Brian Scampton

I have been working professionally as an artist for just over two decades and specialize in coastal and urban landscapes in acrylics, and in oils.

Old rural homesteads, lighthouses, sandy coves and quiet harbours are occasional motifs in my work, or ancient ruined fortresses and towers, disused boathouses and the scattered remnants of habitations long past. However my main interest is absorbed with the elements of sky, sea and coastal land and rocks. I am interested above all in the atmospheric effects and emotional power of light and shadow and colour. I like to achieve a quiet and contemplative mood in my paintings. Painting, for me, is about responding with some personal feeling to the life and qualities of things as I experience them in the world around me.

I have worked in pastels and charcoal as well and have some experience of printmaking techniques.