new site – goodbye this site
I have upgraded to a .org site and so have exported these files over and will be continuing from mindsnap
Online Store Now Open
My etsy store is now open and up for business. Not every piece that I produce will be on sale via etsy however this is where I shall be selling my unframed digital paintings for under $100 inclu shipping and tax. Digital Art work will not be available via etsy.
2 Shows coming up fast …
“The Barn” is heading to Tweed for a show on bridges and barns and 2 unseen works of mine are heading to a juried show near Canada’ Wonderland – “Commodity Farming” and “The MedowLands”. Pictures will follow once works are installed.
“The Universe” is complete
Thank you to Hubble for bringing such awesome pictures. This past week I have been slowly putting together a large piece made from block colours and various shapes inspired by the pictures that Hubble sends back to Earth. Each colour that has been used has been dropped picked from the photo to give an accurate … Read more
Agent Advice
Under advice for fear of copying by others, I have removed some of my pictures from the site. This is to protect my uniqueness of ideas. Once looming shows are finished the pieces from those shows shall be posted.
The Creative Flash
If your an artist, you know the one I mean, and if you are married to an artist you are infuriated by it!! You never know when they will come and how long they will last for, what you can say with great certainty though is that when it comes it hits like a truck. … Read more
The Urban Jungle
The “Urban Jungle” is a prototype of a picture that I having being thinking about since we moved to Canada to escape the urban sprawl of the United Kingdom. The final version of “The Urban Jungle” will be a tree of houses taken by my camera and then manipulated in Corel Painter 11.
Social Media
First off let me say, I have nothing against Social Media and have, in the past been an active user of both Twitter and FB. Yet I have chosen to work and advertise without that marketing platform. After all artists were selling work before Social Media and I am sure will continue to do so … Read more
Painting the works of Steven Draper
Every once in a while an artist gets the chance to recreate a sensational piece. I was recently set this challenge by stevendraper also the CEO and Founder of polepics. The piece selected was from his well collected photograph “Jumbo Departure III” This is the finished digital oil To be able to recreate the … Read more
