Eddie Fordham

Gwithian Towards Godrevy Lighthouse

Painted after recently staying in the beautiful area of Gwithian in Cornwall. Godrevy lighthouse was made famous by Virginia Woolfe in her novel 'To the Lighthouse', though she places it elsewhere in the book. This, the focus of her inspiration, stands on the diminutive and rocky but pretty Godrevy Island, at the centre of a circular grassy area enclosed by a low stone wall. Just over 3 miles out to sea in West Cornwall’s St Ives Bay

Original
Oil on canvas
96cm x 101cm

£460.00

Gwithian Pathway

Gwithian dunes are in West Cornwall, near Hayle and lead a meandering path down to the truly beautiful beach of Gwithian Towans with Godrevy Point in the distance.
I was inspired to paint this after exploring these Dunes in early spring

Original
Oil on canvas
100cm x 100cm

£700.00

Burrator Reflections

Inspired by my walks in the area of Burrator situated near Yelverton on Dartmoor National Park.I am inevitably, drawn to water for the reflected light and merging of the surrounding landscape and sky in a ever-changing combination of colour and texture. This painting will be sold unframed

Original
Oil on canvas
90cm x 90cm

£950.00

Spring River Reflections

Inspired by Dartmoor National Park. I am inevitably, drawn to water for the reflected light and merging of the surrounding landscape and sky in a ever-changing combination of colour and texture.

Original
Oil on canvas
105cm x 76cm

£590.00

Still Waters

Two Autumn leaves floating on still water. I am endlessly fascinated by looking through water to the riverbed below sometimes there are reflections, other times, in still water there is a lovely clarity through which the textures and colours are magnified.

Original
Oil on canvas
100cm x 100cm

£1,200.00

South Milton Beach South Devon

Inspired by one of my frequent walks on the south west coast path in South Devon. The painting looks out over South Milton Beach, towards Hope Cove.

Original
Oil on canvas
76cm x 101cm

£550.00

Autumn Burrator

Painted, following one of my frequent walks at Burrator Reservoir and surrounding area, near Yelverton on Dartmoor National Park. This was when nature was putting on a full autumnal show

Original
Oil on canvas
65cm x 76cm

£360.00

Devils Point Towards Mount Edgcumbe

A favorite area of mine on the Plymouth foreshore. This is painted from the Devils Point area with the river Tamar in the mid-ground and Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall in the back-ground.

Original
Oil on canvas
61cm x 76cm

£260.00

Burgh Island South Devon

Inspired by one of my frequent walks on the south west coast path in South Devon. It was a winters morning with the sun burning off the early morning mist and frost with colours mixing like a rainbow. Painted from the viewpoint of Ayrmer Cove looking out towards Bantham and Burgh Island with Bigbury and the beautiful South Devon Coast receding in the background.

Original
Oil on canvas
90cm x 90cm

£850.00

Autumn Holly Dartmoor

This oil painting was inspired by by many walks on Dartmoor National Park. Last autumn, on Dartmoor was a riot of colour and this particular holly tree looked magnificent against the colours of autumn with the strong sunlight reflecting colour on every surface.

Original
Oil on canvas
90cm x 90cm

£550.00

Towards Meavy Dartmoor

I have walked past this area for over 30 years and have watched the the farm building, depicted, in the mid ground, fall gradually into disrepair. On this particular occasion, the cloud formation and the evening light, made the composition.

Oil on canvas
61cm x 76cm

£370.00

Cann Wood, Spring

Sold to a collector in Berkshire UK

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
90cm x 122cm
Sold

Cann Wood Early Spring Bluebells

Cann Wood is an area that is Forestry Commission-managed and located on the edge of Dartmoor National Park. It is part of my daily commute to my studio at Elfordleigh near Plymouth.

Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
90cm x 121cm

£850.00

Blue Door Dartmoor

I have walked for many years past this blue door on Dartmoor which had been utilised as a fence by a farmer to block a hole in the hedge to stop sheep escaping. I always thought there was a something poetic in this composition and when a foxglove grew in front, I just had to paint it.

Oil on canvas
120cm x 50cm

£750.00

Leather Tor Towards Burrator Reservoir

The painting looks out from Leather Tor towards Burrator Reservoir in the mid-ground with the coast of the South Devon coast on the horizon in the back-ground.

Oil on canvas
91cm x 71cm

£480.00

Hemerdon Mine

This depiction of Hemerdon Mine , located on the edge of Dartmoor National park, is sadly no longer in existence as it has now been reopened and developed into one of the biggest tungsten mines in Europe, on the one hand good for the local economy, but the development has erased one of my long term hiking routes and one of my reliable creative sources.

As a romantic, the area held a poeticism, that appealed to my soul on many levels and was the cataylist for much of my work over a period of twenty five years or more.

This painting was originally started in 2013 and was never fully brought to a conclusion. The ‘Recollected Reflections’ body of work and this painting have a common approach, although this painting is descriptive, they are both memories of the essence, of place and emotion.

Oil on canvas
91.5cm x 71cm

£520.00

Tree, Burrator Reservoir, Dartmoor

SOLD......To a collector in Cheshire, UK..........The painting is of an old tree on the shore of Burrator Reservoir with Sharpitor in the distance. Located on Dartmoor National Park in Devon.

Oil on canvas
76cm x 102cm
Sold

River Meavy

This stretch of the River Meavy feeds Burrator Reservoir and is located on Dartmoor National Park.

Oil on canvas
76cm x 102cm

£450.00 Framed

Venice Canal Traffic

Painted after visiting Venice. The canal is situated in one of the quieter backwaters of the city. I live on a busy main road in the UK and it occurred to me that this is the sort of traffic I could endure!

Original
Oil on canvas
71cm x 91cm

£480.00

Approaching Venice, Early Evening

SOLD to a customer in the West Midlands UK

Original
Oil on canvas
60cm x 76cm
Sold

Mike

A painting of a artist, Mike, sitting at Devils Point, Plymouth with the river Tamar in the mid ground and Mount Edgcumbe, Cornwall in the backgound

Original
Oil on canvas
76cm x 61cm

Julia

This was commissioned for a client from Hampshire. Composed with Julia standing on Bull Point in Plymouth, with the River Tamar in the mid-ground and Mount Edgcumbe, situated in Cornwall, in the background.

Further commissions welcome - please contact for details.

Oil on canvas
91cm x 121cm
Sold

Lillies for Composting

The image depicts a poignant moment. Flowering lilies have been taken in a wheelbarrow to a compost heap in late summer by my elderly relative's gardener.

Oil on canvas
90cm x 110cm

£1,400.00 Framed

Drake's Island, Plymouth Sound

Sold to a customer in Stroud, UK.

Original
Oil on canvas
61cm x 122cm
Sold

Low Tide, Forder Lake

Forder Lake is located near Saltash in Cornwall. This is from the viewpoint of Saltash across Forder Lake towards Tremerton Castle in the mid-ground.

Oil on canvas
71cm x 61cm

£390.00

Sheila's Garden

Original
Oil on canvas
90cm x 110cm

£1,400.00 Framed

Dolly & Popsie

Dolly and Popsie are Doyland ponies and are stabled close to my studio. I know this area intimately and although the scene could be described as mundane, I feel that its beauty is in its everyday ordinariness.

Oil on canvas
91cm x 121cm

£1,980.00 Framed

Bench at Devil's Point

Painted from the viewpoint of Devil's Point, Plymouth, with the River Tamar in the mid-ground and Mount Edgecumbe in the backgound.

Original
Oil on canvas
91cm x 122cm

£1,600.00 Framed

Derelict Building, Devil's Point Towards Devonport

Painted from the viewpoint at Bull Point near the Royal William Yard, in Plymouth, looking out towards Devonport.

Oil on canvas
91cm x 121cm

£1,600.00 Framed

Tinside, Strayed Sheep (After Holman Hunt)

Painted using the area of Tinside on Plymouth Hoe's foreshore as a vehicle. This painting was inspired by a painting by Holman Hunt called 'Our English Coasts (Strayed Sheep)'. This ongoing body of work has developed over two years.

Original
Oil on canvas
110cm x 142cm

£3,700.00

Blue Door (Tinside)

This painting is of Tinside, an area on the foreshore of Plymouth Hoe in Plymouth with Plymouth Sound and the breakwater in the distance.

The painting was exhibited at the Royal West Of England Academy 161st Annual exhibition 2013-2014.

Original
Oil on canvas
36" x 48"

£2,300.00 Framed

The Watchman

Devil’s Point is at the mouth of the River Tamar and Plymouth’s natural harbour, the Sound. This is an area steeped in naval tradition; it is from here that countless families have stood and waved off their loved ones.

This painting was Editor's Choice in the June 2014 issue of 'The Artist' magazine.

Original
Oil on canvas
142cm x 110cm

£2,700.00 Framed

Foxgloves (Devil's Point, Plymouth)

Original
Oil on canvas
142cm x 110.5cm

£2,800.00 Framed

Derelict Building, Hemerdon

Inspired by my frequent hikes. This is a disused building at Hemerdon Mine near Plymouth situated on the edge of Dartmoor National Park

Original
Oil on canvas
76cm x 110cm

£380.00

After The Rain, Hemerdon

This painting is of path running through a wooded area at Hemerdon Mine, an area on the edge of Dartmoor National Park

Original
Oil on canvas
115cm x 76cm

£1,350.00 Framed

Discarded Door, Hemerdon Mine

Painted from inside the then-derelict Hemerdon Mine, situated near Plymouth.

Original
Oil on canvas
116cm x 76cm

£1,450.00 Framed

February, Hemerdon Mine

Original
Oil on canvas
91cm x 121cm

£1,850.00 Framed

Broken Branch (Pathway)

Original
Oil on canvas
115cm x 76cm

£750.00 Framed

After The Fire, Cann Wood Pathway

Original
Oil on Board
107cm x 122cm

Sheep Pen/ Pathway(2004)

A pathway leading to a sheep pen on Dartmoor National Park. its a path that I followed , like most of us do ?

Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
127cm x 102cm

Clay Pit, Lee Moor

This is Lee Moor Clay works on Dartmoor National Park. The gorse bush stands defiant against intrusion!

Original
Oil on canvas
113cm x 93cm