Jan 15, 2020
Blending on a large scale
Here I show you how I used a palette knife and a fan brush on a large scale to create atmospheric skies.
The Saltaire Studio
Nov 24, 2019
Creating a triptych
I have been experimenting with different sizes and different surfaces over the last couple of months and this painting was the result of two ideas coming together.
Sep 24, 2019
Scaling up
I have absolutely loved being back in the studio painting and this time I have been experimenting with scale and surface. For the last 3 years I have been mainly painting with cold wax on a smaller scale and on paper. I love working on the paper but you can only scale up so far with work that has to be behind glass, unless of course you fix the paper to the board and well I know that will just go terribly wrong for me.
Sep 11, 2019
Gloaming: twilight; dusk.
Remember these? Well I have at last got a title for them which sums them up perfectly... The Gloaming... sounds a little like some corny horror movie but I think it sums these paintings up perfectly.
Sep 04, 2019
Making a painting go pop!
You've probably realised by now that I do like to paint dark foreboding skies (AKA Clouds of Doom!) with dramatic contrasts between light and dark colours. With the use of transparent oranges or yellows over the tops of the contrasting lights and darks this can create quite a dramatic effect.
Aug 28, 2019
The Letterbox series...?
Is it a series? Well I seem to be creating quite a number of pieces lately using this format but also using the metallic powders. It is starting to be a fairly significant body of work that I have decided to hold on to them for now with the idea of exhibiting them all together at an exhibition towards the end of the year.