Monday, May 31, 2010

Monday's Match

Monday's Match
Acrylic on cotton on MDF
60x97mm


$1 reserve


I thought I'd paint a weeks long series of match paintings and put them on NZTradeMe. This is the first. The next day will have two matches and so on. Sunday will be a tally of seven matchsticks. I'll try and orchestrate it so that all the auctions finish on the same day. I like the idea of the passing of time being a part of the work. Hopefully it will also create some interest for the closing of the auctions. They will be separate paintings, however, the entire series will be worth more than the sum of the parts.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Medley of Pics

sold

sold


sold

A medley of  small paintings messing around with Open Acrylics.  I'll list them as $1 reserves on NZTradeME on the off chance that anyone's interested. The bottom one is a $2 coin so someone is already making a profit...

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Little Orange Pencil


Little Orange Pencil
Acrylic on linen
48x87mm
sold


I recently purchased some of the new Golden Open Acrylics to try. I normally use oils as my preferred medium because of their richness and slow drying quality making subtle blending and brushwork possible. The Open acrylics are a new paint tecnology that gives the normally fast drying acrylic an open and extended working time pretty much equivilent to oil paints. I thought I'd give them a try and I must say that I am impressed. This is the first painting I did with them and I am offering it for sale exclusively on TradeMeNZ at an absurd $1 reserve!



Brussel Sprout

Brussel Sprout
 Oil on linen on card
90x85mm


Eat yer greens!  Nobody likes brussel sprouts, so I wont bother putting a price on it.

Monday, May 17, 2010

Charcoal Stick With Shadow

Charcoal Stick With Shadow
55x80mm
Oil on linen on card

Any time I paint a burnt matchstick I am quite assured it will sell, however I can't sell a stick of charcoal. Go on! Prove me wrong!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Quick Lime

Quick Lime
Oil on linen on Foamcore Board
102x98mm
 $120
sold

Friday, May 14, 2010

Sunlight on Ping Pong Ball


Sunlight on Ping Pong Ball
Oil on linen on Foam-core Board 
90x100mm
$120

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Inna - Reclining Nude


Inna - Reclining Nude
Oil on Gessoed Paper

I recently had the opportunity to work from a life model. Read more about this on my Another Day blog.  I hopefully will be posting more often on Another Day as I'm feeling the  Postcard From Puniho project is reaching it's natural end.  So, in other words, please bookmark it!

Sunday, May 09, 2010

Pale Rose on Pink Ground

Pale Rose on Pink Ground
 Oil on linen on foamboard
66x100mm
NFS

Hi Mom! Happy Mother's Day!

Saturday, May 08, 2010

Fat Clove of Garlic

Fat Clove of Garlic
Oil on linen on card
78x80mm
 $100
sold

There seem to be a lot of vampires about these days for some reason. At least in popular culture. I'm not worried about vampires, but perhaps by the act of painting a clove of garlic, or anything...it may hold some of my personal demons at bay.

Friday, May 07, 2010

Plastic Ballerina

Plastic Ballerina
Oil on linen on MDF
120 x 120mm
$120
sold

Thursday, May 06, 2010