‘Pleats’ series: Deep Pleats

Hi all, Continuing with my 'Pleats' Series the second oil painting I completed was on a longer portrait frame. Measuring 12X24 inches the frame was the perfect shape for the flower and photograph I chose to abstract. I also decided to go ahead with this shape frame because it is quite abstract in comparison to...

Blue Lily

Hi all, I want to talk a little bit about a painting I completed a while ago, because when I first finished it I didn't like it at all and didn't want it to be shown. I completed this painting as a experimental piece between ideas to keep my current practice ticking over, because of...

Poppy

Hi all, I thought I would share my latest oil painting piece with you and the inspiration behind it. This was actually a commissioned piece for my Nan as she has been asking for one for a long time now. However because she had waited so long for one I didn't tell her when I...

Interim Exhibition

Hi all, This week at uni we began the installation of our Interim (or half way) show in a small gallery space we have available to us. For the show I planned on displaying my trio of rose paintings I had completed along with three smaller colour swatches that my fellow art student Tia Howell produced...

Inverted Rose – Process

Hi all, Just a very short post today. I thought I would share with you some videos and photos from the making of my Inverted Rose painting that I did as a part of my three rose piece series. This painting consisted of using phthalo green and white oil paint, mixed with small amounts of...

Trio of Rose Paintings – Beginning my Studio Practise

Hi all, Getting stuck into my studio practise with some flower paintings in oil - my favourite kind of painting. This first one I completed using a reference photograph that my dad took and whilst the photograph is very cut off in terms of not being able to see the rose as a whole, I...