4 Fruit and a palette knife

A palette knife is a blunt tool used for mixing or applying paint, with a flexible steel blade. It is primarily used for mixing paint colours, paste, etc. The palette knife is a very versatile instrument and is not just a tool for mixing paint on your palette. A palette knife can be used to create some pretty stunning effects, which are…

Miniature apples

Acrylic on canvas board 10.5 X 15 cm Painted with a palette knife A series of apples done on a very small canvas board.  These can either be framed and hung as a group or individually in a small little space that is begging for something.  Another option would be to frame it and place…

King Protea

Acrylic on canvas board 40 X 30 cm Painted only with a palette knife The King Protea – one of my favourite proteas from the protea family. It is widely distributed in the southwestern and southern parts of South Africa in the fynbos region and looks so striking in flower arrangements, or in the garden.  My father was a horticulturist…

Bramble Rose

Acrylic on stretched canvas 50 X 76 X 2 cm As you all know I love painting flowers and I especially love single petaled climbing roses that grow up the sides of buildings or over garden fences in a wild frenzy of abundance.  Their flowers are simple and their fragrance gorgeous.  

Nude study

Acrylic on stretched canvas frame 60 X 60 X 4 cm At one stage I used to sketch and paint a lot of nudes.  Painting nudes can be a bit daunting and I have always struggled with getting the angle and proportion of the head correct.  Now no longer in the Middle East where one…