Back in the studio again

It has been a diffucult week or two and I havent been able to work as much as I would have liked, but yesterday I was back at work finding my mojo as I always do when I paint. These two gentle souls are part of a commissioned painting Im working on this week. Who could be glum with these two around? So I decided to take this photo entitled ‘Three windswept beasts!’

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!

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Beginning work on a new painting commission - Highland Cow in bright rainbow colours

Each Highland Cow portrait is a one-of-a-kind, unique oil painting. This little video shows the beginning stage of a new painting, which has been commissioned recently. Im going to film the whole process on this one and give the client the video along with the piece.

A pair of cow paintings find a new home together this week

These two 50 x 60 cm pieces are travelling to Australia to a lovely new home .

A big cow painting commission project arrives in its new home

I’m really pleased to see this big piece (76 x 140cm) arrived safe and sound and looks perfectly placed in this beautiful home in Zermatt, Switzerland. This bespoke oil painting commission was an absolute joy from beginning to end. A strange time as this piece was arranged just as the country went into lockdown and I began the painting amidst all the upheaval and concern of the virus pandemic. It was good to be able to throw myself into the work. A time, and a painting that I will never forget!

Commissioning a Custom Highland Cow Painting on Canvas

i am currently working on two very exciting commissioned projects. Each features a large scale highland cow portrait or double portrait in beautiful rich eyecatching colours. These are going to be really great focal points in the spaces that they are being designed for.

Each of the paintings requires a specially built bespoke canvas as they are custom sized pieces.

I offer international shipping for my canvases, and one of these new paintings will be travelling to Switzerland once completed.

I have created sketches and mockups on PhotoShop to plan each piece before I begin the actual painting process. I expect the painting stage to take two-to four weeks including drying time between layers.

Here are a couple of highland cow commissioned canvases that I had the enormous pleaseure of working on last year.. These are companion pieces for the same client.