Category: process
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Destroying paintings and sobbing: The journey of the ‘bare’ painting series
Let me take you on the traumatic journey of how these paintings come into the world…
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Cassette tapes or tape worms?: How the ‘Wherever’ diptych was born
What do these two paintings remind you of? Trust me, I’ve heard just about everything. This duo come about as an experimentation with masking as a way of ‘editing’ an existing gesture. They were created for a 2023 exhibition with Ullapool gallery An Talla Solais, titled ‘Whenever, Wherever.’ The process: The result:
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Bend the rules: A case for oil painting on paper
Who said you can’t oil paint on paper?! Here’s my notes on why painting on paper is a must-try…
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Baby steps: the story of my first dive into oil paints
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A step-by-step insight into the process behind dynamic duo, ‘In Conversation’
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Abstract painting 101: ⟡THE⟡ documentary to watch (+ one of my fave artists ever)
a case for flipping paintings upside down… and also a documentary that all abstract artists need to watch!!