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 is the 50 year retrospective (1975-2025) at the Katharine House Gallery, in The Parade, MARLBOROUGH, Wiltshire, SN8 1NE, 01672-514040. Open Maundy Thursday 2nd April 2026, 5-7pm (opening evening) then daily, 10am-5pm, Easter Saturday 4th April, and thereafter from Wednesday 8th until Saturday 11th April (takedown day). Open Tuesday 7th by appointment only.

Motor Cruiser's Wake at Abingdon

Size: 1.22m x 0.76m Medium: Oils on canvas

Oct 2025

This was the wake of the second of three motor cruisers to head off downstream, that I saw this particular Thursday during the holiday month of August 2023 making it a busy morning on the River Thames. The bow waves were quite linear and the red reflections are coming from umbrellas outside the Teashop which used to be called "Annie's".

Motor Cruiser's Wake at Abingdon (map)

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