Eric Masefield
Eric Masefield came to painting late in life, and as an artist was more or less self-taught. He worked in oil paint mostly from drawings and sketches, keeping to a disciplined palette, using very few colours and concentrating on figures in simple compositions. Body language is all-important to his work.
Eric lived near Rye and the picturesque local beachscapes of Camber Sands, Winchelsea, and Pett Level were his venues. “There is usually a light hazy overcast which gives a soft milky light. The foreshores are flat so that the tides go out a very long way, leaving behind an ever-changing scene of pools and lagoons, with reflections that change with the winds, picturesque old timbers and groynes and a great dune system. People and families come here to exercise horses and dogs, fly kites, build sandcastles, play beach games, swim and splash by the water and just have fun. This is what I set out to depict. My aim is to evoke memories of happy times”.
Eric has a following of collectors, many owning several of his paintings. He exhibited regularly at the Llewellyn-Alexander Gallery in London and at leading galleries in Kent and East Sussex. His paintings are in private collections in many parts of the world.
Original Oil on Board
Size Framed: 640mm x 540mm