Welcome to my blog

I am a part-time painter, I try to learn and to enjoy. I live in Switzerland near Geneva overlooking the vineyards with Lac Léman below and Mont Blanc beyond, some 80km away - so there is plenty to paint. In the last few years I have tried a variety of subjects, searching for my theme. I think it is water – ocean waves in particular fascinate me.


This blog is initially organised more a series of themes rather than a periodic painting exhibit but I guess that is what it will eventually become. Please feel free to email me at mike.cockerell@gmail.com.


Mike Cockerell



Thursday 5 July 2018

2. Water: Sea, lake and boats

Sailing off St Tropez: oil on canvas 70x50, Ref. P71.10
Maldives fishing in 1979: watercolour 30x20, Ref. P25.09

Hong Kong junk 1979: watercolour 27x19, Ref. P46.09
Lake sailing below les Dents du Midi: oil on canvas 30x40, Ref .P90.10
Hong Kong sailing: oil on canvas 35x45, Ref. 77a.10



                                               Hong Kong sailing: oil on canvas 35x45, re-work of 
                                                               previous, Ref. 77b.18


Loading the nets near Cape Town: watercolour 31x23, Ref .P158.15




Norfolk coast boats: oil on canvas 30x30, Ref. 106.11
Boat girl, Cambodia: watercolour 29x22, Ref. P139.14
Coppet at sunrise: oil on canvas 40x30, Ref. P65b.10
Copper early morning: oil on canvas 24x18, ref. P110.11



Dull reflections (exercise):  oil on canvas 50x40


Crescent Lake, Washington state: oil on canvas 40x30, Ref. P85.10
Boy fishing: oil on paper 45x33, Ref. P124.14


Girls by lake: oil on oil paper 45x35, Ref. P132.14
      Midnight sun, Norway: oil on canvas 40x30, Ref. P137.14





Path to the sea - Norfolk: oil on canvas 40x30, Ref. P164.16

                                         Boys on beach: watercolour 39x29, Ref. P191.17


                                     Sea: oil on canvass 40x30, Ref. 40x30

3.Birds

Cygnes sur le Léman: Acrylic et huile sur toile, 90x30, Ref. P172.16
Avocets: Acrylic & oil 90x30, Ref. P168.16
Stilts (échasses): Acrylic & oil 90x30, Ref. P169.16
Sandpipers (bécasseaux): acrylic & oil 90x30, Ref. P150.15
Stilts (échasses): watercolour 25X17, Ref. P149.15

4. Landscapes

               Above the clouds, Les Diablerets: watercolour 26x18, Ref. P182.16


                              Winter snowdrifts: watercolour 31x21, Ref. P190.17

Gatehouse, Chateau de Bossey: watercolour 33x22, Ref. P143b.15


Park des Eaux Vives: oil on canvas 40x30, Ref. P88.10


Lake and Alps from Chavanne: watercolour 30x20, Ref. P86.10
Gare de Coppet: oil on canvas 40x40, Ref. P151.15

Jura forest: oil on canvas 40x50, Ref. P103.11
Finnish forest: oil on canvas 45x35, Ref. P117.11
Early view from Les Perrières, Coppet: oil on board 40X32, Ref. P114.11
Helsinki, Fredriksgartan: oil on canvas 30x30, Ref. P83.10


Girl with parasol from photo of an old painting that burnt: oil on canvas 34x35. Ref. 123.13
Sossusvlei Namibia, early morning: oil on canvas 50x40, P121.12
Garden by the sea (exercise): oil on canvas 70x40, Ref. P143.15

Yorkshire village: oil on canvas 40x30, ref. P111.11

5. People




                    Fresh greens, Kathmandu 1982: watercolour 23x21, Ref. P192.17

Hand in hand: watercolour 23x31, Ref. P152.15

In the rain: oil on canvas 35x45, Ref. P162.15
Lucy: watercolour 19x24, Ref. P73.10

Little Freddie: oil on canvas 35x45, Ref. P156.15

Lucy in Yellowstone: oil on canvas 35x45, Ref. P118.11
Helsinki scene: watercolour 23x31, ref. P153.15

Emelie: oil on canvas 24x30, Ref. P79b.10
Dancers: watercolour 27x34, Ref. P118.10

Swimmer: watercolour 30x20, Ref. P130.14
                        

6. Odds & ends



                        Good friends (car & driver): oil on canvas 40x30, Ref. 167.16



                                   Tiger Moth: watercolour 32x24, Ref P194.17

Cherry blossom: watercolour  23x18, Ref. P91.10



Illusion (trial): oil on wood 60x60, Ref. 161.15
Candle-light: oil on canvas20x24, Ref. P70.11