Canvas Prints

I have decided to start offering canvas prints of my artwork and have been busy adding them to my website and etsy shop.  I will post the links below if you would like to take a look. Here are a few examples of what is on offer.

Website link
Etsy

Plein Air Painting Day at Cromford, Derbyshire

I went out painting en plein air at Cromford, Derbyshire yesterday.  It was quite a challenge as it is not something I normally do.  I really enjoyed it though and plan to go out more often to paint in the landscape, especially now the weather is improving.  Here are the paintings - both of the same scene with different coloured grounds.

Exhibition News

So sorry I haven't written a post for ages - I will try and post more regularly and I am thinking of creating and posting a painting a day for the next month.  I don't know how realistic this will be but I can give it a try.  In the meantime, here are a few pictures from my exhibition at The Erewash Museum, Ilkeston, Derbyshire which runs from 7-28 May 2015.

Altering Paintings

Sometimes you can think that a painting is finished and then the next time you see it you just have to adjust it.  This was one of those paintings.  It was the subject of a recent post (see below) and has now morphed into this painting after many more layers and glazes of paint.

Feeling Floral

Here is a detail photo of an abstract floral work in progress - it feels a little cold at the moment so I think I shall be warming it up a bit next time I am in the studio.

Latest Painting

This painting has been hanging around for ages as it needed something but I just couldn't decide what to do to it.  Anyway, it called to me yesterday from behind some other paintings and here is the result after yesterday's painting session.  I think it could be finally finished.  I'm a little stuck for a title though so if you have any ideas ....

Abstract Landscape Paintings

I have been working on a few more abstract landscape paintings over the last couple of weeks.  I think my palette is changing and becoming more pastel in nature.  I rather like mixing and using these lighter colours.  Here is one that I have been working on.

Prints Available Via Fine Art America

I have been busy adding prints to Fine Art America so if you fancy a look just click on the link to the right of the page.  I will be adding more as time goes on. 

Here is an image of one of them - it is of a painting I did which I wasn't sure what to do with at the time and I ended up painting over it!  I should have given it a little more time as I like it now.   I decided I would use the image to create a print.

Ideas for prints

I've been thinking about creating more prints of my work.  Here are a couple of ideas from a larger painting.

On the easel today

I have been working on quite a few paintings today.  First up is a detail shot of a large abstract painting.  The other two are a couple of abstract landscape paintings in progress.

More experimentation on paper

I've been doing quite a lot of experimentation with abstracts on paper but I am itching to go larger again.  Here are some of the experiments.  I am thinking about turning some of them into prints but not sure yet which ones to use.  Anyway, here are today's mini paintings.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year everyone.  Here is a painting I completed at the end of last year but I am a little bit stuck for a title so if you have any ideas .....

Just For Fun

I was getting a little blocked creating abstract paintings so I decided to paint this little picture of a bottle of washing up liquid to loosen up.  Created using acrylic paint in a loose and energetic style - I quite like it, what do you think?

Experimentation

I took a little time out from painting recently but I have now started to paint again.  I was in my studio earlier in the week but it was so cold that I decided to bring my paints home and work in the warmth!  Here is an energetic sketch of a scene within Shipley Country Park, Derbyshire.  It is near the site where Shipley Hall once stood.  It was painted using acrylic paint on watercolour paper.  I really enjoyed creating this little painting and I hope you like it too.

Summertime Blues

Here is a painting I started in the Summer - it has had quite a few tweaks since then but I am happy with it now. 

"Summertime Blues'
Acrylic on Stretched Canvas (Deep Edge)
16"x20"
£160

Nottingham Castle Open 2014

I am delighted to announce that this painting from my 'Guided By Voices' series has been shortlisted for the Nottingham Castle Open 2014.  The painting will be on display at the exhibition from 13th December 2014 until 18 January 2015.

'The Future Isn't What It used To Be'
Acrylic on Canvas
40" x 30"

Taking Time Out

I have been taking a little time out lately as I was getting a little stressed out and finding it difficult to focus.   I think it has done me good - I have done some much needed decorating at home, I have been crocheting, knitting and baking, all still creative in their own way but different.  I did however create these two intuitive portraits, one in watercolour and one using watercolour and pen.  I enjoyed painting them but I think they both reflected my mood at the time somewhat ...

Latest Painting

Here is my latest abstract painting just off the easel.  It is a large abstract expressionist painting on stretched canvas created using acrylic paint and mixed media.  40"x30".  Here it is on my studio wall.

Today's puzzle ....

I have been developing this abstract figurative painting today along with a large abstract painting which just did not want to play nice!  Here is the figurative piece so far - as for the other one - I am ready to put it on a bonfire!

More Studio Work In Progress

Here is another studio shot from painting sessions last week.  I really enjoyed using all that yellow - not a colour I often use but I think I will use it more in the future as it was very uplifting and energising.  The painting on the table was a finished painting that I started to feel uncomfortable with so I worked over it and it is turning into an abstract floral painting now - no idea what it will turn out to be in the end!