This is the first of a series, (I have 3 others underway) of people I see out and about in St Leonards
‘This way!’
Mixed media on canvas 40 x 50 cm
This way! from my ‘Out and about in St Leonards’ series
Tag Archives: Portrait
New Specs
I’ve been working on this one for a while. In fact the glasses have had to go back to the optician, so look out for ‘New specs #2’!
‘New specs’ Mixed media 50 x 50 cm
Quentin Blake at the Jerwood for Fishy Tales
Interesting talk by Sir Quentin Blake at the Jerwood Gallery as part of the Fishy Tales festival.
Danny Mooney ‘Sir Quentin at the Jerwood’ Digital drawing
Happy 70th birthday Mum and Dad!
For my parents’ 70th birthdays I made this drawing of my children.
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
Guess who?
I have continued to reduce the amount of information in my portraits. This probably has the least so far.
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.
Izzy doing her homework
Here she is working so hard as usual!