Two new additions

I have two new paintings ready for bubble wrapping and carting off to hopefully be included for the affordable art fair. Not sure which paintings will be up but its been good to be back painting. With these new pieces I'm looking towards changing colours and composition. I want them to look less sea creature and more theatrical explosion!

New work Summer '10

I finally have some new work, and more on the way. These paintings are hopefully going towards the Afforable art fair! www.affordableartfair.co.uk with the gallery that is currently representing my work www.spheregallery.co.uk

"untitled" oil and alkyd resin on canvas 150 x 100cm


"untitled" oil and alkyd resin on canvas 51 x 41cm


"untitled" oil and alkyd resin on canvas 90 x 60cm

Commisioned paintings jan/feb 2010- Santuary Bar and Restaurant

I was commissioned to paint five paintings for 'Santuary Bar and Restaurant' about to open in Basingstoke. They are all painted as a continuation from my degree work, taking into consideration the style and theme of the bar. They are all painted in oil paint and lukas medium 4.

The painting below was the final painting in the series of five. I had got back into the flow of painting and this canvas incidently became abit of an experiment, naturally wanting to progress and change ideas around. The colours and shapes are more extreme, more unnatural and contrasting. This new direction is something i wish to explore in my future painting, to see where it takes my work.

There are different shapes and scales of the canvases in the series. I felt the bigger 2m x1.4m canvases works the best; where there is more freedom for expression and range, the smaller sizes however compliments the larger ones and let the theme run through out the bar and restaurant.

These are the final pieces for the freerange show in June.

The Freerange show, my work is hanging to the left of the photo, with James Andersons sculptures in the foreground. The show was such a good experience and was loads of fun to do, a big thank you to Laura, Fiona, Nick and James for putting lots of your time and effort into it.

This is my latest on going piece, hopefully will be ready for the assessment and degree show. Its my biggest sized canvas 1.4 x 2 m

Here is the last piece but finished. I think the background should be more blue in colour but otherwise i think its how i want my final degree pieces to look.

this piece is 1m x 1.5 m. i'll be painting over this eventually, but i think the intial pouring of the medium is interesting as it is. The oil paint seperates and collects in different places on the canvas when it dries.