Pillars and Posts

Post 1
Acrylic on paper
14 x 10"

     This is the first in series of pillars and posts i am working on. More to come soon. On these paintings i have decide to leave in the construction lines to reinforce their architectural nature.

INK 2012

     Here are some lino prints i have been working on for the past week. The two smaller ones below are for Staffordshire University's INK 2012 exhibition. I hope to have a third entry ready for printing by Friday and will be making ten editions of each of them. They're mini prints measuring twelve centimetres squared which was good practice for me as i haven't made prints since my art foundation course.

Watersoluble Graphite experiment

Dancer in Red
Watercolour on Paper

     This painting was an experiment using two types of wet media. I used watersoluble graphite to draw the more abstract parts of the drawing and again to add tone to the dancers body. Though the graphite is watersoluble, its quite water resistant when dry and watercolour washes can be applied right on top of it without fear of contamination.

Green Door



Green Door
Watercolour on paper
11.7 x 8.3"

     I wanted to do some more architectural images and so have started to paint things like doorways and columns. This is the first one i have completed so far. More to come soon. It is also different from my usual work as there is no abstraction with the focus being on the design.

More Religious Paintings

Into the Wilderness
Mixed media on canvas
24 x 24"

The Annunciation
Mixed media on canvas
24 x 18"

     Another couple of paintings with the Christian religion as inspiration. In my own vision of course. The top one is based on the expulsion from the garden of Eden, the bottom one should be obvious from the title.

Cherry Blossom

Cherry Blossom
Mixed media on canvas
18 x 14"

     A more detailed verison of the ACEO i created earlier. This was made using charcoal, oil and acrylic on stretched canvas.

Watercolour Bellydancers

Dancer in Purple
Watercolour on paper

Dancer in Blue
Watercolour on paper

     Here are two watercolous of bellydancers i painted. I used the tribal fusion style as inspiration for the costumes as they are beautiful and very layered. I want to do more of these as i really like to watch this type of dancing. Hopefully the next ones will be more detailed and i can better study the movements of the dancers.