Withered Daffodil in Blue Glass Bottle

Withered Daffodil in Blue Glass Bottle

Oil on linen on MDF

194x100mm

$200
sold

This subject had been stood on the shelf for some time. In fact I painted it when the daffodil was fresh and I hadn't had the heart to throw it out afterwards. As it withered and flopped over the staunch and upright bottle, I thought it would be an interesting subject, so it stood there until I finally I got around to painting it. I tryed to keep the paint fresh in spite of the staleness of the subject.  It's always a quandry for me, knowing whether to stop or to keep going. With a painting you can easily loose the initial spontinaity, but then you can keep working on it and sometimes push it further to another level. 

Quintet

Quintet

Oil on linen on MDF

160x190mm

$350

I liked this clustered arrangement of disparate objects on my shelf.

Cigarette Butt

Cigarette Butt

Oil on linen on MDF

$100

I don't smoke.

Two Pencils - His and Her's

Two Pencils - His and Her's

Oil on linen on MDF

NFS

This was a commision for a couple getting married.  It was fun painting two pencils and I spent a good while agonising about the layout and "who should be on top", so to speak.  In the end the colours decided for me.

Self Portrait Sketch

Self Portrait Sketch

Oil on linen on MDF

100x85mm

$100

Plastic Red Dog With Blue Glass Marble

Plastic Red Dog With Blue Glass Marble

Acrylic on linen on MDF

$old

This was another painting for the Kina show.  I painted it with acrylics so it would dry in time.  I havn't used acrylics for many years and I found it quite strange, but I thought the plastic medium would suit a plastic object.  If nothing else, it made me appreciate the qualities and characteristics of oil paint more.  I experimented using different mediums to try and give it some texture and phisical quality to the paint.

Small Pink Plastic Poodle With Glass Marble

Small Pink Plastic Poodle With Glass Marble

Oil on linen on MDF

This painting is for an exhibition at New Plymouth's Kina Gallery featuring dogs.  I would have liked to have painted my dog Fergus, but he refuses to sit still long enough in one pose!

The show opens tonight at 5:30 for anyone living in New Plymouth. Here's the invite:

Burnt Match on Blue

Burnt Match on Blue

Oil on linen on MDF

80x80mm

$100
sold

Here's one for Guy Fawkes night.

Two Coffee Cups

Two Coffee Cups

140x174mm

Oil on linen on MDF

NFS

This was a small commisioned work.

Self Portrait Holding Brush

Self Portrait Holding Brush

Oil on linen on MDF

120x100mm

$100

Self Portrait 19.10.09

Self Portrait 19.10.09

Oil on linen on MDF

115x100mm

$100
sold

Terre Verte, Raw Umber, Transparent Golden Lake, Burnt Sienna, Alizarian Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Ivory Black and White Lead.

Self Portrait With Leftover Paint

Self Portrait With Leftover Paint

Oil on Gessoed Hardboard

200x150mm

$200

sold

I had this big pile of congealed white lead paint that had been sitting on my palette for far too long and I didn't want to waste it, so rather than smearing it up the wall like I usually do, I had another go at facing the dusty mirror. It was painted in failing light and a dramatic thunderstorm.

...And here it is after the sun came out next day.

Withered Tomato Vine

Withered Tomato Vine

Oil on linen on MDF

150x120mm

$200

It's like a dark parody of the Tree of Life I guess, and it pretty much reflects the way I've been feeling lately.

Self Portrait Sketch Sept 23

 

Self Portrait Sketch Sept 23

Oil on gessoed board

170x80mm

$80

I've been having a few emails concerning the picture obscuring the text in the Google Groups postings.  I've tryed something to hopefully fix it.  If you are still unable to read this text let me know.  Of course that last sentence is redundant for obvious reasons....