Tag: acryliconcanvas

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…

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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.

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…

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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…

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Christmas 2021 MiniARTures

Daily MiniARTures painted from 13 December 2021 to 19 December 2021 These little mini 15 cm X 15 cm Christmas squares will be the last of the MiniARTures I will be painting till February 2022.