Welded Scrap Metal Sculpture: Torso
“Torso” (welded scrap metal sculpture 85 X 63 X 100cm)
New Painting: Incoming Tide, Gorad Beach
This is a recently completed commission, titled ‘Incoming Tide, Gorad Beach’. It’s painted in impasto acrylics on wooden panel (80cm X 60cm)
New Painting: The Death of Actaeon (after Titian)
New painting: The Death of Actaeon (after Titian). Flashe vinyl on canvas (100cm x 50cm)
Portrait Practice with Paul J
These are the results of three portrait practice sessions with my mate, Paul. He even managed to stop talking occasionally, so I could draw his mouth!
Take Four Art Exhibition
Well that was a hectic few days, but I’m glad to say the Take Four art exhibition is now up and running! It’s in the David Hughes Centre in Beaumaris and is open from 10am to 5pm every day from now until Bank Holiday Monday 30th August. There’s some great work on display by Jenny …
New Paintings II
New tiny paintings, all 15cm x 15cm, flashe vinyl on canvas board, except the last one (20cm x 20cm acrylic on canvas board).
New Paintings I
These are my latest paintings, all acrylic on canvas board (30cm x 30cm). I’m working hard trying to get some new pieces together for the Take Four group show in Beaumaris which opens this Saturday 14th August. In these pieces I’m focussing on the human figure as sculpture in order to investigate how we use …
Collage Experiments
Still trying to let go of local colour and verisimilitude, so experimenting with collage using random colour shapes cut and torn out of magazines. Trying to channel Henri Matisse and his Jazz series of cut outs, whilst recalling to mind Robert Rauschenberg’s statement that ‘This is a portrait of Iris Clert if I say it …
Monotype Experiments
Playing with monotypes today and trying to let go of hard edges and local colour (ink and oil stick on A3 paper 30cm x 42cm)
Life Drawings 07/06/2021
It was so good to be able to attend life drawing classes again! Hopefully, we’ll all be back to normal soon. (Acrylics, graphite, coloured pencils. All on A1 paper 84cm x 59cm)