Tag: artbyeileen

Upcycled treasures

Upcycling or creative reuse is one of my favourite pastimes especially when it comes to old frames that either have photographs or paintings in that don’t appeal anymore. These particular frames I bought years ago in an interior design store filled with shabby chic delights. The photographs that filled the frames originally had faded beyond…

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Scent of a woman

A larger format which I prefer working in allows me the opportunity to use broader brushes and silicone blades as well as a variety of larger palette knives. When painting flowers I tend to use a permanent rose ground colour. I particularly love how this bright pink red is muted when covered, but still creates…

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A very specific commission…

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,…

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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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