Thursday, June 28, 2012

Mars Point

Mars Point
Oil on ivory mounted on rosewood
Approx 60x52mm with mount

Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Three Blue Glass Bottles and Mug

Three Blue Glass Bottles and Mug
220x200mm
 Oil on linen on MDF 
POA

Friday, June 22, 2012

Live Match on Lapis Lazuli

Live Match on Lapis Lazuli
Acrylic on ivory piano key mounted on rosewood

I thought I'd try grinding the lapis lazuli pigment in acrylic medium, reasoning that the acrylic is colourless compared to the yellowish oil and so perhaps lending more clarity to the subtle colour.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Simple Mug With Dribble

Simple Mug With Dribble
$250
 Oil on linen on MDF


All my works are basicly autobiographical in nature...

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Burnt Match on Lapis Lazuli

Burnt Match on Lapis Lazuli
 Oil on ivory mounted on Rosewood
sold

While I was in london I visited a wonderful art supply shop, Cornelissen's , which has apparently been in buisiness since 1855.  I wanted to get something I couldn't get normally and so I got some genuine lapis lazuli pigment. Lapis lazuli has always been a very rare and expensive pigment and was one of the earliest permament blues that artists could use before they had modern synthetic pigments such as ultramarine. It is a very beautiful and subtle blue and was most often used as a thin glazing colour in draperies and robes. I have heard stories that it was so precious that artists would save the sediment from turpentine they washed their brushes in!  This was my first try out, using it thinly in the background for a match painting on ivory.