Paul Bloomer is a contemporary British artist living and working in the Shetland Islands.
These narrative paintings include both Shetland and Blackcountry originated works.
The narrative element of these pictures usually evolves as I wrestle with the formal elements of composition in that I do not usually have preformed ideas in my head when I begin painting them. They are a small representative selection of a larger body of work reflecting my responses to living in city and country bound together by a search for Christian spirituality that shines light and colour in even the darkest of places. Some of the works in this series are a form of visual prayer. I do not consciously set out to make Christian art but approach these pictures in a prayerful way uttering in pictures what I cannot say in words. These works evolve slowly and are meant for quiet reflection and meditation the meaning often only being revealed over a period of time.
Journey
2007 Acrylic on canvas. 140cm x 150cm Ref. 4130
Eleven Rain Geese at Lang Clodie
2007 Acrylic on canvas. 70cm x 100cm Ref. 4128
Yachts at Asta
2007 Acrylic on canvas. 140cmx 150cm Ref. 4126
Up Helly Aa
2007 Acrylic on canvas. 120cm x 120cm Ref. 4124
Shopping Centre
2007 Acrylic on canvas. 140cm x 150cm Ref. 4120
Summers End
2007 Oil on canvas. 140cm x 150cm Ref. 4132
Journeys End
2006 Acrylic. 120cm x 120cm Ref. 3000
Aith Reggatta
2006 Acrylic. Ref. 3018
Sleepers
2006 Acrylic on canvas. 120cm x 120cm Ref. 3010
We suddenly noticed the flowers
2006 Acrylic on canvas. 80cm x 100cm Ref. 3026
Wandering
2006 Gouache. 71cm x 50cm Ref. 4021
I Dreamt I Saw Sheep Walking Towards a Light-2
2006 Gouache. 71cm x 50cm Ref. 4022
Birds Lovers And Northern Lights 2
2004 Acrylic. 36" x 36" Ref. 2302
Birds Lovers And Northern Lights
2004 Acrylic. 36" x 24" Ref. 2300
Birds Lovers And Northern Lights 3
2004 Watercolour. 12" x 18" Ref. 2306
Birds Lovers And Northern Lights 4
2004 Watercolour. 12" x 18" sold Ref. 2308
Sheep Without A Shepherd
2002 Oil on board. 60" x 48" Ref. 2612
Fertile Island 2
2001 Egg tempera. 30" x 36" Ref. 2606
Night Swimmers
1999 Acrylic on board. 77cm x 97cm Ref. 4003
They Came To Pray
1999 Egg tempera. 24" x 30" Ref. 2602
The distant rainbow 2
1999 Egg tempera. 36" x 24" Ref. 2614
The distant rainbow
1999 Egg tempera. 36" x 24" Ref. 2616
Yellow Fertile Island
1999 Egg tempera. 24" x 32" Ref. 2600
Sheep Without a Shepherd 3
1999 Oil on board. 77cm x 97cm Ref. 4002
Scabious
1998 Egg tempera. 92cm x 122cm Ref. 4056
Fish Farm
1998 Oil on board. 48" x 48" Ref. 2610
Bressay Light House
1998 Pastel. 60cm x 84cm Ref. 4043
The Well of Salvation
1997 Watercolour. 57cm x 77cm Ref. 4020
The Night
1996 Egg tempera. 36" x 24" Ref. 1256
Sad Flowers
1995 Egg tempera. 46cm x 60cm Ref. 4057
School Daze
1995 Egg tempera. 46cm x 60cm Ref. 4058
Conversation
1995 Egg tempera. 36" x 36" Ref. 1253
School Daze 2
1995 Egg tempera. 46cm x 60cm Ref. 4059
The Suffering Servant
1994 Oil on canvas. 183cm x 275cm Ref. 4055
Baptism
1994 Watercolour. 57cm x 77cm Ref. 4016
She Couldn’t See the Light
1994 Watercolour. 38cm x 57cm Ref. 4017
The City of Aerials
1994 Watercolour. 57cm x 77cm Ref. 4019
Tears For The City
1994 Watercolour. 42cm x 30cm Ref. 4023
The Other Side
1993 Gouache. 48cm x 38cm Ref. 4024
The Meeting
1993 Watercolour. 57cm x 77cm Ref. 4018
Golders Green
1993 Watercolour. 57cm x 77cm Ref. 4015
David
1989 Pastel. 36" x 36" Ref. 1250
Peter Wentworth Stoned
1986 Screen Print. 40cm x 61cm Ref. 4053
I dreamt I Saw Sheep Walking Towards a Light
Acrylic on canvas. 120cm x 150cm Ref. 3008
