Liminal - aka 'meditative landscape swirl'

This acrylic painting was originally designed to serve as a cover image for an anthology of poetry. Although that book didn't come to fruition I still found this artwork to be worth creating. Originally a pencil sketch the design had some digital development, in particular the color scheme before being rendered traditionally. The size of the work is 35.6 x 27.9 cm.
When I saved this image file for the web without a color profile I noticed the colors had become a little desaturated. Having re-saved with one I saw a marked improvement, though I suspect not all computers can read all color profiles - hopefully you are seeing it at its original vividness. 

'Liminal'

Third One

A new post! Amazing! Anyway, as the heading suggests this acrylic painting shares some similarities to the two pieces in the previous post except that it was made earlier this year and for no distinct purpose. It also has a spreading of impasto medium as a base layer for added texture.

'Days End'

Charity

These are two acrylic paintings I did about a year ago which sold at an auction with a percentage of the sale going to charity. Sadly their sale price wouldn't even have covered the price of the frames they were mounted in; fortunately those frames were someone else's charity. The starting point for both of the pictures were low-res photos I took on a mobile phone. They both measure at about 25 x 30cm.

'Green World'

'Tree view'

Future

This acrylic painting is about 30cm x 40cm in size. The theme for this piece was the future. Also, it came 2nd in a local art competition for which it was created.

'Choose Your Own Adventure'

Snakecord

Hello, in case you haven't noticed I'm not one of those people who post on their blog daily, weekly, or even annually... well maybe annually. 

Snakecord is a piece I developed in drips and drabs from late 2010 onwards and only recently started and then finished the painting process. I think the absence of a figurative presence led to its slow progress. I was however happy enough with the finished drawings and it how it all came together to see it through to completion. Both panels are about 45.7cm x 35.6cm in size and are painted in acrylic. The general theme I had for this piece was: doing what you want helps you to become that.

 This piece reminded me of the problems that can arise from varnishing and scanning artwork. From the joys of removing foreign objects stuck to the varnish to the great fun that can be had merging multiple scans together. 

'Snakecord'  Part 1 of 2

'Snakecord'  Part 2 of 2

ohs

Below is a painting I completed late 2010. While I was developing it I gave it the working title of 'OHS'; a title that I found both appropriate and inappropriate. Since finishing it I've thought of nothing better and therefore left it at that.

'OHS'    50.8cm x 40.6cm

Series

The following is a collection of 9 acrylic paintings which together form a wordless sequential narrative. All are approximately 25cm x 25cm and were completed during 2009. I came up with the core idea a few years before this while I was studying although then I didn't have the time to develop it. Of the completed line drawings a course interviewer said they were 'impressionistic', I suppose they were and perhaps the end result is too. This series led me to appreciate the potential of having multiple images to a piece thus allowing greater complexity of things I could depict. Since this work I have completed 2 further series albeit in a single panel format akin to a page of a comic or graphic novel (a lot less time consuming). Oh, I almost forgot: the series is called 'I'm Fine' as it would be the answer to the unasked question.

'I'm Fine'   1 of 9

'I'm Fine'   2 of 9

'I'm Fine'   3 of 9

'I'm Fine'   4 of 9

'I'm Fine'   5 of 9

'I'm Fine'   6 of 9

'I'm Fine'   7 of 9

'I'm Fine'   8 of 9

'I'm Fine'   9 of 9