Andrew Dibben Paintings

ABANDONED BOAT, BRANCASTER STAITHE Watercolour, 38 x 52cm The limited production book published to commemorate 20 years as a professional artist. A handsome, coffee-table sized 28 x 33cm (11" x 13"), and 160 pages, the book shows all my work from the last four years, up to October 2009.

SUNDOWN AT OVERY STAITHE Watercolour 56 x 76cm, 2010 For further information, contact Picturecraft Gallery Ltd WELLS QUAY FROM EAST END Watercolour 56 x 76cm, 2009

I have been fascinated by boats of all sizes for many years. A couple of years ago, it struck me forcibly that the wooden fishing boats along the Norfolk coast were fast disappearing; this led me to start seeking them out, and producing a series of paintings of them, before they disappear forever. Boats are not my only interest however, as can be seen by scrolling down. TOOLS OF THE TRADE Watercolour 56 x 76cm, 2010 - Sold THE OLD MUSSEL-BOAT, BRANCASTER STAITHE Watercolour, 38 x 56cm, 2006 - sold ( The same boat as below, seen in its glorious location ) FLAT-BOTTOMED CLINKER MUSSEL-BOAT Watercolour 56 x 38cm, 2009 - sold BRANCASTER STAITHE NEW QUAY Watercolour 56 x 76cm, 2009 - sold Painted on location, despite a strong gusty wind and other hazards, such as a hungry dog trying to eat my packed lunch! This is one of the best places along this coast to find wooden boats; there is an unofficial 'boat graveyard' behind the sheds, on the marsh, where lie some craft in an un

SUNDOWN AT MORSTON CREEK Watercolour 28 X 38cm, 2009 CROMER BEACH REFLECTIONS Watercolour 56 x 76cm, 2010 CLEY NEXT-THE-SEA FROM THE SOUTH-WEST Watercolour 38 x 56cm 2009

CHANGE OF DIRECTION Watercolour 56 X 76cm, 2008 The title was an oblique reference to the figure at top right; I imagined him leaving the hardship of a fisherman's life to follow another way of life. My first attraction to this subject was the purity of the sinuous shape of the dory, silhouetted against the shingle bank at Weybourne beach. BURNHAM OVERY STAITHE BEACH Mixed media painted on location, 23rd June 2008. 56 x 76cm I later added a cormorant, flying in from top right, (which I saw on the day), but the photograph of the painting was taken before this addition!

My main interests, subject-matterwise, over the last few years, have been beach scenes, boats, and architectural subjects. Here are a couple of architectural pictures: KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE Watercolour 56 x 76cm, 2008 COLMAN'S WORKS, CARROW, NORWICH Charcoal Drawing 38 x 56cm, 2008

THE WATCHHOUSE, BLAKENEY POINT Watercolour 56 x 76cm, 2007 - Sold I spent some time on Blakeney point in 2007, painting on location, then producing larger pictures back in the studio. This and the picture below are two of the studio paintings of this iconic building. WATCHHOUSE CREEK 1 Watercolour 38 x 56cm, 2007 - Sold RED BANK, BURNHAM OVERY STAITHE BEACH Watercolour 56 x 76cm, 2008 SALTHOUSE BEACH IN THE MIST, 23rd MAY 2008 Location study, watercolour 28 x 38cm My heart sank when I reached the coast and saw the mist, but on looking closer, I found it really interesting; everything was very subtle: the pale colours, the patches of wind-ruffled water, the way the sea merged into the sky, and the odd seal coming up to look at the people on the beach! PANORAMA FROM SALTHOUSE HEATH, MAY 2008 Double-page spread from sketchbook, 28 x 75cm Painted over three days; it was so cold, with a northerly breeze, that I couldn't stand more than 2-3 hours on the spot at one time. THE NOR

The following 4 pictures were painted on location during holidays in Corfu and in southern Spain. I always seem to have to look at the local fishing boats wherever I go! (I painted one in Corfu as well...) AGHIOS STEFANOS BEACH, CORFU, MORNING 28 X 38cm, 2008 OLIVE GROVE, CORFU 28 x 38cm, 2008 CORFU HILL FARM, PEROULADES 50 X 38cm, 2008 SMALL FISHING BOAT ON THE BEACH, NERJA, SPAIN 28 X 38cm, 2004

SEA LAVENDER ON THORNHAM MARSH Watercolour 38 x 56cm - sold

WINTER SUN Watercolour 38 x 56cm - sold FALLING TIDE, CROMER Watercolour 56 x 76cm - sold THE STUMPS, THORNHAM Watercolour, 56 x 76cm - sold

THE BARN AT THE MERMAID INN, HEDENHAM 38 X 56cm - sold THE WHITE MUSSEL BOAT, BRANCASTER STAITHE Watercolour 38 x 56cm - sold FRESH MUSSELS Watercolour 38 x 56cm - sold