x30cm

Layers of cloud rise up as the wind unfurls to its true potential. Everything meshes and mingles as the pressure pushes and kneads. Definition becomes indistinguishable and patience is needed to furrow and find the true personality of the day - the genuine clapper amongst the thunderous applause.

'Cheery Pinks'
Cloudscape painting in soft pastels
​40x30cm

Faint whispers of sunrise emerge from behind dusty mountain tops. Minutes tick by and with surprising swiftness, blue skies are streaked with rosy wisps that grow bolder as they get more plentiful. These few moments are fleeting but enriching, it may indicate the shepherds warning but it fills the heart with hope to see the cheery pinks.

'Sleepy Tufts'
Cloudscape painting in soft pastels
40x30cm

Sleepy tufts drag and slope over the bay, reluctantly starting to wake up and still trailing bedclothes behind them. These swirl and drape over the mountain tops, waiting to be swept up by the billowing breeze.