Two wildlife oil paintings accepted into the Sock Gallery Open

I entered the Summer Open Art Exhibition at the Sock Gallery Loughborough this year, and these two newly finished wildlife oil paintings were accepted. The gallery occupies the entrance of the Town Hall, and it is a beautiful building with great big rooms, high ceilings and big sweeping staircases, Like a theatre or cinema really. (update - it IS a theatre :) ) I am excited to go back and view the whole exhibition , which runs the whole month of August. These two contemporary wildlife art pieces are: ‘Midsummer Messenger’ owl painting , oil on canvas , size 60 x 60 cm, and ‘ Woodland Keeper’ deer painting at 60 x 76 cm, oil on stretched canvas.

A lion portrait commission!

This was a very large and very exciting recent commission of mine. My customer had a very clear idea of the very lion he wanted the portrait for and I was able to source a super, clear photograph with high definition and clear details. The piece is an oil painting in black and white and is one meter squared. At this size, the canvases that I use are lovely and chunky, with very sturdy 38 mm sides, and the finished painting makes quite an impact!