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NAIVE PAINTINGS
Naive painting gives me the freedom to set aside strict realism and respond to a landscape or scene with pure colour and feeling. Working in this style, I simplify forms, intensify colours, and arrange elements for decorative and emotional impact rather than photographic accuracy. The result is paintings that feel joyful and immediate — a celebration of the places they depict rather than a document of them. These works cover subjects from the Cornish coast to the Burgundy countryside of France, all rendered in bold oil colour on canvas board. If you love vibrant, characterful art that brings energy and warmth to a room, the naive paintings are worth a careful look.
Daymar Bay, Cornwall — Naive Style
Oil on Canvas Board. 800 x 350 mm
This wide-format naive painting depicts the bay at Daymer in Cornwall — a favourite destination for windsurfers and kitesurfers — with the simplified forms and bold colours that characterise the naive style. Figures on the water, boats, and the sweep of the bay are rendered in a way that is joyful and decorative rather than strictly realistic.
The long horizontal format suits the panoramic stretch of the bay and makes this an excellent choice for a wall that needs something wide and impactful. Painted in oil by UK artist Mike Dudfield.
£550
Castle Chateauneuf-en-Auxois Near Dijon, France
Original Oil Painting
This original oil painting presents a stylised landscape near Chateauneuf-en-Auxois in Burgundy, France, using a naive painting style with simplified forms and bold areas of colour. Rolling hills, vineyards, lavender fields, and distant architecture are arranged to create a calm and highly decorative composition.
Painted in oil on board, the work combines strong colour contrasts with smooth transitions between land and sky. The simplified perspective and flowing shapes give the painting a contemporary yet timeless quality.
This piece would suit modern interiors or collectors interested in original naive style landscape paintings inspired by the French countryside.
Original oil painting by UK artist Mike Dudfield. Size 590 x 420 mm.
£450
Kitesurfing, Cornwall – Original Oil Painting
This original oil painting shows a coastal scene at Daymer Bay in Cornwall, featuring kitesurfing activity across open water. The composition combines rolling waves, distant land, and simplified forms in a naive style, creating a clean and stylised interpretation of the landscape.
Painted in oil on board, the work uses bold colour blocks and smooth transitions to represent sea, sky, and land. The simplified shapes give the piece a distinctive, contemporary feel while still reflecting a recognisable coastal setting.
This painting would work well in modern interiors or as part of a collection of coastal or Cornwall-inspired artwork.
Original oil painting by UK artist Mike Dudfield. Size 420 x 297 mm.
£150
Near Sedbergh, Yorkshire Dales — Naive Style
Oil on Canvas Board. 590 x 420 mm
The valley of Dentdale near Sedbergh in the Yorkshire Dales is captured here in a warm and celebratory naive style — dry stone walls, rounded hills, and open sky rendered with simplified shapes and rich, saturated colour. The painting has the quality of a landscape seen through fond eyes: familiar, unhurried, and full of light.
Naive painting at its best brings landscapes to life in a way that purely realistic work sometimes cannot. This piece would suit a sitting room, hallway, or any space where the spirit of the English countryside is welcome. Original oil painting by Mike Dudfield.
£550