Category Archives: Art

Holiday Art 1. Still life in the sun.

Posted on August 14, 2017 by

Painting objects on their own doesn’t usually fill me with joy. I would rather have a breathing subject. The light being so strong in Italy, it gave the still life an interest to me. The subject is the light on … Continue reading →

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Life Drawing. Man.

Posted on July 17, 2017 by

We were asked what we wanted the work to be about before we started drawing. Answers ranged from ‘volume’, ‘real’; I said ‘grace’. This is delicate. Each surface has it’s own marks and colour scheme. This was made with acrylics … Continue reading →

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Life painting 8. Lady on cardboard.

Posted on July 14, 2017 by

In a rush the paper was left behind. On the way some cardboard was spied, sniffed, found to be clean and carried to The Mary Ward Centre. As hoped the texture was interesting for a bit and the buff colour … Continue reading →

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Party sketches

Posted on July 12, 2017 by
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Summer sketches. Surrey Flowers & Lewes Lido

Posted on July 10, 2017 by

These sketchbook pages are concerned with sunlight, interesting mark making and colour. The first three are images were made in gardens that are growing like there is no tomorrow. How to capture all this? These images were made at Lewes … Continue reading →

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Hemingway 5. Different views.

Posted on July 7, 2017 by
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Hemingway 4. The book of the painting.

Posted on July 6, 2017 by

Being a designer as well as a painter I make books on my major paintings. This collates all the different strands that go into the work. I do like a show & tell. Here’s some of the spreads.   Buy … Continue reading →

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