New Painting: Aimee’s portrait
This is a portrait of my daughter, painted in a looser style from a black and white photograph of her, perhaps explaining the slightly surreal colours.
BP Portrait Competition Submission: Reflect
This painting was produced as a submission to the BP Portrait Competition 2012 (How’s that for hubris?) Whilst the colour scheme and composition were poorly conceived, the intention behind the painting had some thought behind it, being, as it was, based on David Hockney’s deliberations on the possible use of optics by the Old Masters. …
New Painting: Still Life – The Death of Painting
This early attempt at a coloured oil painting was inspired by a documentary on Russian art by Andrew Graham-Dixon, in which he discussed Constructivism and made reference to Alexandr Rodchenko’s declaration regarding the ‘death of painting’. The title is intended to be ironic in suggesting that there is ‘still life’ in painting, whereas it is …
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New Paintings: Self-Portraits
I’ve painted a few self-portraits over the past couple of years, despite the fact that my family always mock me for portraying myself with a double-chin. I think the most commonly used phrase is ‘Dad, you look like a frog…’ but to my way of thinking, I’m just trying to earn myself the right to …
Picking Up Brushes Again
I painted this for my Dad’s 70th birthday, having been inspired to pick up my paintbrushes again by David Hockney’s absolutely fascinating book, Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters, in which he posits that there is clear evidence in the work of the Old Masters that they made great use of …
Recap
The next few posts will be a recap of previous work and the thinking behind it.
The Second Best Time…
The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago. The second best time is today. Chinese Proverb
Blog Intro
Whilst the Artwork page is intended to present completed works that are either for sale, or as examples of my style, this Blog is intended to show a range of work, both finished and unfinished, or other weaker pieces, which means that the standard will vary. However by accompanying this broader range of work with descriptions …