RICHARD SWANN ART

Sir George Beaumont, a patron of Constable and noted amateur dauber in his own right, remarked that a good painting, like a good fiddle, should be brown.  (He probably did anyway, it’s difficult to check even with the might of the internet – type in the quote misspelled with ‘ve’ instead of ‘be’ and it comes up, but type it in correctly and what comes up is mainly advice on how to paint kitchen cabinets.  How did we manage before Google?)

In that spirit here are some subdued colour paintings.  It is after all that time of year when everything is as colourful as your oldest underpants just before all the holes finally join and leave you with a band of elastic around your waist and the rest hanging off one foot.

Sundown

Pear

Arran