Studio Notes
On this blog, I regularly publish new paintings straight off the easel and discuss what inspired them and how they came about.
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Moonrise with Dragonflies #330
On the River Sorgue #329
31.65″ x 31.65″ x 1.8″, oil on deep edged canvas, ready to hang.
This $2190 painting is available
As the sun sets over the river, a beautiful display of colour and patterns emerges…
From Dark into Light VII #328
18″ x 8.25″ x 0.75″, acrylic on canvas, ready to hang.
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This is a small serene seascape …
Take Me to the Island XIII #327
20″ x 20″ x 1.75″, oil on deep edged canvas, ready to hang.●
On the west of Ireland shore, the weather fronts’ coming and going bring drama and energy…
The Fairy Rath V #326
20″ x 20″ x 1.75″, oil on deep edged canvas, ready to hang. ●
Will this quiet moment captured by this painting of a Fairy Rath remain for long?
From Dark into Light #325
5″ x 7″, acrylic and mixed media on panel. Needs framing.
In this post, you’ll discover 6 black and white artworks that start a series of small pared-down paintings exploring atmosphere with light and dark contrasts in landscape.
Take Me to the Island XII #324
12.1″ x 12.1″ x 1.8″, acrylic and iridescent bronze paint on deep edged panel, ready to hang.
When looking at the Atlantic from the west of Ireland shore, a spectacle of light and dark, mat and iridescent, water and air fills your senses …
The Silver Thread V #323
8.1″ x 8.1″ x 2″, Acrylic and mixed media on deep edged panel, ready to hang.●
An atmospheric painting with the heightened drama of backlit clouds against an iridescent sky and a silver sea.
Take me to the Island XI #322
24″ x 24″ x 1.75″, acrylic and mixed media on deep edged canvas, ready to hang. ●
Drama and atmosphere fill this night-time seascape…
Bog Heather III #321
15.8″ x 11.8″ x 1.4″, mixed media on deep edged panel, ready to hang.
The evening light illuminates the clouds while on the bogland, heathers show off their blooms amongst the grasses.
Six from 2016
A selection of paintings I’ve enjoyed making in 2016.
The Turning of the Year III #320
As the day bows out, the sun shows off with deep orange and violet colours that illuminate the sky.
You Are Everything VI #319
12″ x 8″ x 1.8″ pigment suspended in acrylic medium on deep edged canvas.
On a moonlit night in Provence, the tall, slender cypress trees show their elegant silhouette against the deep violet sky.
The Mountain Road IV #318
20″ x 20″ x 1.75″, oil on deep edged canvas.
When you are travelling through Ireland, particularly in the west, you are likely to marvel at the beauty of the landscape. Rugged and wild,
Morning on the Boyne #317
12″ x 6″ x 1.25″, oil on deep edged wooden panel.
Sometimes, I use thin washes of acrylic paint I let flow on the board and move around till it triggers a memory or a feeling of a place…