Back to Work

After a busy few weeks preparing the RAW show, the event came and went last Thursday night and was great fun. It was good to learn how to put a show like that together and now I'm looking forward to hopefully doing more events like it in the future. It was nerve wrecking putting my work out there for scrutiny but great to make new contacts and hopefully gain some more fans, plus I sold a few things as well so that's a bonus! You can see some images from the show here on my Facebook page. 

Now I'm  back in the studio working on finishing a commission before I leave for an extended break in the UK and Jersey next week. This commission is for a duo of Jersey based paintings. Here was a sketch I did yesterday but we have decided to actually paint this lighthouse from a different angle for the final piece…

"Corbiere Lighthouse Study #2" acrylic on board, 12x12"

Happy New Year!

I hope 2012 has been good to everyone so far? It's been a bit of a slow start to my artistic year so far but this last week has been much more productive. I've got several painting projects on the go including continuing on with the New York water towers and cityscapes series. I am also planning to start exploring some work in mixed media, here is the first in that series...

"Purple Vase," mixed media on canvas, 12x12"
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I had been saving up this beautiful tissue paper that my mother acquired from some purchase or other and I thought it would make a fitting back drop to this little flower painting.

More to follow soon!

Portraits for Mothers Day

I have been away for a couple of weeks so I haven't been doing much painting. However, I returned to NYC on Thursday and got straight back in the studio to finish a commission for mothers day which I have been working on for a while. I am extremely pleased to have finally finished them and just in the nick of time. This was a huge challenge for me and although I'm very happy with the result I will be very pleased if I never have to paint another portrait - or at least not for a little while!