I went for a walk today.
After the rain
Tag Archives: painting
Australia at the Royal Accademy
I made this painting in the Australia exhibition at the Royal Accademy
One of my paintings is featured in the Jerwood Gallery’s November Newsletter
The Jerwood have used one of my paintings in their November newsletter. You can read it here.
B.B. at the Jerwood, Oil on canvas 60 x 60 cm
This is an image I painted after attending a conversation between Basil Beattie and friend the art critic Mel Gooding at the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings
Lunch at the Baker Mamonova Café
There’s yet another café in Norman Road, this time at the Baker Mamonova Gallery. I had my lunch there and made this painting.
Guess who?
I have continued to reduce the amount of information in my portraits. This probably has the least so far.
A new painting
Continuing in the theme of my last few paintings, I’m reducing the amount of information I put in may portrait and figure paintings. I’m using a thick impasto created with large brushes. They are painted on several canvases layered together. The outermost piece of canvas is cut out so the stretcher bars create the frame.
The walk into the studio this morning
The route to the studio along the seafront early this morning was really beautiful. I made some colour notes with the intention of making a full painting at home, but when I looked at it later I liked it the way it was.
Big brushes, small paintings
I’ve started to experiment using smaller canvases and bigger brushes. I want to find out how much information you need in a portrait.
Coastal Currents: Sunday Busking – Portraits at Ore Life Drawing
As part of the Coastal Currents festival, Ore Life Drawing was offering drop in portrait sessions. Here’s two paintings I made.
