Tag Archives: Abstract art
studio scratching
busy painting today
pouring out onto raw canvas
scratching and scraping and spraying
powder pigment
oils
annapurna
annapurna
mixed media on canvas
80 x 100cm
little scrappits
unstretched canvas
primed with gesso
travelled to Nepal and back in my pack
taped and sprayed and scratched and painted
marked with graphite
frayed and ragged
prayer flag fragments
unstretched stage 3 ( prayer flags)
nearly done now
did another 2 hours with oilbars, powder pigment, varnish, safflower oil
graphite marks and scratches today
launchpad
Donegal light series
I know you”ve seen some of these already
but I’m excited about my work being in a new gallery
Gallery 1608 is launched today
with exciting offers and raffles and goodies
debris affixed with hairspray
trying out little scraps of prayer flags found on the ground in Nepal
prayer flags could be considered litter if they weren’t so beautiful
they are only temporarily fixed to the paintings with hairspray so I can change my mind later
annapurna 2 progress shots
oil glazes, quick drying medium, tape, more glazes
spray paint
oil paint and safflower oil on the bright green foreground
tape off
a detail shot
and through my studio door as I go back inside for more coffee
the colours of the turf bog
taking these to be framed today
each 80cm square
mixed media on canvas
gallery 1608 bushmills
I am delighted that a new gallery in Ireland has accepted some of my work
Gallery 1608 is reopening it’s doors with a launch party on Friday 31st January in the ancient Bushmills factory
I am delivering 10 paintings, including this one, above, to them at the end of next week
https://m.facebook.com/gallery1608
Any ideas for a title for this work?
oil and graphite on canvas, 60cm square
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