Frolic

Frolic. Acrylic study of a figure in the sea. Impasto acrylic on gessoed board 8x6 ins.
I was interested in the colour keys and complimentary red and green.

Reminiscing

Reminiscing. Acrylic in birch panel 8x10x0.75 ins. A woman sitting in a chair reflecting on the past, a loss or missing someone.

SOLD

A hot day.

A figure walking on a hot day. Acrylic on a gessoed birch panel 10x8x0.75 ins. I used a palette knife and brushes here to try and get the impasto effects I wanted.

Blue cows

Blue cows. A fun piece, using a red gesso ground. My colours were limited to ultramarine, cad yellow medium and titanium white, exploiting the red ground. Acrylic on a birch panel 8x10x0.75 ins, using Schmincke Primacryl professional artist acrylic paints. 

Memories

Memories. An abstract study, acrylic on paper 7x10 ins.

Woman knitting.

One of the very first paintings that I admired, was a Vermeer, The Milkmaid. The colours, light and shadow and the simplicity of a domestic scene, wonderful. My interest in art continued and I discovered chiaroscuro, particularly the works of Caravaggio and Rembrandt since then. My little painting today is a watercolour study of a woman knitting sitting in a chair. The palette is muted and little detail. 8x10 ins.

Where is that taxi

Where is that taxi? Two ladies waiting anxiously for a taxi to come by. When I am out and about I am always on the lookout for interesting subjects and people. This little watercolour study 10x9 ins on the reverse side of a piece of Waterford Saunders watercolour paper. I tend to use heavier pigment washes, with less water when it comes to this type of paper. The reason being, that the painting can be done in one go without any further washes.