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 River Kennet in February

Size: 0.92m x 0.61m Medium: Oils on canvas

Jan-Feb 2025 Exhibited: 32

The river running in 'full spate' had been rather worrisome for people living close to the bank in Mildenhall after more heavy rainfall at the beginning of February 2014, ten years before the Marlborough Flood, but here only the water meadows flooded and the Kennet was showing signs of coming down from its peak flow here by Midday on 7 February 2014.

The River Kennet in February (map)

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