2022 Work

'Blue Tit'

Executed using Arteza gouache paints on Daler Rowney 300g watercolour paper, measuring approximately 17 x 12 cms. Painted in one sitting in December of 2022.

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'Robin'

Executed using Arteza gouache paints on Daler Rowney 300g watercolour paper, measuring approximately 19.5 x 14.5 cms. Painted in one sitting in December of 2022.

A friend suggested the subject matter and has bought the painting, so a commission of sorts!

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'Great Langdale from Cumbria Way'

Executed using Arteza gouache paints on Daler Rowney 300g watercolour paper, measuring approximately 29 x 20 cms. Done in a few short sittings in November of 2022.

I used a reference photo taken while up in the Lake District in September for a walking holiday along the first half of Cumbria Way.

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'Autumn, Spencer Park'

Small gouache painting measuring 12 x 12 cms,done in October of 2022.

I used a reference photo taken on a lunchtime circular walk of a row of plane trees lining the footpath running alongside the railway line in Spencer Park in Coventry.

Its executed in gouache paints, and is painted on Daler Rowney 300g paper.

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'Pine Cone'

Small ACEO sized, 2.5 x 3.5 inches, oil painting sketch done in October of 2022.

I used a reference photo taken of some pine cones that I had collected earlier in the year on a lunch time walk while at work.

Its executed in water mixable oil paints, and is painted on Arches L,huile paper.

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'Old Harry's Rocks'

Small oil painting sketch, completed while on holiday in Dorset in July of 2022.

I used a reference photo taken the day before while walking along the South West Coastal Path.

Its executed in Artisan water mixable oil paints, and is painted on Brinkmann Folia Oil and Acrylic Block paper. It was painted to fit in a black frame from Wilko and the painting is small at approximately 17 x 13 cms

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'Lakeland Fells'

Small oil painting sketch, completed in two sittings in May of 2022.

I used a reference photo.

Its executed in normal oil paints, and is painted on Brinkmann Folia Oil and Acrylic Block paper that I bought earlier in the year from TKMaxx. It was painted to fit in a black frame from Wilko and the painting is small at approximately 17 x 13 cms

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'Male Model'

First painting of the year, completed in three sittings in January of 2022.

I used a reference photo taken of a male model who posed for me back in December of 2021, so many thanks to him.

Its executed in normal oil paints, and unusally for me is painted on a canvas wrapped board that I bought years ago from Patchings Art Festival one summer. Because of that it's quite big for me of late!! A whopping 30.5 x 25 cms

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