when I’m travelling I take prepared pieces of unstretched rough canvas for making quick sketches
I use oilbars which are quick drying oil paint in a stick form
in hot temperatures they melt, so I use a palette knife to scoop and spread
I also use a graphite stick
when I get home again I mount the best pieces, and work up larger paintings in my studio while the memories are still fresh
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oil, graphite, spray paint
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80cm square
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oil, graphite, spray paint
canvas
80cm square
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may I be well
may I be happy
may I be filled with loving kindness
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may you be well
may you be happy
may you be filled with loving kindness
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may she be well
may she be happy
may she be filled with loving kindness
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may he be well
may he be happy
may he be filled with loving kindness
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may they be well
may they be happy
may they be filled with loving kindness
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may all be well
may all be happy
may all be filled with loving kindness
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namaste
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Donegal Lights are back
My 5 ‘Donegal Light Series’ paintings have been framed and are home again
5 paintings, oil and graphite on board, each image 30 x 20″
tiny bit of huge
another session at the canvases today
added more oil paint with siccative, oil paint with safflower oil, oil bars and graphite pencil
the painting is taking on a more landscapy feel
softer and more subdued
here they are
how they started
close up of a junction point
Process:
5 canvases, varying sizes, all on 3 easels
First a wash with water based paint applied thinly
Second some marks with graphite pencil
Third some areas started with oils with added siccative to speed up drying time
this is my largest painting to date, nearly 2metres square on 2 separate canvases
I am planning my next HUGE work, which will be about the same size, but made up of 6-9 canvases, the largest individual piece to be 80cm x 120 cm, the smallest, 50 cm sq
It will be like a jigsaw, with the separate canvases eventually bolted together
The pieces will all stand together on 4 easels, a bit like this:
9 canvas blur project from 2011
This time, though, the subject will be the changing colours of the bog, or peat lands, of County Donegal, where I live in the North West of Ireland
Here are a couple of my recent paintings on the same theme:
a recent ‘bog colours’ painting
My canvases and paint have arrived. The new work is forming in my head and heart
I will start work in the next couple of days and post progress photos as I go along
possibly sublime
a painting above the sofa
above me
orange companion on the sofa
beside me
the other side of me
definitely ridiculous
a beautiful gallery-type wall, protected by plywood to protect against puncturing the pipes
when they fitted the plywood, they punctured the pipes!
I am now patiently watching the wall drying out waiting for it to be replastered after 2 years of leaking
happy sofa musings
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