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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I have retouched this painting to get it ready to show. It is called "First Impression" and it depicts the moment when somebody looks at a piece of art for the first time (in this case a reproduction in a book about John Singer Sargent). Oil on canvas 20x24 inches.
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2 weeks ago
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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#academicart #castpainting #contemporaryfigurativeartist #rembrandt #draughtsmanship #oilpainting
1 month ago
My painting "Twilight Swim" is currently hanging in the Bath Society of Artists annual exhibition at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath. The exhibition runs until January..
.#Bath #victoriaartgallery #openwaterswimming #contemporaryfigurativeart #oilpainting #artcollector #academicart #royalinstituteofoilpainters
1 month 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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2 months 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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#openwaterswimming #bathers #contemporaryfigurativeart #lifedrawing #classicalart #swimming #draughtsmanship #oilpainting #artlovers✔♥
2 months 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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#troiscrayons #sanguine #nastercopy #lifedrawing
2 months 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
2 months 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
2 months 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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4 months ago