I am interested in the four elements (water, earth, air and fire) which are the sensual symbols that make up the different aspects of nature and energy in the world we live in. I want the viewer to reflect on that which is interesting and enjoyable about life, the sensations we experience that we can all relate to and savour. These paintings are about water.
The Five Senses are the means through which we feel and experience life and the essence of our humanity. These are part of a set of genre paintings depicting sight, scent, touch, taste and hearing.
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Be sure to take a look at my Instagram to see some more of my work and process.
I've been retouching this one to get it ready to exhibit. The painting was partly inspired by Rembrandt's "Aristotle contemplating the bust of Homer" and it relates to my paintings of touch in the five senses series.
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3 weeks ago
My painting "Evening Swim" is currently hanging in the Bath Society of Artists annual exhibition at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath. The exhibition runs until January..
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4 weeks ago
I'm working on some inexpensive little stocking fillers for the Doorway Gallery Christmas show in Dublin. The paintings will be displayed from early November through until Christmas. All the gallery artists are taking part, and the stocking fillers are all the same size ( 20x25cm) painted on deep edge canvases priced at under 500 euros. A great opportunity for people to buy a loved one an original gift at an affordable price!. This is called "Synchronised Swimming Cub 2". Oil on canvas 20x25cm.
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1 month ago
This is called "Evening Swim" and I have had it in the studio for a while in a slightly incomplete state . Today I retouched it and I think It may be finished.
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1 month ago
Another master copy of an 18th century French life drawing that I did usng sanguine pencil on A3 size Ingres paper. Looking at the originals helps me to keep my humility - especially when I'm painting figures of my own.
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1 month ago
Another master copy of an 18th century French life drawing using sanguine pencil on A3 size Ingres paper. Looking at the original is a lesson in humility.
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#lifedrawing #sanguine #mastercopy #troiscrayon
1 month ago
A master copy of an 18th century French life drawing.using sanguine pencil on A3 size Ingres paper.
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#lifedrawing #sanguine #mastercopy
1 month ago
I am in the Dordogne right now and here are a couple of small pencil studies done in my A5 size sketchbook. It is good to get outside and do some in-situ work from direct observation..
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3 months ago
These paintings based on the Five senses are on show at Gallery1608 in Bushmills. Sight, Hearing, scent, taste and touch. Check them out at Galllery1608.co.uk
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3 months ago