Andrew Dibben Paintings

The big one-man show opens this Saturday! Over 70 paintings on display, to celebrate 30 years as a full-time artist, and 50 years since I enrolled at Norwich School of Art. Above: December at Wells Quay, watercolour 38x56cm The Gallery, Picturecraft, Lees Yard, Holt, North Norfolk NR25 6HS Opens Saturday 1st June 2019 The exhibition continues to Wednesday 5th June. Open 9am-5:00pm daily (11am - 4pm on Sunday 2nd June)

North by East You are cordially invited to view an exhibition of watercolour paintings by Andrew Dibben, I.E.A., Dip.A.D. In mid-2017, Andrew and his wife relocated to Gorleston-on-Sea, to a house with a grandstand view of the river Yare, the port of Yarmouth, and to the sea beyond. While still painting North Norfolk subjects, the artist has also embraced subject-matter from his new east coast surroundings, and will be showing a fascinating mixture of motifs in this exhibition. This year marks fifty years from when Andrew enrolled at the then Norwich School of Art, and thirty years of working as a full-time landscape and marine artist. This personal landmark exhibition will feature a few paintings from earlier years, as well as a number of the small boat studies for which he is renowned. For several years, Andrew has experimented with a more contemporary style of cityscapes, few of which have had a public airing. By way of a complete contrast, a number of these intriguing studi...

Here are 4 from a series of small studies I have been working on, based on the view from my house in Gorleston-on-Sea. There are 8 in the series so far, all quite small - 14x19cm image area (plus framing). The view is endlessly fascinating, with the light constantly changing, ships passing or mooring up, and changing weather conditions. (These 4 sold)

"Windsor Rose" on Sheringham Beach Watercolour 38 x 56cm

Two Skiffs Watercolour 38 x 56cm 2018 A recreation of a Great Yarmouth beach scene from the 1950s and 60s, this painting features two boats preserved at the excellent Time and Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth

Razor Shells on Overy Beach Watercolour 56 x 76cm 2018

The January 2018 issue of EDP Norfolk Magazine has this double-page spread about the new book "Boats, Beaches & Barns" . Also, an opportunity to win a free copy!