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Garth Bayley Artist - oils, pastels, ink ..unique artwork

Tour De Yorkshire

Capturing one of the great British races in ink and pastels. The mens race is run over three days and the women just the one day. This race will gi...

Le Tour de Yorkshire - The start of the race

Great energy

The Ring of Life... in the Ring

I watched a documentary recently on white collar workers in the boxing ring. They are the most unexpected boxers when you you think they lowers and...

Did you enjoy the Grand National

Every year I watch the Grand National as is a great race with no one guaranteed to finish. This adds sometime of an unexpected drama to the race. I...

A stroll in the woods

I am by no means a photographer but have been playing with slow shutter speeds on my iPhone. This pics are all taken with a 15 second exposure.They...

A Mothers Love

The mother and calf are an eternal symbol of affection. The pink is for eternity and the purple represents creativity, wisdom, dignity, grandeur an...

Capturing the essence of the race

Recently I was asked to create a series of paintings for Hamilton Races. I have created a new work for each of the 12 suites. I wanted to capture t...

Running against the odds

One of the subjects that I am well known for is horse racing. I am busy with a big commission for a national race track. When I draw and paint hors...

African Grey

Yes I know the African Grey is a parrot but this majestic elephant suited the title. Its oil on panel 60 x 60cm. I painted the background first and...

Sketches in Sepia

As an artist you always looking for new ways of expressing yourself. Now I am a colourist to all who know me and thats one of the things that draws...

The Year of the Rooster

[gallery ids="1506,1507,1508" type="rectangular"] Rooster is almost the epitome of fidelity and punctuality. For ancestors who had no alarm clocks...

How secure are you?

This painting is of a young man in his safe place. The drips and dribbles ad to the sense of venerability and his back to us shows he is at ease. H...