Highland Bull Painting
A new Highland Bull painting, a golden sweetheart against a bright twilight sky, really enjoyed this painting from a new perspective!
A rainbow Cow painting triptych
Today at the studio I hope to finish this colourful guy. One of the things that I do as part of my process, as well as creating the big shapes first, is that I work intuitively on the first layers. I don’t try and worry too much about the final result. This then gives me something to respond to in the following sessions. So I have added all the colours that I wanted to add and the wild and woolly hair. Today I will work back into the paintings and edit, tidying up some of the edges and leaving others, hopefully ending up with the final cow that I envision. Watch this space, I’ll post another photo of the final piece.
I enjoy painting on three panels, the finished effect is cool and contemporary and you get different looks depending on whether you leave a gap when you hang the paintings. I’m currently feeling very glad that I have rented this size of a studio, I remember during the pandemic, when I was painting at home and trying to create a big piece like this in the spare room - not easy!
Trying The Brigardier-Water Buffalo Painting in situ
When a lovely local family purchased my large bear painting recently, I was delighted when they sent me some photographs of him hanging up in his rightful spot at the top of the stairs. I was inspired to try ‘The Brigardier’ in some bigger lobby and corridor settings, via the Artplacer App . This app also lets you try my paintings in your own space viw augmented-reality . Ill place a link on The Brigardiers page here so you can try him for size using your smartphone!
Dog Portraits for Christmas - All safely delivered
This week and last, I have been getting Christmas orders for dog portraits packed up and off to their new homes.
I have had a lovely selection of beautiful dogs to paint!
This is a portrait of Gilbert, a handsome Border Terrier. And a very good boy, by the look of him .
This little lady is Lola, a young and lovely Cavapoo (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel x Poodle)
Here are a couple of the oil paintings that went to new homes this Christmas. Gilbert the Border Terrier was painted on a stretched canvas 40cm x 25cm. Lola the Cavapoo was also painted in oils, on a canvas panel 25 x 30cm