This is one of two Galgo (Spanish greyhound) portraits commissioned by a friend who goes over to Spain regularly to volunteer in a Galgo rescue centre. This was Lucas, the first to be rescued by the centre… 02/03/18: 30mins… 2hrs… 07/03/18: 6hrs30… 15/03/18: completed after roughly 7hrs…
A 12×9″ stretched canvas in black and white acrylics, painted from a single (slightly out of focus) photograph… 1/2/18: 30mins… 1hr15… 4/2/18: 3hrs… 7/2/18: 8hrs… 12/2/18: Completed after approximately 13hrs…
Following on from an Etsy sale of one of my ‘Love Actually’ cards which went to the USA, the gentleman who purchased the card has now commissioned me to paint a portrait of his girlfriend and her Westie dog. This is to be done from numerous photographs, including a specific background that the gentleman has… Read more »
Beginning a new 18×14″ commission today, very much a family portrait… 18/10/17: 30mins… 20/10/17: 1hr15… 24/10/17: 2hrs30… 26/10/17: 5hrs30… 29/10/17: 8hrs30… 31/10/17: 9hrs30… 01/11/17: 10hrs45… 02/11/17: completed after roughly 14hrs…
One of my favourite episodes from ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’, where Larry and Jeff start eating in a Palestinian Chicken restaurant. After Larry has an altercation with his friend Marty Funkhouser outside the restaurant over his insistence to wear his “Jew cap”, Larry is praised by Shara (the Palestinian woman in the picture). She says “you’re… Read more »
A 12×9″ piece to be painted from a photograph I saw on the Instagram feed of Rosie from Valery’s Vintage (a previous customer) – I just saw it and thought it would make a great black and white painting… 14/09/17: 20 mins… 18/09/17: 1hr30… 2hrs45… 19/09/17: 5hrs… 20/09/17: completed after… Read more »
Having recently played at the Echo arena in Liverpool (which I would have loved to have gone to), Lana Del Rey has once again infected my thoughts and I’ve been listening to a lot of her music. That voice just does something to me! This will be the THIRD painting of Lana I’ve done, only… Read more »
After a plea from Charlie on the Poto Studios stall following weeks of abuse from disgruntled Everton fans, I’m doing a painting to keep the blue noses happy… 09/09/17: 1hr15… 6hrs30… 10/9/17: 8hrs… 11/9/17: completed after 11hrs…
A very important commission of a much-loved mum, to be done in black & white on a 12×9″ box canvas… 05/09/17: 15mins… 1hr15… 3hrs… 06/09/17: 5hrs45… 07/09/17: completed after 8hrs overall…
After all the planning, designing, painting and marketing that has gone into ‘The Trophy Winners’, it’s certainly been worth it so far. With that in mind, my next project is going to be something of a similar scale and Artshub47’s “open exhibition” in November is the target event for it to be ready for… … Read more »
