Works in progress
' October Sky' - Unfinished - Oil on canvas - 2020 ' Harbour 2'- Unfinished - Oil on canvas - 2020 ' Dune' - Unfinished - Oil on canvas - 2020 ' Coast' - Unfinished - Oil on canvas - 2020
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Printing
' The Sound of 3 a.m, Ochre,Blue'- Linocut on Fabriano paper - 2020 I did not do any printing during my Fine Art degree, well I did but only a morning. I decided at the time that it was not for me as there was lots of cleaning up involved, something I am not naturally drawn to. I took it up earlier in the year and although I have got used to the cleaning up element of it there are parts of the process that I still resist. Hats off to people who can do print runs of 50 but I just cannot do it and get bored after about 2 and the only thing I would learn about doing large editions is that I am not good with craft based boredom. And so variations are what I do, not a better method but one that suits me. 'The Sound of 3 a.m, variation 1' - Linocut on Fabriano paper - 2020 These works, ' The Sound of 3 a.m', is based on an ink drawing I did earlier on in the year. A freehand drawing, it's meandering, speculative and sea...
Tired/Grumpy/Hungry/Normal
Me in workspace trying not to be tired ' Harbour' - oil on canvas - 2020 Sold before it was dry Second colour for ' The Sound of 3a.m.' Linoprint Quick ink drawing from yesterday's walk
Latest work, complete and in progress
Drawing for linocut ' The Sound of 3a.m' First colour printed for ' The Sound of 3a.m' Quick ink drawing from today's walk 'Early Summer, England 2' - Oil on canvas - 2020
Post break painting
I had a good couple of sessions painting today, working on pieces that I started before I had a break up the Northumberland coast and one early rendering of a work based on a drawing while I was on the break. ' Blue Barn' - Oil on canvas - 2020 ' September Sky' - Oil on canvas - 2020 ' Harbour' - Oil on canvas - unfinished ' Figure 2' - Oil on canvas - unfinished
ARTFINDER: River Browney & the Sound of a Passing Train (September) by Mark Thirlwell - My landscape works tend to be of places seldom ap…
ARTFINDER: River Browney & the Sound of a Passing Train (September) by Mark Thirlwell - My landscape works tend to be of places seldom ap…
Today's work
A couple of hours work this afternoon. 'Blue Barn' is a painting based on a drawing made at Tunstall, near Wolsingham. The second work is from a life drawing 'Figure 2' . Neither work is finished. ' Blue Barn' - Unfinished ' Figure 2' - Unfinished