Last one of the Asda bunches. Trying to attack the edges and abstract the flowers.
11″x11″ oil on canvas
Flooers Fae The Asda III
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Flooers Fae The Asda II
That was a short and swift journey through some still life flowers, but this one is the last for a while.
“Flooers Fae The Asda II” 10″x10″ opil on board
Flooers fae the Asda
A demo for the Thursday group
Oil on board 10″x10″
“Annunciation”
A contemporary take on the Annunciation. Mary is visited by the Archangel Gabriel and given news that she would conceive and become the Mother of Jesus.
I was commissioned to paint Mary for St Peter in Chains Church in Ardrossan some years back. I staged a few versions of Mary and this one was put to the side at the time. I liked this one, so vowed to paint it one day. I had an opportunity to prepare for a group show and felt the time was right to tackle this again.
There are a few things in the picture which add to the telling of the tale of the commission. Discarded ideas on the floor, the canvas at the back which the painting now exists on.
Mary is historically depicted at her studies when Gabriel appears, so she is seen here holding a book.
The studio is meant to be analogous to Josephs workshop.
We, the viewer, are seeing the scene from the point of view of Gabriel. (A ploy to not have to paint wings and feathers!)
The painting is currently hanging in the Harbour Arts Centre in our annual Courtyard Studios Exhibition.
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A portrait of Maili. This is currently on show in the Harbour Arts Centre in Irvine.
Acrylic on canvas 100cmx100cm
Speed of execution makes for a livelier, energetic picture. And of course, much more fun.
Flowers from Nancy
“Flowers from Nancy”
oil on canvas
12″x12″
This asked to be painted last night. A loose but formal arrangement in a 70’s brown glass. Flowers straight from Nancy’s garden.
Hydrangea III
Hydrangea III
10″x10″ oil on board
Demo for the Thursday morning class. Another one of a series of still lifes exploring light and shade, water and glass.
