Tuesday 20 December 2011

Ginger Cat



Acrylic and Inks on canvas.





Tuesday 13 December 2011

Carp and Wisteria





Acrylic and Inks on Canvas.

Tuesday 6 December 2011

Plum Blossom



Acrylic and Inks on canvas.

Tuesday 29 November 2011

Blue Bamboo



Acrylic and Ink on canvas.


I really like the simplicity of this one.  Very serene.  The difficult part in this type of painting is holding back.

I'm going to be posting artwork here once a week for the foreseeable future.  Nevertheless, you can catch me on my other blog everyday for mostly non-art related stuff.

Wednesday 23 November 2011

New Blog

I have today started a new blog called Loves, Life and Doodles, in which I shall be writing reviews to things, perhaps posting doodles and old artwork and just generally going on about life or whatever is on my mind.

I did this partly because I feel a hiatus approaching for this blog over Christmas.  I would like to maintain my online presence, but I don't want to fill this blog with any old thing.  A new blog will allow me to keep posting and will hopefully give me the incentive to maintain this blog better, which I did not do this year.

So if you are interested, pop over to Loves, Life and Doodles.

Tuesday 22 November 2011

Ooops...

Ah.  I forgot to upload some more of my paintings, again.  I'll try and get that sorted before Friday.  I am also hoping to get started on yet another different direction for my art.  Going back more to the roots of my artwork and trying to expand upon doodling.  I haven't done significant amounts of doodles in a long time and I have some - perhaps nostalgically idealised - of my most creative moments when doodling.  From the doodles, I hope some good ideas will appear for paintings.

I hope to get some more paintings uploaded for Friday.

Friday 18 November 2011

Orchid


Acrylic and Ink on canvas.

I sometimes buy packs of canvas' for economies sake and I am left with plenty of small canvas' I hadn't been sure how to use.  I also, a while ago, got some Chinese Ink Brush bits and bobs that I hadn't been able to use much (due to space constraints).  Although the technique should really be applied to paper, I think this is an interesting style and works well on canvas.

Tuesday 15 November 2011

Moonlight River


Acrylic on canvas.

Revisiting an idea that wasn't fully realised in a previous painting.  All in all, I think this painting was a success and I especially like the twisting bark of the foreground tree that came about entirely by accident.

Friday 11 November 2011

Island in the Wetlands


Acrylic on canvas.

Tuesday 8 November 2011

Hagstone


Acrylic on canvas.

Friday 4 November 2011

Shining In


Acrylic on canvas.

This painting is the first for a new direction I decided to take.  I had many comments on the fairytale/magical atmosphere some of my previous paintings have and I decided to try and exploit that concept.  I gave considerable thought to colour and light sources in this painting and certainly achieved some of my goals.  Some ideas weren't realised as well as I could have hoped, so I revisited them in a later painting.

Tuesday 1 November 2011

Dusk at the Beach


Acrylic on canvas.

I really could not have been more happy with how this painting turned out.  I have never attempted clouds of such a dynamic nature before.  The beach was a real challenge as well.  Nearly everything in this painting was an experiment for me and I've never had all the pieces fall into place so smoothly before.  Certainly one of my personal favourites to date.

Friday 28 October 2011

Bridge by the Waterfall


Acrylic on canvas.

I love the colours in the water of this one.

Tuesday 25 October 2011

Bluebells


Acrylic on canvas.

This is the first painting I was commissioned to paint.  I was given a couple of photographs and asked to emphasise the blue of the bluebells.  It is of an area not too far from where I live that is covered in bluebells during the spring months and looks absolutely beautiful.  This painting was a joy to do and I couldn't be more pleased with how it has turned out.

Friday 21 October 2011

Fish Out of Water (Puddlefish)


Acrylic on canvas.

Another of my Fish Out of Water paintings.  I still have a few more ideas for this theme for the future, so stay tuned.

Tuesday 18 October 2011

Sunset Study 2


Acrylic on canvas.

Friday 14 October 2011

Blossom Bench


Acrylic on canvas.

Tuesday 11 October 2011

House on the Hill


Acrylic on canvas.

Friday 7 October 2011

Sunset Study 1


Acrylic on canvas.

Tuesday 4 October 2011

Fish Out Of Water (Carp)


Acrylic on canvas.

Was trying something different with this one.  I like the somewhat surreal idea of fish swimming above water rather than in it.  There will be more to come following this idea.

Friday 30 September 2011

Road

Acrylic on canvas.

Tuesday 27 September 2011

A return to the blog

Well, it is approaching a year since I last made a post here.  It may be thought that I have given up on painting or perhaps just given up on my blog.  Well, I have been painting during this hiatus and I didn't exactly give up on the blog either.  I have merely just been lazy, or perhaps too involved in other things going on in my life to do an update.  Anyway, I am back now, so to anyone who may still pass a glancing eye in this direction, you can expect to see more paintings being posted.  I can also tell you that you should be able to see an improvement in my style and hopefully, if my current ideas and projects go well, some different sorts of paintings too.  I am going to be posting an update every Tuesday and Friday, oh and don't forget to tell your friends ;)