“Pointillist Percy the Purple Sandpiper” Painting My twelth painting for advent – 12th December 2013. Another friend from the shore… I took a few photos, which were rather grainy – but that doesn’t matter for painting inspiration, I just need shape and a bit of colour – a starting point… and I’m off. The graininess…
In an effort to brighten up a extra cold and wintery day – here’s a painting I did in the summer inspired by a pair of cockatiels that live in the aviary at the local park. Step by step for the background… working quickly with acrylic paint, not worrying too much about realistic detail but…
Last week the wisteria plant that has been growing up the side and over our back door for many many years without so much as a bud, had eventually decided to flower! We had almost given up on this ever happening – thinking that growing it in a pot had been to blame for the…
My painting shows Titanic passing Bangor as she makes her way into the Irish Sea for her sea trials on 2nd April 1912. After a return to Belfast later that day, she set off for Southampton at 8.00pm that evening. Pickie is a promenade area to the west of Bangor Bay, County Down, Northern Ireland,…
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