I was asked to do this latest commission a couple of weeks ago, working from a photo of the couple in question. The client didn’t specify which medium it was to be painted in, so I suggested acrylics as I prefer them for the way I can get a likeness for portraits and people. The […]
I know that actors say “Never work with children and animals†but I never thought it would apply to my profession, that was, til now. This blog post is going to be a long one, cos there’s so much to tell you about. I have been exhibiting my paintings at Dame Catherine Harpur School in […]
I’ve had a really good Erotic Artist weekend starting with interesting conversations in the pub on Friday, followed by a portraits in oils workshop on Saturday and the Guild of Erotic Artists Event day on Sunday. Phew! The workshop went really well, the tutor who was running it certainly knows his stuff and is laid […]
Well, as expected, I sold no paintings at the exhibition at the weekend. And don’t think I’m being depressingly negative, and I’m certainly not defeatist, and never a pessimist….. You see, the majority of the paintings sold were at the lower end of the market, price wise, since it was a “village hall” exhibition. And […]
The people who commissioned the portrait of the horse”Elliot” came to pick the painting up this week. I had met them before when I went to take the photos of Elliot, but that was at their house. And they wanted to come to my house to collect the painting, as it is a surprise and […]
Fitzy knew when we agreed the two paintings that I’m currently doing for him that if I had other deadline commissions, that they would take precedence over the timing for his artwork, and was happy with that possibility. The only reason I said it was because I knew the artwork that I’m doing for Fitzy […]
My mind’s full of the Erotica show I’m doing in a couple of weeks but as well as that I’ve had a recent commission to complete. Its nothing to do with Erotica, and isn’t in the slightest bit erotic in any way. But its been very important to do. Because its of a dead person. […]
I’ve been working on my latest dog portrait commission this week and am slightly annoyed that I’ve had to re-start the painting again as the original paper I started with buckled when I was less than a third of the way through the painting. If I’d carried on it might have got worse, it may […]
Do you wanna hear a funny story? Well it certainly amused me greatly ……….I’ll share it with you and see what you think…….. The other week a woman I know as a distant acquaintance from many years ago contacted me regarding wanting a painting done as a surprise for her husbands forthcoming birthday. She wanted […]
After completing the dog portrait in time for the Christmas deadline, (even with a stinking cold!) I’m all poised to get on with the next erotic landscape when I receive a call requesting that the two women who are involved with the painting – the “requester” and the “giftee”, (ie the woman who contacted me […]
Every so often I get an offer I can’t resist. The latest one has come through a half joking conversation with ‘Having my cake’ via some of the comments for my last blog post. She brought up the subject of the cunt painting episode from ‘Sex and the City’ where Charlotte poses for a famous […]
As an artist, I’m always trying to capture the essence of the subject rather than just the superficial image infront of me, so it was interesting yesterday to meet a spirit artist and clairvoyant, who talked about the importance of colour in painting the soul. She sees people’s auras and paints those colours in her […]
