Autumn Moths 1

 

This one is all ready to be resined and framed, I'll get the next one done first and then I can resin them both at the same time as it's a bit of a fiddly process. Really pleased with this piece, several strands of experiments are coming together...very pleased :-)

 

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Starting on a new tree painting

 

Just starting to find the shapes in this new tree picture....

 

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Moths

 

Building up some pieces for a couple of new tree paintings...autumnal moths... :-)

 

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Tree painting finished

 

Here's this first tree painting all finished and framed up, really pleased with the way it's turned out and its given me lots of ideas for future possibilities....now i need to send this one out into the big wide world and see what reaction it gets :-)

 

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Tree experiment part 3

 

Starting to find some of the basic shapes as I get used to the new pens I'm using for this. I've also sanded and sprayed the main trees :-)

 

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Apple tree painting part 2

Here's the second part of the painting being done :-)

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Apple tree painting part 1

I've been working on this painting for an up and coming solo exhibition at the SOTA gallery...more details to follow :-)

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New prints going to SOTA

 

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Here are a few prints that are going off to State of the Art gallery in Witney in the morning. They're also showing one of the original girl paintings along with a selection of the forest paintings...which are selling well...:-) they're open late tomorrow night for the switching on of the Christmas lights, so if you're in Witney call in and take a look :-)

 

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Natasha sketch

 

This is the initial sketch for the painting of Natasha, the design is all approved, so I need to get some stretcher bars to make up the canvas and then off we go :-)

 

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1st piece all framed up..

 

A happy, but tired artist.... :-)

 

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Painting finished

Here are the paintings drying in the sunshine, they've just had the final layer of painting done...

Here I am getting ready for the final resin layer, note the new face mask. Now I sound like Darth Vader as I sing along to the radio...

I also managed to cut all the frames for the paintings today, I'll start assembling them tomorrow. :-)

 

 

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Resin stage 1

A nice hot way to start the day ! :-)

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Darkening up the colours

I've had a very busy week framing, so only got onto painting this afternoon. Luckily it was a productive afternoon :-) I've started darkening up 4 of the pieces, I'll try and work on the other 3 early in the mornings next week and hopefully all will then be ready for the first coat of resin before next weekend. It's going to be a very busy couple of weeks in the run up to the exhibition.... :-)

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Finished the red layer...

These are the last three paintings drawn and painted with the red layer. I've got a couple of days working on the framing side of things now, so I'll begin darkening all of them from Monday onwards...

 

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Owls...

Adding in owls & deer to some of the paintings today. I want to get 10 pieces ready for our autumn exhibition which starts on 15th September....lots to do :-)

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Working on some more forest paintings

Starting on some more forest painting for my autumn exhibition...

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Forest paintings stage 1

Starting on some of the Forest paintings today, just getting the initial texture on first…

Mr & Mrs Rice

I’ve been working on the portrait of Matthew & Meagan today. Again working from dark to light. Also varnished the portrait of Chloe & Ruby and Gesso’ed the canvas I made yesterday…time for a beer now I think :)

Golden Hair...

Golden hair done, just need to do the flower in Chloe's hair & work over Ruby's top :)

Chloe & Ruby (Matthew & Meagan)

Drawn out Chloe & Ruby & now working on thickening the lines and filling in the darker areas on this one and the one of Matthew & Meagan, more work to do on both…