The Artworks of Chris Allen...

The following sketches are all from photographs taken 40 years ago to the present day;

At school I was best at pencil-drawing but attempted painting in oils at home – this I continued during the years spent in London as a student, though never to my satisfaction! During the last few years I have tried my hand with pastels and have finally got back to working in acrylics and, occasionally, oils.

Aldeburgh Beach – 2006 (acrylic 10x12) Stonehenge – 2006 (acrylic 10x8)

Whitewalls, Snape – 2006 (acrylic 10x8) Havergate Island, Orford – 2006 (acrylic 10x12)

Clifton Bridge – 2006 (acrylic 10x12) Forth Rail Bridge – 2006 (acrylic 10x8)

Breydon Water, Norfolk – 2006 (acrylic 14x10) Cley, Norfolk – 2007 (acrylic 10x12)

Woodbridge, Suffolk – 2007 (acrylic 16x12) Tewkesbury Abbey – 2007 (acrylic 10x12)

Seven Sisters, Sussex – 2007 (acrylic 14x10) Snape Bridge, Suffolk – 2007 (acrylic 16x12)

Aldeburgh Beach – 2007 (acrylic 10x12) Thorpness, Suffolk – 2007 (acrylic 14x10)

Bragenham Side – 2007 (pastel A4) Rioja – 2007 (acrylic 10x8)

Heath & Reach – 2007 (pastel A4) Mevagissy – 2007 (acrylic 10x12)

Figure Study – 2007 (pastel A4) Maltings – 2007 (acrylic 10x8)

Southwold – 2007 (acrylic 10x12) Snape – 2007 (acrylic 10x12)

Autumn – 2007 (acrylic 12x16) Snape – 2007 (pastel A3)

Figure Study – 2007 (acrylic 12x16) Figure – 2007 (pastel A3)

Cheers! – 2007 (acrylic 12x16) Maestro – 2007 (acrylic 10x12)