new work on unstretched coarse canvas in my studio today
they are not finished and I’m not sure where I’m going with them yet
they are inspired by prayer flags
unstretched unfinished unsure
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pastel prep work
green and orange
blue
brown and green
3 small pastel sketches
in preparation for oil paintings inspired by brightly coloured Newari buildings in Bandipur, Nepal
ritual and prayer
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
studio shot 19th January
2 new 50cm square canvases
acrylic, taped, spray paint, removed tape
detail showing the texture created by taping over wet impasto acrylic, then spray paint, then removing tape while still wet
annapurna stage 1 acrylic underpainting
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
two from italy
one ‘ plein air’sketch in gouache and water colour on paper
one oil on canvas (80 cm square)
both the same subject from last spring in Le Marche, Italy
‘mountain through trees’
two from donegal
two canvases each 80 cm square
mainly oil, with some graphite marks and scratches
summer an autumn impressions from 2013
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