water n.
a colourless, odourless liquid

Yet water, particularly a water surface, has so many wonderful effects which are often taken for granted, or not even noticed, by those whose very existence depends on it in everyday life...

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Bill Pike lives and works in Berkshire, England.

The images on this site have been produced by scanning 35mm transparencies using a slide scanner. The colours and quality of the images may not therefore be representative of the original paintings.

My next show, "WAVES and WAKES", is scheduled to run from Sat 12th April until Sat 10th May at the Katharine House Gallery, in The Parade, MARLBOROUGH, Wiltshire, SN8 1NE. For further information, ring The Gallery, which is open Tue-Sat, on 01672-514040.

The Chestnut Tree

Size: 1.22m x 0.82m Medium: Oils on Canvas

May to June 1992 Exhibited: 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26

Interesting 'cellular' reflection patterns of a 'Horse Chestnut' (Aesculus Hippocastanum) tree occur where a slow current is opposed by a light westerly wind on the River Thames at Abingdon, forming undulating 'billows' of very small amplitude on the water surface.

The Chestnut Tree (map)

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