Thursday, November 19, 2009

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. 

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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Quintet


Quintet
Oil on linen on MDF
160x190mm

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

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Monday, November 16, 2009

Cigarette Butt


Cigarette Butt
Oil on linen on MDF

I don't smoke.

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Sunday, November 15, 2009

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.

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Thursday, November 12, 2009

Self Portrait Sketch


Self Portrait Sketch
Oil on linen on MDF
100x85mm
$100

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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.

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Friday, November 06, 2009

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:


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Thursday, November 05, 2009

Burnt Match on Blue


Burnt Match on Blue
Oil on linen on MDF
80x80mm
$100
sold

Here's one for Guy Fawkes night.

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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Two Coffee Cups


Two Coffee Cups
140x174mm
Oil on linen on MDF
NFS

This was a small commisioned work.

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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Self Portrait Holding Brush


Self Portrait Holding Brush
Oil on linen on MDF
120x100mm

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Monday, October 19, 2009

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.

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Sunday, October 18, 2009

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.

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Saturday, October 17, 2009

Withered Tomato Vine



Withered Tomato Vine
Oil on linen on MDF
150x120mm

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.

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

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....

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