Welcome to my gallery!I work with oils on all of my paintings, from portraits to wildlife and still life.. I use traditional oil painting techniques, with glazes (thin transparent paint) and impasto to create rich shadows and lights with depth. Old masters such as Rembrandt, Caravaggio and Vermeer worked using similar methods, and it is their oil paintings from which I take my inspiration.
As well as producing my personal artworks, I take commissions for portraits, wildlife and still life, all painted with oils onto canvas. My focus is always on the main image, with minimal background, to enhance the subject and direct the viewer's eye to the focal point of my paintings I work with a limited colour pallet, to create more realistic pictures, where the highlights give dimension to the form when complimented with deep shadows. |
A bit of background...
As a youngster, I used to do pencil drawings in my spare time but life, work and kids became my priority. I specialised in renovating vintage cars such as Rolls Royce and Bentley, for many years, which I like to think of as creative with a technical bent. As a fifty something, I found the time to really focus on developing my painting skills and style, eventually realising that oil painting was right for me. Today I manage to paint several days a week, in between work and the occasional bit of fishing, hence the painting ! |
Here's one I wish I'd caught! Pike, oil on canvas.
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Hard at work in the studio!
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For more information on painting sales and commissions: T. 01235 226 007 E. [email protected]