Studio Notes
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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…
You Are Everything V #316
15.75″ x 12″ x 1.5″, oil on deep edged beech panel ●
On a dark night on open land, the wind behind our backs passes by in an instant, an instant long enough for the bog grasses to sway
Flurry on the Lavender Fields #315
8″ x 10″ x 0.75″, oil on canvas.
I was driving home the other day when to my surprise, the first snowflakes of the year pirouetted down to disappear as quickly as they came.
Meanwhile, high on the mighty
The Valley of Lights IV #314
10″ x 8″, oil on panel ●
Colour can have a powerful effect on you.
A particular shade can bring…
I Took the One Less Travelled By II #313
12″ x 6″ x 1.50″, oil on deep edged wooden panel.●
It takes a spark to light a fire.
It takes a spark to start a painting too.
The main way to do this is to
The Fairy Rath IV #312
12″ x 12″ x 1.75″, oil on deep edged canvas.●
Night is approaching. All is quiet on the rath.
On the crest of the hill, the trees dwarfed by
The Fairy Rath III #311
15.8″ x 11.8″ x 1.5″, oil on deep edged beech panel.●
The essence of this painting comes form the internal light present in three different areas. It adds
The Waking Day #310
12″ x 12″ x 1.75″, oil on deep edged canvas.●
Every morning, when light chases away darkness, a different arrangement of colour and marks appear on the blank canvas, the sky.
This painting followed on from
At the End of the Day II #309
12″ x 12″ x 1.75″, oil on deep edged canvas.●
One of my favourite things about this time of year as we move through autumn, is the change in the sky, particularly in the evening.
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