A rural road and lanscape at Dusk

A rural road and landscape at dusk.8x10 ins. Oil impasto on Winsor and Newton canvas board. I did not use any medium, just a very light drawing before I started with a palette knife, finishing the work in one session. I usually look at a piece the next day to see if  there are any adjustments needed. If any adjustments are needed, the paint is still wet so I can do that.. Occasionally, I just scrape the whole lot  and start over. 

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Landscape

I completed this work using a palette knife only. My interest here was to try and place  colours in harmony and add texture and impasto. Oil on W&N canvas board. I added a couple of coats of Liquitex clear gesso to the existing primer on the board, as the commercial primer can be very absorbent. Oil on board 8x10 ins.

SOLD

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Outlaws, oil sketch

Outlaws, an oil sketch on paper, a monotone really. It's almost like a watercolour, even leaving the white of the paper as the highlight.. 12x16 ins.

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Rainy day in Dublin

Umbrellas at the ready, a rainy day in Dublin. Watercolour on cotton rag. 14x10 ins approx. A muted palette only livened up with the warm orange yellow umbrella on the left.
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Window shopping

I have been painting some small studies with the view to a larger work. The paintings below are stage one and the final piece. Window shoppers 7.75x8 ins on gessoed board, a mother and son looking into a shop window. www.mahonart.blogspot.ie

Stage one, was just oil paint diluted with Gamsol on gessoed board.

The final stage, I added colour impasto with a palette knife.

Streatham common London

A little study of a family enjoying Streatham common. Oil on gessoed board 7.75x10 ins, mostly using a small palette knife.

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Dancers 1

Two dancers practicing their routines before the big night. Watercolour on cotton rag paper 10x7 ins. I used a limited palette as my main interest was to convey movement.

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