Autumn leaves

 

All resined, framed and up on display in the gallery :-)

 

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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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Building things up...

 

A little more work on the tree yesterday, plus testing how the moths and leaves are going to look...

 

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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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Framed tree sculpture 1

 

Lots of sawing and sanding today...I'm calling these framed sculptures, as there's no, or minimal painting, just lots of cutting, carving and sanding. You get an amazing sense of parallax as you move in front of the piece, so I hope people will find these very unusual...:-)

 

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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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A new tree experiment part 1

 

I started work on this new tree painting the other day and today I'm getting the frame started as well. I want to get the artwork and frame to really work as a package.

This is going to be a more detailed, coloured piece than recent ones, with a landscape in the background a 'little' like my watercolours...very swirly and graphic. The trees themselves will be white, as will the inner tray of the frame...

 

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Natasha painting all finished

 

Well I've finally finished the Natasha painting this week. I'll order the materials for frame tomorrow then it should all be ready for delivery next weekend. Posting this from the pub, so I'm going back to my pint now...will post a new experiment I'm working on very soon. :-)

 

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Three offspring

 

Here's the latest forest painting, it's called 'Three Offspring' (the eggs in the nest...three little bundles of potential) ...too hot to type more... Lol :-)

 

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Solo exhibition at SOTA

 

Here's the apple tree painting all framed up and ready for delivery to the gallery. It forms part of a solo exhibition I'm having at the SOTA gallery in Witney. The exhibition focuses on my 'forest' paintings, so sneaking this extra tree in felt right :-)

 

Graham Rice

Solo Exhibition

1st March - 8th March

Mon-Sat 9.30-4.30

Sun 10-2PM

SOTA Gallery

9 Langdale Court

Witney, Oxon

OX28 6FG

 

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Apple tree painting part 2

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

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Painting

 

Sorry it's been so quiet in here lately, I'm working really hard on the framing to get that business established...longer term this will hopefully give me more painting time...honest ;-) anyway, I'm not framing tomorrow, I'm in the SOTA Gallery in Witney doing a painting demonstration. I'll be working on the Natasha portrait...so I should make some progress on that which is long overdue. I'll be there between 10 and 4.30 so pop in and say hi if you're nearby.

 

I've been preparing some new painting boards today for an up and coming solo exhibition, also at SOTA, these are going got be an extension of the orange forest pieces...I'll post some pictures of those as they develop over the next couple of weeks.

 

Ok, off to sleep now, big day tomorrow...will tell you all about it soon... :-)

 

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Swirling house commission

Finally a commission I can actually show you ;-) I painted this piece last week as a present for a customers husband. They had actually moved from the house on the left to the one on the right! I needed to get them both in frame and bend everything around in my usual style, which was a fun challenge as this road is perfectly straight...it's the middle of Queen Street, Eynsham should you ever be there, see if you can workout which houses they are ;-)

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A sunny Sunday...

Getting some panels ready for the winter exhibition paintings and working on a commissioned painting this afternoon...nice and toasty in the studio, The Steeldrivers on good and loud and hot coffe flowing freely...very nice :-)

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Gilding

Here I am starting to gild the mirror frame, I went for 12 carat white gold, rather than pure silver in the end as this will give a warmer feel to the final frame. It'll need to rest for a day or two now before I can burnish the gold...then I can begin work on the painted areas... :-)

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Silky smooth...

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The two original frames have been sanded and water polished...silky smooth now :-) in the background are three more sample pieces, each of these is using a different profile of moulding, so I should have a nice little selection once they're all done.

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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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New Cards now in stock

Our new stock of cards has arrived today!

Eynsham, Woodstock, Cornwall along with a selection of the ‘Girls in Love’ images Graham painted last year. We’ll be adding to the range regularly :)

As well as being available at ‘The Cuckoo’s Nest’, they, along with a couple of Eynsham paintings are also available from Harrisons Sandwich Shop in the Square, Eynsham.

Art and lunch all in one location, what more could you ask for :)

Photos...

As promised, a few more photos this time…

Shelf tops now stained…

New trolley, ultimately for paints, but currently an extra bench…

Hole cut in counter for jewellery display…

Some frame samples up on the wall…

Building a frame for Lorna as I unpack the Artweeks brochures…

And finally, a painting…just the first layer and this is only part of it, but you get the general idea…. :)