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1955

1955 oil on canvas

1955 1955 Oil Canvas 60cm x 60cm Part of a series of works focusing on covert meetings, relationships and partings.

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What is on the easel today? #oil #wip #workinprog

What is on the easel today? #oil #wip #workinprogress #canvas #sea #air #elements #painting #buxtonartist

Varnish Day! After a few months of drying, three w

Varnish Day!
After a few months of drying, three works are ready to varnish. The curing of the paint as it dries means blacks become flat, and colours lose their depth.
The varnishing process brings back the original depth and vibrancy of oil colours.
#varnish #oilvarnish #oilpainting #varnishday #originaloils #fineart

what is on my easel today …..preparatory charcoa

what is on my easel today …..preparatory charcoal and oil sketches for a new painting. Establishing composition, light and colour palette before starting a major new series.

#newyorkcool #newyork. #jazz #cool #love #highsmith #oils #oilpainting #art #canvas

Reaching its completion on the easel this week...

Reaching its completion on the easel this week...
60x45 oil on linen canvas.

#figurativenarrative #figurative #narrative #painting
#tolstoy #winter #1900 #love #oilpainting

What is on my easel at the moment? Work in progre

What is on my easel at the moment?
Work in progress.

#oilpainting #narrative #figerstive #art

Oil on wooden panel (60cmx80cm) Yabusame is a tra

Oil on wooden panel (60cmx80cm)

Yabusame is a traditional Japanese archery performed while riding a horse; when not performed in battle, the art was also practised at Shinto shrines as a form of worship or asking deities for good fortune.

Traditionally a guarded male preserve, women in Japan now excel at this art.

#yabusame #japan #archery #sea #painting #shintoshrine

While staying in the Bastille district of Paris in

While staying in the Bastille district of Paris in 2008, an angel looked out of our window.

'Angel Watching' oil on canvas 18x24 inches.

#paris #oils #bastille #angels #angel #wings

While passing the Manchester Art Gallery recently,

While passing the Manchester Art Gallery recently, I called in to see an old friend.

Illusions, oil on canvas.

Painted by the incredible Annie Swynnerton, who was born in Manchester in 1844.

@mcrartgallery
#Swynnerton #annieswynnerton #oils #preraphaeliteart #femaleartist #manchester #gallery

I am pleased to be profiled in this month's Contem

I am pleased to be profiled in this month's Contemporary Art magazine Artist Closeup.

Issue 25 is now in print.

#paintings #contemporaryart #art
#artmagazines

It was a pleasure to visit the Vallum Gallery at T

It was a pleasure to visit the Vallum Gallery at The Cumbria Institute of the Arts this week to view the 60 exhibition. The exhibition runs until the 6th of December.

#painting #oilpainting #somo #vallumgallery #Cumbria #gallery #icon #knight #eagle #paladin #originalartworks

Yabusame is a traditional Japanese archery perform

Yabusame is a traditional Japanese archery performed while riding a horse; when not performed in battle, the art was also practised at Shinto shrines as a form of worship or asking deities for good fortune.

Traditionally a guarded male preserve, women in Japan now excel at this art.

#yabusame #oilpainting #art #archer #femalearchery #japan #shinto

I am very proud to have this work on display as pa

I am very proud to have this work on display as part of the Cumbria Institute of the Arts exhibition.

The Arts@60 exhibition runs until the 6th of December 2024 at the Vallum Gallery, Carlisle.

(oil on wooden panel 60x60)

#oilpainting #joanofarc #vigil #knight #icon #eagle #cumbria #artoftheday

What is on the easel? Kyūdō. Work in progress. #

What is on the easel? Kyūdō. Work in progress. #oilpainting #japanese #archery #art

Even statues have secrets. Painting in progress. #

Even statues have secrets. Painting in progress. #statue #whisper #oilpainting #canvaspainting

In progress on the easel this week. Kyudo archer.

In progress on the easel this week. Kyudo archer. #archer #japan #kyudo #oilpainting

I am thrilled that my work has been selected for t

I am thrilled that my work has been selected for the Arts@60 exhibition in Cumbria. The exhibition takes place between the 18th of November and the 6th of December 2024 at the Vallum Gallery, Brampton Rd, Carlisle.

#somo #institute #arts #cumbria #exhibition #oilpaintings #painting

Before starting the final oil painting, each work

Before starting the final oil painting, each work begins with preparatory drawings and charcoal sketches to refine the idea and examine the composition and lighting. They are an essential part of the process; throughout the painting process, they surround the easel.

Charcoal is a fabulously simple medium: burnt wood, an eraser, and a finger for blending. Adding and subtracting in broad passages. Never precious.

#charcoal #oilpainting #angels #angel #wings #traditional #painting

I am very pleased that this recent work has been a

I am very pleased that this recent work has been accepted in the 60 exhibition at the Cumbria Institute of the Arts this November.

#oilpainting #knight #eagle #vigil #exhibition

Gold Leaf, Oils on wooden board. 60cm Square. #joa

Gold Leaf, Oils on wooden board. 60cm Square.
#joanofarc #stjoanofarc #female #warrior #defender

What is on the easel right now..

What is on the easel right now..

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