Art Spectrum, an Australian oil paint manufacturer have a range of 13 different oil colours that they developed with inspiration from the Australian landscape. I have used their colour Australian Red Gold for years and it is one of my absolute favourites. It is an amazing glazing colour that goes […]
One important thing to think about when painting solvent free is the texture of your canvas or support. Without solvents the paint is thicker and doesn’t apply as smoothly. More rough texture causes more drag on the brush making the paint harder to apply smoothly. This can be to your […]
I have been experimenting with Water Mixable Oils again recently, mostly just for underpaintings to build up some quick washes. One of the things I’ve heard people saying about water miscible oils is that they are not tried and tested over time for permanence and durability. While reading the Winsor […]
Whilst in Tasmania last week I visited the Stanley Art Gallery and discovered Kerry Martin‘s work. Her large oil paintings feature an incredible use of light and shadow that draw you deep within the work. Each work evokes the feeling of a dramatic and sublime world reminiscent of Romantic era […]
Visit the painting gallery to view my recent works. You can also view the paintings from my recent exhibition in the Tempus gallery.
Found this on quote on WetCanvas about oiling out a painting: Oiling out with linseed oil before painting into a dried passage is preferable to using retouch varnish to resaturate the colors, from a standpoint of sound archival practice. Oils dry partly through oxidation, and varnish over the top of […]
PREVIEW OPENING NIGHT Wednesday 26th March 6 – 8 PM DURATION March 27 – April 13 HOURS Thursday – Sunday 11 AM – 5 PM GALLERY Port Art Gallery 384 Bay Street Port Melbourne
I have been noticing my changing relationship to my paintings throughout their creation. So often I will work on a painting for hours and at the end become increasingly irritated with it and leave it be. I am so absorbed in it all I notice is every individual fault; I […]
Here is a list of non-toxic pigments I found on WetCanvas a while ago: Violet-Blue Ultramarine (PB29) Green-Blue Phthalocyanine Blue GS (PB15:3) Manganese Blue (PB33) Violet-Red Pyrrole Red (PR254) Anthraquinoid Red (PR177) (good substitute for Alizarin Crimson in oils) Naphthol Carbamide (PR170) Yellow-Red Quinacridone Red Y (PR209) Naphthol AS (PR188) […]
Discorded Visage, oil on canvas, 46 x 35 cm
