This is a large canvas – 110cm X 90 cm done in acrylic on canvas. I have used a number of tools to create various effects. The goblet is filled with Narcissus, yellow broom flowers and delphiniums The background was painted (or should I say applied) with a large palette knife. For the paint splatter…
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Fabulous flowers & a summer art exhibition
Preparing for an exhibition involves a huge amount of work and not something you can do the night before, so for the last 6 months I have slowly been building up artwork for the exhibition that will be taking place in the La Lucia mall in Durban from 24 November 2022 to 11 December 2022.
Everyday Mini ARTures
Daily MiniARTures painted from 2 September 2022
Everyday MiniARTures
Daily MiniARTures painted from 25 April 2022 to 1 May 2022
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…
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,…
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
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