Friday, July 31, 2009

Kilkenny Castle Specimen Roses, IRELAND


DETAIL

A series of four oil paintings of specimen Roses picked from the gardens of Kilkenny Castle, IRELAND. The oil paintings were based on pencil drawings of each rose ; 'Precious Platinum', 'William Lobb', 'Pink Ballerina' and 'Evelyn Fison'. The roses are set against either a ground of deep indigo or against thick impasto turquoise oil paint.
Painted with Winsor and Newton Artists oil paint on deep edged canvas
(300 x 400mm)

Monday, July 13, 2009

'A Little Piece of Africa' : Exhibition ArtSPACE, Berlin

'King Protea, Cadmium Orange on Van Dyke Brown'
oil on canvas
300 x 300mm
on exhibition as part of a group show
'A Little Piece of Africa'
ALPOA
at ArtSPACE, Berlin
opening 17.07.2009, 19h
18.07 - 19.09, 2009