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Study for a belt 
A3 
#oil on #paper 
#star #constellation
#42
Deja vu

2nd in the series..
Oil paint on a3 paper

Same as the one before..just slightly different 

#artistsmaterials
#graphic #equalizer
An alternate #view
A right nice vu..
Oil on paper
A3

#black
#red
#minus
#plus
Burgher King
Both parts 30 x 25
Acrylic

I've posted this before as it had a lovely city break in Liverpool recently (thanks to @garethkemp), and now it's doing the beat here in Sheffield @blocprojects courtesy of a group painting show curated by @ca
Power up
Oil paper
58 x 42

If Ellsworth Kelly ever visited Redcar amusements on a Sunday afternoon circa 1986/7 and played pacman, I don't recall meeting him. But if he did...

#justmaybe
#magicrealism 
#coinop
#hopesanddreams
#🥱
2 drawings on A2 paper 2002ish

Difficult (for me anyway) to take decent shots of works like these which are dominated by white paper where faint pencil lines compete against a bold hit of colour. Essentially illustrates the complexities of looking a
Dear John...

This from 2002. Coloured pencil. Top trumps. I'd love to know what the categories were. 

Top speed - gentle jog, light sweat
Pulling power - debatable
Go faster stripes - n/a
Room for sarnies, twix and flask/asti spumante - price on re
any tips? 🤦‍♂️
🟣🟢⚪
coloured pencil on paper 2004
#bunch
#aww
#mayo
Or
#vinaigrette
#stilllife
Small one from 2008, acrylic on canvas, 15 cm sq

#markmaking
#integrity 
#money
#art
#blahblahblah
Detail from a painting I'm working on called 'Delft touch'. And you've guessed it, it's all about all things Dutch! Focusing predominantly on elements from their golden age of 17c painting - it's all there, portrait, landscape, genre, still life, mar
A representation of a tin of sardines, a tin of anchovies, a Bermuda triangle, a pink flamingo and some grapes walk into a painting...
#badjokes
#oilpainting 
#tinnedfish 
#closeup
#gesamtkunstwerk
When a Vermeer light rolls into town

#wip #oil #oilpainting 
#mono #culture 
◼️◻️
Lens fl a.i r
Acrylic on board 
80 x 60
#wip

When I paint at home I work with acrylic (oil takes ages to extract from kids hair/clothing etc). So here's an ongoing recent one. My wife saw it and remarked 'hmm, slightly jarring colours and shapes' -
Foodhall (after De Heem and Matisse)

An ongoing work reworking Jan Davidsz de Heem's 17c zinger.
5ft x 4ft oil canvas

In light of recent geo political events I must repeat that the countries that I've represented via flags here should not feel in a
Some iteration of these works☝️will be on show @bridewellstudiosliverpool curated and organised by top guy, painter and coffee aficionado @garethkemp .
Also on show
@juanbolivarstudio2112 
@deepa.chudasama 
@chris_daniels_art 
@sarahjeffriesart 
@ann
Burgher King

Acrylic on canvas both 30*25cm
Cheap gag I know, but if you want a bit more than just the quick fix fast food culture hit then 👉 In the early 2000’s I assisted ex director of the Wallace Collection John Ingamells when he was cata
two call boxes somewhere out in Midwest America

Both oil on paper A3

In his latest film a disheveled Leonardo DiCaprio runs/limps towards a Gunmetal grey aluminium phonebooth.
Mind wanders.... Such a deceptively simple yet effective bit of designed
Old school debonair
Oily stuff on paper 

#studio #wall
#sketch for #canvas
#oil #paper
#vaguely 
#niven ish
English pastoral (a study in yellow ochre, cadmium yellow and burnt umber) 

#Oil on A3 #paper

I reached for the stars, following planets like Joseph Albers, Sean Scully, Ellsworth Kelly, Morris Louis for guidance, but got lost somewhere along the w
Alright Mr.Demille, I'm ready for my close up (cheers duck👍)

Low lying fruit
Oil on paper
A3
Today, right now, so fresh, hot of the press, not dry, yeah, relevant, contemporary as... oh, it's dry now.

#yesterdays #news
#paper #oil
#emerald #vermil