25x25cm oil on board.
Kevin.
Fountain at Killrudderry House
25x35cm plein air oil on board at Killrudderry House and Gardens, Bray.
Finished en studio.
Seanie
25x25cm oil on board of Sean O’Reilly. An extraordinary specimen.
Chris Hauter
Chris Hauter, one of the Dirty Dozen in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. This isnt a carricature, he actually looks as badass as this. Hes also an artist. (@chrishaueterart )
20x20cm oil on board.
Beck 4
One of my favourite singers.
20x20cm oil on board.
Trying out Sean Cheethams palette.
Solus Tower Bray – Plein Air
25x35cm plein air oil on board finished en studio.
The Solus Tower dominating the Corke Abbey housing estate like a giant UFO crushing the sun.
Sandymount Dusk 6
20x20cm oil on board.
The Objector
35x70cm oil on canvas.
After David Jagger.
Marvis 2
30x30cm oil on board.
Out of the Fire There Rises
50x70cm oil on canvas
Photo source from last year, back when I could fit into that turtleneck, in the portrait gallery London looking at the Orpens.
The Slow Decay of Man Under House Arrest
50x60cm oil on canvas.
Me plus a covid stone and a half I reckon.
The Prodigal Pagan
50x50cm oil on canvas.
Something to do with Christianity and Paganism and Bull cults and masculinity and middle-age-dom and Taurus and CoronaVirus™.
The Velocity of Now 2
20x20cm oil on board.
Fun bit of portrait practice of Thomas Sheridan.
Rex
30x30cm oil on board.
The Steps of the Temple
40x50cm oil on canvas.
Borrowing heavily from Franz Von Stuck and Frank Frazetta.
Something to do with danger, temptation and pitfalls on the way to something better.
Abandoned Train Tunnel on Bray Head
30x30cm oil on board. Painted from a pencil sketch I made a few years ago. I heard Francis Hamel say once that a good pencil sketch should provide enough information for you to make a painting from. Worth a shot.
Giff
Andrew Gifford, one of my top 3 favourite painters.
20x40cm oil on board.
I intended to do a paint sketch in one sitting of some of my favourite painters. This is the first one. But it ended up being more of a finished painting over many layers. Theres a few reasons for this: I forget how to paint every time I sit at the easel. My mind goes blank. I know to get a rough sketch in and add darks first but thats about it. My style is different every time. Sometimes the paint goes on nicely in the first layer. It depends though on what surface you use, which brand of paint, medium or not, level of priming, temperature, brushes, etc as to whether or not the paint sits nicely. Alors, not a sketch anymore but good practice nonetheless. Francis Hamel next (also in my top 3).
https://www.instagram.com/andrew_gifford_artist/?hl=en
The Velocity of Now
A quick oil sketch of Thomas Sheridan with a couple of bales of briquettes.
42x21cm oil on board.
Dollymount Digger
Commission. 60x50cm oil on canvas.
Sandymount Dawn 2
The Cockle Lake on Sandymount Strand at dawn one freezing cold January morning.
20x20cm oil on board.