Watercolour Paintings By John Bradburn.

hi john,
just cruising through. i needed a breath of sea air and to hear the wind in the rigging. that is a guarentee with your work.. thanks . alan

Very nice site John, really love your paintings.

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Great site John, glad that you are keeping busy in retirement, and are enjoying your talent. fantastic work, and will always have room for a freebee treeby on the office wall. fantastic art from a great man.

Hi John,

Having had a brief glance at your website earlier, today I took the time to view your galleries and your most impressive work. Your earlier marine background is very apparent in your 'feel' and expression of the subject.

Your Guestbook says it all. A most enjoyable view.

Pierre

Wow - what an amazing website!! Have just spent the last few hours looking through your paintings (should have been doing the ironing!!! lol) and it was certainly time well spent. Your paintings are beautiful and full of feeling.
Very talented. See you soon.

it was great to travel around using your eyes, love the old boats,

Good day! Your site is great! Your works are all eye popping! I'm Carlo Caacbay an artist too from the Philippines. You can visit mine too and find paintings and photos at www.freewebs.com/kaloicaacbay
you can also email me at kaloicaacbay@yahoo.com.ph

I hope you also sign at my guestbook there. Thank you! More inspirations! Keep up!

Good day! Your site is great! Your works are all eye popping! I'm Carlo Caacbay an artist too from the Philippines. You can visit mine too and find paintings and photos at www.freewebs.com/kaloicaacbay
you can also email me at kaloicaacbay@yahoo.com.ph

I hope you also sign at my guestbook there. Thank you! More inspirations! Keep up!

I knew John through a watercolour forum and I must say I am amazed by his marine subjects, particularly boats and ships and seascapes. Not many artists know how to execute this well and I will tell you why.

Unlike most subjects are usually still or nearly still, as in landscapes, save for the moving sunlight and shadows, the sea is one of the most difficult to depict simply because waves are in constant motion. If there is a boat or a ship, even if it is nicely docked, it is never easy to paint - more so in watercolour, given other factors affecting the composition such as sunlight etc.

Here you can see how John excel in his art, particularly the atmospherics. Take for instance the piece Calm Before The Storm - Worried Fishing Smacks.

Look at how the artist leave some parts of the last lights peering from the storming trooping clouds. John's exposure to the sea during his career at the Royal Navy certainly helps a lot in his artictic journey. And there are many of his works at his online gallery.

You cannot paint something which you don't know like the back of your palm, and this is very true here. I bet John knew which swell was coming by the sound of the lapping waves.

If you love marine subjects, I suggest you look up John's gallery here