Arrangement of Old Bottles With the New IPad

Arrangement of Old Bottles With the New IPad

 Oil on MDF

200x200mm

NFS

It amused me when the first few people to see this painting thought the thumbprints were a "mistake".  I don't think I ever leave unintentional fingerprints on my paintings, while my Ipad is covered with them!  I actually use my fingers to paint with quite a lot. 

This may look like a mirror but if it was the bottles would be reflected. It's actually the photo feature and the mini camera is at the top so the bottles are not in the shot. The lifetime of the battery is about the same time it took to paint the picture.

New Arrangement of Old Bottles

New Arrangement of Old Bottles

200x200mm

 Oil on MDF

NFS

New Arrangement of Old Bottles II

New Arrangement of Old Bottles II

 Oil on  MDF

200 x 200

New Arrangement of Old Bottles

New Arrangement of Old Bottles

200x200mm

Oil on  MDF 

NFS

This is one of a small series painted for an exhibition at Kina Gallery in New Plymouth.

Old Broken Ink Bottle

Old Broken Ink Bottle

Oil on linen on MDF

100x96mm

$150

I enjoy painting black things because of all the inherent yet subtle colours.

Four Bottles

Four Bottles

Oil on linen on MDF

180x210mm

$500

Three Coloured Bottles

Three Coloured Bottles

Oil on linen on MDF

95x95mm

$150
sold

Weathered Bottle Neck

Weathered  Bottle Neck

Oil on aluminium

109 x 80mm

NFS

I wanted to try and paint the iridescence of this sand blasted old bottle that I found washed up on Komene beach.   Like most of my work it has no message in it....

I've been experimenting with painting on aluminium panels.  It is perfectly flat and smooth and it is nice to smudge the paint on allowing the metal to glow through.

Buttercups in Old Ink Bottle

Buttercups in Old Ink Bottle

Oil on linen on MDF

$150
sold

Nasturtium Flower in Old Bottle

Nasturtium Flower in Old Bottle

Oil on Plywood

200x200mm

sold

Big Match in Little Bottle

Big Match in Little Bottle
Oil on linen on MDF

80x80mm
$100

sold

I guess the live match for me represents unused potential, and here it is trapped inside a very small and old bottle.

Jasmine in Old Glass Bottle

Jasmine in Old Glass Bottle
Oil on gessoed board
$400

sold

Passion

Passion
Oil on linen on MDF

260x190mm
$400

sold

I presume this is an old bottle for for some long forgotten soft drink. It was the incongruity of the word "passion" on a drab old bottle that appealed.