Paint, Light and Colour

Sketchbook pages

Available to purchase, Drawing, Figurative

Feb 222012

As my studio is packed up and in transit back to France, all I have left to work with is my sketchbooks and some water colours, so here are couple of pages thereof..

‘ Do not fail, as you go on, to draw something every day, for no matter how little it is, it will be well worth while, and it will do you a world of good. (Cennino Cennini)’

Beach house

Available to purchase, Landscape

Jan 312012

Oil on board, 30 x 40

For sale, POA

‘Why shouldn’t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world. (Pierre-Auguste Renoir)’

When I was painting this pleasant little scene, I was casually aware that it was tad too quaint, but decided to push on with it anyway – refer to Renoir’s quote above. Sometimes it is better to have things simply less complicated than some of the pundits would like….

Old vase and flowers

Available to purchase, Still Life

Jan 112012

Oil on board, 30 x 40 cm

For sale, POA

‘There is nothing quite like the smell of oil paint and medium, or creating a vision of reality with the deft stroke of a brush or palette knife. (Mark Larson)’

I picked these wild flowers on the way into the studio, and set them up in an old vase which I keep as a studio prop.

I had a great time with the paint on this one, varying brushwork, palette knife and painting rags to get the different textures and edges.