Work In Progress - Lanyon Quoit.

Another work in progress, this time going inland up to Lanyon Quoit, the famous Cornish Quoit on the road from Madron to Morvah. Above is the first sketch on A3 paper, and the following photos are the process of reproducing it onto canvas with Spray Paint, acrylic paint and Posca Pen.

Again, still some more work to be done, i'll keep you posted on it's progress!

Work in Progress - Lands End Bridge.

Just started work on some new paintings which i'm a little bit excited about! So throughout the whole series of paintings that i'm doing, i will be documenting their progress as they move along to completion. This first one is of a rickety old rope bridge that goes over the sea and cliffs down at Lands End. i've been working on the paintings with Spray Paint, acrylic and Posca Pens. Not finished yet, but there will be more photos as it progresses!

Private Commission.

I was recently asked to do a private commission for someone, which was to be a present for their partners birthday. They specifically asked for a painting of Godrevy Lighthouse, and if possible, St. Ives Bay too. I managed to squeeze both of these landmarks into the design for the final piece, with a bit of creative license! Here's a series of photos showing it's development.

House OF Flying Dragons!

Finally, after the British weather decided to sort itself out, i managed to finish this mammoth project that i have been working on! After an epic 18 day spell of painting, the 'House Of Flying Dragons' has been completed!

It's been a gruelling battle against the elements, which also became a mental and physical battle to bring the project to an end. This has probably been the biggest job i have ever worked on by myself!

I love working on a large scale, but this has to be the largest that i have worked on! It was quite a daunting prospect at the start, but as with everything, once you throw yourself into a project it soon takes on a life of it's own and you kind of get taken along for the ride!

It was an amazing experience in the end, and i couldn't ask for a better location to work on a project like this. I'm hoping to produce some paintings based on the photos that i took over the 18 days of the surrounding landscape!

So now it's back to reality, and packing everything up in my studio to move to a new one! It's now the 3rd time in 2 years that i've moved, and hopefully won't be doing it for a while! So once i'm settled into the new place, i'll hopefully be able to crack on with some new paintings!

I've got a few more large scale projects in the pipeline, so any work i can get done inbetween these will be a bonus. I'll keep you posted on my movements! In a bit!

Half Price Painting Sale!

I've been trying to sort my studio recently, and trying to clear it out into some fit state to work in. Now you can call it a Spring Clean, but i'm now selling some of my old paintings off at half price to make some space! I've got a gallery of the available paintings up on my Facebook Fan Page, so feel free to have a look. I've sold a few already, and there's a few more that people are interested in. One of them may be winging it's way to Canada, which will probably cost more to send than it will to buy the painting! Once the studio is clear of clutter, i'm just gonna make some more paintings and make more of a mess!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=401185&id=100202500231

Chip Off The Old Block!

My 9 year old son, Jack has been involved in a little art project of his own recently. He's spent the last 8 weeks on an Artist Experience course run by the Penzance Pirates Rugby Club's Learning Zone. He was chosen to be part of this project that allowed school children to see what it would be like to experience the life of an artist! From going to galleries, coming up with ideas, life drawing, sending work to be framed and even self promotion, they spent 1 day a week for 8 weeks on the project!

Today, the 8 week project culminated in the Artist Experience Exhibition in St. Ives at the Crypt Gallery. This must have been a wonderful experience for all were involved, i wish i could have done something like this at school! Big respect to John Watson from the Learning Zone, who organised the project with the participating schools and who taught the children too. What a fantastic project, and what a group of talented kids!

Getting Married In New York!

Not me! I'm not getting married! I did this piece of work for my friends Sue and Phil from Derby, who are getting married in New York in May! Lucky buggers really, but i can't make it to the ceremony so i did them this for their wedding invitation. They're having a party back in Derby in June, so i'm going to that. I used to go to Uni there, and used to live with Sue who was on my Fine Art degree too! Really enjoyed doing this, and a bit of a departure for me too. Made with spray paint, acrylic paint and Posca pen on A3 paper.

New Work

Just starting to sort out a load of new work at the moment. Got loads of photos to sift through as source material, and i've just started making some sketches of what i want to do.

Here's one of the first finished sketches of a view of Lands End, from just above the rope bridge that's there. It's just a basic idea at the moment of how i want these landscapes to look. i want some of them to look quite minimal with some silhouetted shapes thrown in!

This sketch was created using spray paint and Posca pen on A3 paper.

Take Me Away From The Wind And The Rain.

Finally got this painting finished the other week, it had been sitting in the studio nearly finished for a while! Got it finished in time to put into Newlyn Gallery's Art Sale For Haiti exhibition.

I think the sale raised about £8000 in total, which all went to help the people of Haiti.

This painting was created using spray paint, acrylic paint and Posca pens on canvas.

Carnival of Love.

This was a bit of an experiment with some of the shapes i've used in the past on my StreetGraf paintings, where i took peoples tags from around the streets and stylized them! Was trying to make it look like some of the shapes you might find at the fair ground, especially the waltzers!

This was made using spray paint and Posca Pen on card and paper.

I did it as a gift for my girlfriend for Valentine's Day! Think it worked quite well, might have to do a bit more experimenting with the shapes and the spray paint too. Not bad for a first go though!