NEWA 2013 live art demo's

from 19th-21st july alongside the NEWA wildlife art show in the Wirral a group of professional wildlife artists will be demonstrating in various mediums as well as displaying original works,prints and cards.this rather grumpy looking cheetah is my underpainting that ive prepared for my demo.i will be showing some original works and ltd edition prints(some very special show offers) and my brand new range of fine art cards.

NEWA 2013 exhibition and charity auction

 

 

On Thursday 18th july the preview night and special charity auction will be held at the 20th annual NEWA wildlife art exhibition.the oil painting above entitled 'elegance-avocet' has been donated by me to the charity auction all the proceeds of which will go to wildlife charities.many artists have donated original artworks to the auction and details of the exhibition and auction of wildlife art can be found on the newa website www.newa-uk.com  .following the preview night the exhibition will run from july 19th-august 4th and from 19th-21st of july alongside the main exhibition will be a special event to commemorate the 20th anniversary of newa.a group of select wildlife artists including myself will be demonstrating in various mediums as well as showing a range of prints and cards and some more original works all of which are available to purchase.there will be some very special offers at the show and so if you're in the Wirral area during those three days pop in,speak to and learn from some fabulous artists and bag yourself a bargain!.the full venue address is Gordale garden centre,chester high road,south Wirral,burton,ch64 8tf

Roe deer study 20" x 16" oil on canvas

A little more work on the body and nose of this roe study and i'm calling it done.new projects are beckoning.

Roe deer study work in progress

Here's another oil painting i'm working on right now and its a study of one of the many Roe deer who visit my garden for a tasty morsel every so often.its been quite heavily re-worked since I initially underpainted it,with three changes of background colouration ranging from hideous greens through to the current grey-ish colour.whilst the photography doesn't really show it too well here the current colouration is made up of colours I saw within the deers coat and whilst its a little plainer overall than I had anticipated I think the colour sets off the deer nicely.as you can see the animals head is almost complete,i just need to tinker with the nose some more.the body has had two coats of loosely applied oils and the next coat will add some nice fur detail in.all the references ive used for this painting have been gleaned by me doing a little amateur deer stalking in my own garden(luckily theres plenty of cover) and as you can see from the positioning of her ears she was desperately trying to work out where the camera clicks were coming from!

Cats Protection 'Celebrity paw'

Cat welfare charity  Cats Protection hold an annual 'Celebrity Paws' auction to raise funds for feline welfare.Celebritys are asked to draw around there hand and then personalise it in any way,the resultant 'paws' are then entered into an online auction to help with fundraising.Previous celebrity participants have included ricky gervais,dame Maggie smith,hugh Bonneville,phil Collins and tracey emin and so imagine how delighted I was to be asked to produce my own celebrity paw, the image above is my effort for the auction.

Cape Buffalo 22" x 36" oil on canvas

I'm still struggling a little to get a decent photo of my buffalo painting in the studio and so here is my best effort so far.The painting is actually a good deal darker with more colour too but i'm a useless photographer and the light is bouncing everywhere in the studio.It will sit here to dry now and i'll take another look in a few days for areas that cry out for change but for now i'm happy with it.It is an unashamedly simple piece concentrating purely on the ruggedness of the animals head and horns and attempting to put across something of the nonchalance of an animal that has few things to worry about. The painting is one of my largest to date and I enjoyed working at this scale as I felt it allowed me a slightly looser approach which was very therapeutic and despite my next project being smaller scale I think I will be returning to large paintings soon.

mr grumpy taking shape

my cape buffalo painting is really starting to come together nicely now after another long day in the studio working on its face and shiny nose.it looks a little disproportionately bright in places in this photo as I took it whilst the painting was still very wet,the colours will settle down overnight.the next part will be to try and do justice to the wonderfully textured horns.