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Still life oil painting of cosmos by Helen Davison

Cosmos

March 13, 2019 · by Helen · in Daily Painting, Painting, Still Life

I have finally organised my photos and put them onto my computer, so I can hopefully catch up with uploading the bits and pieces that I’ve been experimenting with over the last few months. To get started, here’s a little…

Still life oil painting of white lilac by Helen Davison

White Lilac

October 31, 2018 · by Helen · in Daily Painting, Fine Art, Painting, Still Life

Another painting from a few months ago, this one of white lilac. Thinking that the delicate blossom wouldn’t last very long, I worked quickly and looked for big structural shapes within the larger heads, before picking out a few details…

Still life oil painting of Delphiniums by Helen Davison

Delphiniums in Cobalt Blue and Violet

July 19, 2018 · by Helen · in Daily Painting, Painting, Still Life

A little study of Delphiniums. Their colouring was irresistible.

Still life oil painting of wilted daffodils by Helen Davison

Wilted Daffodils

June 1, 2018 · by Helen · in Daily Painting, Painting, Still Life

I painted this a few weeks ago as we moved towards the end of Spring. I spent several days trying to capture these same flowers when they were freshly opened, but couldn’t resolve the composition, and regardless of paint passages…

Still life oil painting of roses by Helen Davison

Floral Painting

May 24, 2018 · by Helen · in Daily Painting, Painting, Still Life

I find flowers so difficult to paint. They can be structural, but delicate; with light both reflected by, but also travelling through, petals and leaves. To achieve true softness and believability is such a challenge. In many ways, I don’t…

Still life oil painting of Tete a Tete Jonquils with walnuts by Helen Davison

Tete-A-Tete

March 20, 2016 · by Helen · in Daily Painting, Painting, Still Life

A little Sunday afternoon painting of miniature Tete-a-Tete Jonquillas with a couple of walnuts… just for the randomness and challenge of painting them.

Still life oil painting of sunflowers by Helen Davison

Sunflowers

July 27, 2014 · by Helen · in Life Studies, Painting, Still Life

I seem to have a bit of thing for flower painting at the moment. These were starting to wilt a little, so I laid them out in the sun for a while before painting them, and will now see how…

Still life oil painting of freesias in a tall vase by Helen Davison

Freesias in a tall vase

July 26, 2014 · by Helen · in Daily Painting, Life Studies, Painting, Still Life

A very painterly approach to capturing these freesias and the soft lighting that the day provided, and I wanted to keep a fresh and spontaneous feeling to the work. I couldn’t see a lot of detail or definition within the…

Still life oil painting of lavender in an old glass bottle by Helen Davison

Lavender in the old glass bottle

June 3, 2014 · by Helen · in Daily Painting, Still Life

Here is a very quick painting where I again considered a white backdrop and the different atmosphere that this provides. I wanted to make a feature of the shadow as a part of the composition, while keeping things generally quite…

Still life oil painting of going over peonies in a glass vase by Helen Davison

Peonies, going over

May 28, 2014 · by Helen · in Daily Painting, Still Life

Having spent far too long at the computer today, I didn’t have very much motivation to start painting this afternoon. Once I got going however, I really enjoyed the challenge of trying to suggest in paint the forms of these…

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About Helen Davison Bradley


Based near Cirencester in the Cotswolds, I mainly work in oils and charcoal using time honoured techniques.
A keen advocate of the practise of drawing from life (believing it to be crucial in developing the observational skills of the artist), I feel that the interaction between artist and subject is the defining essence in the creation of a piece of art.

Brownhound? Huh?

Brownhound is the name of my web/graphic design business, which I have now stepped away from in order to concentrate on pursuing a career as a practising fine artist.
Having used the URL and email address for so long (and in honour of Sophie, the studio dog who inspired the name), I decided to stick with it as my point of contact. I'm glad you found me.

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