Just reworked these 2 with a few more marks and a layer of creamy coloured transparent oil and wax mixture
They are each 80cm x 100cm and are part of the ‘Oceans – a tipping point?’ series from last week
I think they are much better for the extra later. What do you think?
Here they are as they were before:
I am really enjoying working on a much larger scale on unstretched canvas stapled directly to my wooden studio painting wall.
The top one shown here, (Martello Tower), is at my maximum size possible, fitting snugly into the full depth of my studio extension and completely covering the wooden panel cladding that is fixed over the planks.( The photo shows the painting cropped of its blue surround, which allows for it to be stretched to an approximate final size of 150cm x 275 cm.) The unstretched canvas is 120cm x 290cm ( about 4′ x 9’6″)
Here is the primed unstretched canvas, followed by the first stage of underpainting:
The other two paintings are each 115 cm x 160cm ‘Out walking one evening in November, Cruit’ and ‘Once they danced at the crossroads – ruined gables, Cruit’
Oil and cold wax medium on canvas
4 of them are 80 x 100cm, the other 2, 80cm sq
The possible title for the series is “Oceans – a tipping point?”
These were my last 2 canvases from November. One 89 x 100cm and the other 80cm sq
The piece is called ‘Late November, Donegal ‘
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