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Sep 21, 2021
Lessons from my 100 days project
I generally plan my year out in terms of exhibitions, galleries, shows I need to work towards as I need to juggle my art commitments alongside my full time job. So to decide to jump in head first into a project which I needed to commit to for at least 3 months was well... a little bit left field to say the least.
Apr 12, 2020
16 warm-up paintings
Lock down has given me the time to do a lot of jobs that have been hanging around the house. It has also given me the opportunity to play! Here I have taken a very large piece of Arches Huille to create 16 warm-up paintings in one go.
Apr 12, 2020
Limiting your palette
With lockdown now in place you may have limited paint colours available. So why not try an exercise in limiting your palette?
I find it really helps to simplify things, to avoid overthinking. All you need to have is a white, a dark colour, warm colour and a cool colour and you are all set to go.
Sep 04, 2019
Making a painting go pop!
Aug 28, 2019
The Letterbox series...?
Jul 28, 2019
Letterbox
Having gone through a period of painting square paintings I have moved back to the landscape format.
I happened to fold a piece of Arches paper by the long length and have found this letterbox shape much more pleasing for the ideas I am currently working on.