This is a limited palette painting with mostly yellows and raw umber. Its 20" x 24" acrylic on a muslin covered panel . Check out the demo here:Forum Demo
This is a painting I did a few years ago . Claude Monet is one of my favourite impressionist . I did this one as a way to develope a style of realism with an impressionist influence.
I walk past the little red boat . The ripple waves gently lap against its planks . I hear the sea gulls and I walk on . 24" x 36" acrylic on panel framed
Last summer I fished for cod , in Newfoundland, in an area where a lone minke whale was feeding. The water that evening was flat calm and the whale was after some sort of small fish that flickered on the water. It got close to us at times as we fished for cod. This painting tries to capture that moment in time as I remember it.This is an 18' x 24" acrylic painting on panel.
In mid October, 2007 , I was in Newfoundland and one morning at day break I got some great reference photos of fog . There was frost in the air that caused a mysterious fog and it was so quite around the local harbour . Most boats had already been pulled out of the water in preparation for the approaching winter .
This painting tries to capture the the atmosphere that morning. Its a 24" x28' acrylic on canvas over panel.
My interest in art began in high school where I took drawing classes for three years. I had visions of being a marine architect, but my career path took me into a skilled trade, in the oil refining business .
Painting is a hobby for me and I have taken a great interest in the creativity aspect of it . I enjoy the process from the beginning to the end. I build my own painting supports and I paint on hardboard panel most of the time. In late years I have been painting on canvas or muslin over panel .
Each painting is a whole new learning experience and it’s the process of the creation of these paintings, that keeps my interest. I decided a long time ago that I would not paint for a certain market or try be current in painting style trends.I do my own thing and time will be the best critic.I will leave the sale of my work to others because its not something I want to focus on.
I am very active on painting forums and I found that there was a lot of interest in painting demonstrations. So this blog is dedicated to my painting demos in acrylic . Enjoy !
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