TONY PARSONS PAINTS ON HOLIDAY

Tony Parsons, an artist from the UK, visited Menorca in late May and treated us via the Everything Menorca Facebook page to a series of paintings he produced from the Island’s beaches.

I spoke to Tony, who told me that he normally travels alone to places such as the Caribbean, the Canary Islands or Cairo, where he paints 2-3 pictures a day. He then leaves them to be sold through a local gallery. This time his wife booked a family villa holiday to Cala Galdana. It was the first time he had visited the island and he was amazed by the light and shadows on the coastal scenes, saying it was nicer than the Caribbean. He is planning to return to do more painting and perhaps arrange a group paining holiday.

Tony sets up his easel on the beach and he says the children come up to talk to him first and watch him paint, he even lets them paint on his canvas. He says that parents then become interested and like to take photographs of the painting. Being on holiday he didn’t have time to make an arrangement with a local gallery and so he took his paintings back to Lewes. The pictures can be viewed on his website Artistonthehill.co.uk.

Tony also does live paintings at events such as weddings. So, if you fancy something completely different for your special event then he would be delighted to come along, set up his easel and either create a painting of the day, a special moment or portrait painted sketches of your guests. He says “it is a fairly bespoke service, but it combines my history as a landscape painter and a caricaturist, with my love of feeding people into paintings as they happen”.

Contact Email: artistonthehill@gmail.com

BY DAN SULLIVAN AND KATY PAINE