Fine Art Acrylics painter. Original Local artist from Bolton.: 2011-03-13

Thursday 17 March 2011

Artwork iii

This collection has a predominant green theme, for obvious reasons. Check the date!. I was given a birthday present one year, a water colour challenge magazine to be correct. You had a section delivered once a month, with a new challenge to complete. These next 5 pictures are a reflection of what I thought I had been learning. If that makes sense!?. I completed the challenge, the tips, the techniques, then applied them to my own work. I'm still a little heavy on the colours but over time, I think that is what will make me unique. We will have to see. Thanks all.

Title:- Good morning hun!.

Oil on canvas sheet. 12x 14.

£175

Title:- Shut the gate!.

Watercolour on 150 gms paper. 16x14

£175

Title:- A fisherman's friend.

Watercolour on 159 grms paper. 16x14

£175

Title:- Father and son. Entwistle reservoir, Bolton.

Watercolour on 150 grms paper. 16x14

£175

Title:- Time for a dip...?

Oil on canvas. 16x18.

£225

Wednesday 16 March 2011

My artwork. ii

Traditionally, new artists benefit from an abundance of local subjects, like mills, houses, pubs, local people, cultures, with the injection of enthusiasm for painting them, or at least capturing some form of image. I grew up in an area that had been built in the 1950's. A new ring road that by passed the town center.

The property was to small for our growing family, forcing us to move to a newly built, 4 bedroom house, nearer to the town center but without the old pre-war housing stock. Although lots of these houses remained, the majority stood empty, lifeless, derelict. The same could be said for the mills. Just from my house alone, the horizon was filled with these monoliths of industry. Former glorious stalwarts of the Victorian era. At least 15 could be seen in any one direction from my door and turning clockwise. But sadly, they too would be pulled down with the rest of this area, to make way for slightly more contemporary housing, with little gardens and driveways.

Very different from the rows of terraced houses and small back street yards I had first witnessed at 13. This is where my story of art began to take shape. This selection is reproduced from photographs I took as a teen, when all my friends played football on the community center, school grounds or local park. I replaced the black & white images with colour from some of my first watercolour box sets. Although with tentative brush-strokes, exaggeration of colour, I feel I captured the images as lifelike as possible.

Title:- The goalposts. Vernon street, Bolton. (area demolished)

Watercolour on 150gsm cartridge paper. 16x12

£275

Title:- Crumpsall Street Mill. Bolton. (demolished)

Watercolour on 150gsm cartridge paper. 16x12

£275

Title:- November storm from my bedroom.

Clyde mill just in the background. Nottingham drive, Halliwell, Bolton.

Watercolour on 150 gsm cartridge paper. 16x12.

£195

Title:- Bradshaw Brow, Bolton. (without the modern amenities!)

Pen & Ink drawing. 16x12.

£125

Title:- West Point Peperil mill, Union road, Bolton. (demolished)

Pen & Ink drawing. 16x12.

£125

Title:- Bolton Power Station, under demolition.

Pen & Ink drawing. 9x11.

£95

Title:- View from Crowthorn Residential school.

Watercolour on 90 gsm paper. 9x11

£105

Monday 14 March 2011

My artwork.

More artwork for the interested blogger. Notice the strong colours. It's because I'm colour blind believe it or not. I have to emphasise them, or use sharp contrasts so I can see my work. Black & white was good for a while, quite easy really, though I needed to expand and become more interesting. My early work included using yellows through to reds, with dark colours to add depth. I completely switch off from the world around me when I paint. And when I step back, I'd think wow!, I did that?. Though not everyone will show that emotional connection. If I don't like an artwork for whatever reason, everyone usually does!. Please enjoy.