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The Glade Portal
Description:
The Glade Portal is a very large oil painting of a springtime woodland glade with a river, barn owls, blossom and trees. It is 60x36x1.5inches. The painting shows the view across a shallow river with a meadow beyond gleaming through the trees at the edge. Two pale barn owls are flying across it looking as if they just escaped from somewhere else (hence the tile). There is a hint of blossom and bluebells and the luminous colours of springtime in England. The painting was originally inspired by a walk I took in the High Weald of Sussex where there are many forests, woodlands, streams and hills. There are always surprises around every corner and it is not hard to feel you are a fairy tale sometimes. This painting has a unique atmosphere to it and the colours change in interesting ways depending on the light. Painted on deep edge canvas, white edges, ready to hang and comes with certificate of authenticity.
By: Gill Bustamante
Price: £2,800.00
April Shimmers
Description:
April Shimmers is a semi abstract springtime inspired landscape painting of apple blossom trees by a river. It is 30x30x1.5inches. The inspiration for it was a memory I have of this river and the blossom trees as I saw them one April a few years ago. I spent a little while just enjoying the moment and listening to the birds and trickling of the river. Anyone who paints will know that the difficulty you have when painting nature is there is so much of it. You canât paint every leaf and every flower so you have the find a way to show the feeling of it â which I am confident I have achieved. It will give me spring whenever I need it â especially in an English winter when the promise of spring is really needed! Painted on deep edge canvas, grey green purple edges, ready to hang and comes with certificate of authenticity.
By: Gill Bustamante
Price: £1,500.00
Equine Spell
Description:
Equine Spell is a large expressive magical realism painting of white dappled Arabian horses. It is 36x35x1.5inches. The three horses merge into a purple and blue background and one looks back at the viewer with a question on her face. The inspiration for this painting is simply a desire to express how beautiful Arabian horses are. The horses themselves are caught in some kind of enchantment â hence the title. This painting is for those who are similarly captivated by the elegance of horses. Painted on deep edge canvas, edges purple blue, ready to hang and comes with certificate of authenticity.
By: Gill Bustamante
Price: £1,800.00
Ashdown Forest Path
Description:
Ashdown Forest Path is an autumn path oil painting inspired by the Ashdown Forest of East Sussex. It is 30x30x1.5 inches. The painting was made after a walk in Ashdown Forest (Winnie the Pooh country) in October 2025. Beech trees had a green hue and were almost bare except for some dark orange leaves whilst the forest floor was golden and purple with fallen leaves. This particular path goes towards a clearing and stream in the distance where you can see the pale yellow light of a late autumn afternoon shining between the trees. I was trying to capture this moment in time along with the ethereal quality that is often present when you walk a forest path. Painted on deep edge canvas, pale yellow edges, ready to hang and comes with certificate of authenticity.
By: Gill Bustamante
Price: £1,500.00
Out Of This World
Description:
Out Of This World is a white, neutral toned, magical realism painting with barn owls and deer. It is 48x48x1.5 inches. The painting shows two transparent barn owls gliding through a woodland clearing with rows of deer observing them from beneath the trees. There is a hint of a lake and snow and the colour is predominately white with pale peach, gold, blues and lilacs. The inspiration was the feeling I get sometimes when entering a woodland and the atmosphere changes â as if nature holds her breath whilst I trespass though her domain. At the same time, I often spot deer staring at me and the birds stop singing which further enhances the idea that I have stumbled into another universe and am welcome only as long as I donât hang around too long⦠Painted on deep edge canvas, white edges, ready to hang and comes with certificate of authenticity.
By: Gill Bustamante
Price: £2,600.00
Hope Springs Eternal
Description:
Hope Springs Eternal is a serene semi-abstract oil painting of an autumn woodland path with a barn owl in soft oranges, magentas and amethyst. It is 36x36x1.5 inches. The concept of this painting was to concentrate less on details and more on the overall feeling of walking a woodland path. In the High Weald area of Sussex there are thousands of small woodlands and forests and each one has a distinctive atmosphere. Sometimes the pathâs through are calming but other times they can be quite sinister. I always feel as if the trees are holding their breath when Iâm walking beneath them, as are the hundreds of creatures who are no doubt watching my progress. There is a barn owl slightly hidden in it â she is simply there to bolster the magical quality I was trying to convey. Painted on deep edge canvas, painted to match, ready to hang and comes with certificate of authenticity
By: Gill Bustamante
Price: £1,800.00
Dorset Calling
Description:
Dorset Calling is a panoramic oil painting of a glimpse of the Dorset coastline seen through blossom and brambles. It is 48x24x1.5 inches. The painting was inspired by a trip to Dorset in April 2025 and captures my enthusiasm on being there for the first time. The brambles were in flower and I like the poetry of seeing the enticing blue sea, coastline and countryside through their tangled barrier. A lone seagull can be seen and there is a hint of farmland and cliff edge and springtime flowers. It was painted in thick jubilant brush strokes and relies heavily on memory in order to better capture the feeling of joy I experienced there. Painted on deep edge canvas, painted to match, ready to hang and comes with certificate of authenticity
By: Gill Bustamante
Price: £1,500.00
Dissolving Dream
Description:
Dissolving Dream is a large textured abstract landscape oil painting about frustration and hope. The painting shows a dream house glimpsed through dark tangled trees. It is heavily textured in a dark iridescent green background. At first glance, it is completely abstract with lines and curves and spots of bright colour directing the eye around the painting. In one small section to the left, you can see an old English house with bright sunlight illuminating one side of it. There is also the hint of a stream and a field or flowers beyond. The painting represents a long-term dream of mine to live in a beautiful house in the countryside. I suspect the ship may have sailed on that dream so that is why it is both a hopeful painting and a wistful one. Painted on deep edge canvas, edges painted to match, ready to hang and comes with certificate of authenticity
By: Gill Bustamante
Price: £1,800.00
White Hart Rising
Description:
White Hart Rising is semi abstract contemporary oil painting of a white deer stag against a green and rainbow coloured abstract background. It is 30x30x1.5 inches. The inspiration for the painting is spotting fallow deer in the Sussex area. Deer look like ethereal creatures to me anyway but a white deer is even more so. In folklore deer are often revered as spirit guides or messengers and it is interesting how this idea crosses so many cultures. Painted on deep edge canvas, edges green, ready to hang and comes with certificate of authenticity.
By: Gill Bustamante
Price: £1,200.00
The November Jewel
Description:
The November Jewel is a semi-abstract style panoramic landscape painting of a winter river and kingfisher. It is 48x24x1.5 inches. The painting shows fields and trees on either side of a small river. The colours are white rust, salmon, lilac, brown and green contrasted with the brilliant magical blue of a small kingfisher. Vertical transparent lines add a shimmering ethereal feel to the scene which is both realistic and abstract at the same time. This painting was made after a cold winter walk along a Sussex river where I was delighted to see three kingfishers in different stretches of the river. They looked like beautiful blue jewels against the muted frosty river â hence the title. Painted on deep edge canvas, edges painted to match, ready to hang and comes with certificate of authenticity.
By: Gill Bustamante
Price: £1,500.00
