This was a very specific commission based on fabric samples and a little water colour of a jug of flowers. The client wanted me to paint a medium sized canvas in acrylic paint of the little card, but to change some of the colours of the flowers. Although not my usual style of interpreting flowers,…
4 vases of flowers
I had a very specific brief from my client. It needed to be soft delicate shades of blue and grey’s. The vases needed to be glass, or subdued ceramics. Subject matter was to be flowers. Two had to be Magnolias, one the traditional cream colour, and the other was to have a soft pink as…
End of summer
Painted in thick painterly strokes using brushes, palette knives and silicon blades and shapers.
Miniature nudes
Miniature nudes, acrylic on canvas, 7 cm X 7 cm I love painting on these tiny little canvasses. Till recently I have only used them for flower subject matter but they work well for little nude studies as well. They would look great with oversized frames hanging on a wall as a group.
Everyday MiniARTures
MiniARTures
My friend the Octopus
Octopus and friend are not usually synonymous words in my dictionary – I am after all rather phobic of things with 8 legs and that would include sea creatures like an octopus! The list of 8 legged things on earth and sea is a comprehensive one – I guess it is not surprising that one…
Everyday MiniARTures
Daily MiniARTures painted from 18 February 2022 to 25 February 2022
Everyday MiniARTures
Daily MiniARTures painted from 9 February 2022 to 18 February 2022
Steel Magnolias
Slowly getting in to the swing of things for 2022. Working in the studio remains a challenge, because of the heat and the awful humidity. I need to investigate installing an AC for December through to February…. The rest of the year just isn’t necessary because the studio itself is nestled in the trees in…
Everyday MiniARTures
Daily MiniARTures painted from 2 February 2022 to 8 February 2022
White Rhino
Painting rhinos will always be a passion. I was recently commissioned to paint a mother and baby white rhino that once finished would fly to its forever home in Munich, Germany. The colours were specified and the size was 120 cm X 100 cm to fit a large empty wall in the clients living room….