The Boxers
Some friends of mine after winning a fight. It’s still not finished now! Medium: Oil on Canvas
Old Man Digital Portrait
A simple digital study portrait of an old man. Medium: Digital
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Tom Hardy in Taboo
Another TV show with very dramatic lighting. This one is digital, and another one where I did remember to take progress images. Medium: Digital – Created on a Lenovo Yoga
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Watercolour Study
Another rare work that I remembered to capture as I worked. A simple study of the use of watercolour layers. Medium: Watercolour on Paper
More Deadwood
Another unfinished painting, inspired by the TV show Deadwood. Medium: Oil on Canvas Board
Waiting
This is a painting that I did for my mother, who has always loved the fantasy genre. Medium: Oil on Canvas Board
The Smoking Woman
This was a photograph that I found somewhere and wanted to paint because I loved the feel of the image. It was a real pain to paint, mostly because I had the head-to-body proportions wrong and had to repaint the head smaller three times! Medium: Oil on Canvas
Caravaggio Inspired
I love the Italian painter Caravaggio – his use of light and shade (known as chiaroscuro), and his method of painting first in black and white (known as grisaille) before building colour on top with washes. I found that the grisaille style really suited my preferred method of painting. This was actually my first real
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Seth Bullock
This is another painting inspired by the Deadwood TV series. This time it’s Seth Bullock, when he gets put in jail. I loved the lighting in this scene and had to paint it. Medium: Oil on Canvas Board
Al Swearengen
For a while, I was really inspired by the TV series Deadwood. I loved the lighting and the characters and the costumes and the backdrops. This was one of my earliest paintings, done in acrylic. Shortly after this I started using oils and never looked back (the blending on the acrylics was a nightmare –
Little Bea
This is a portrait that I did for a friend, of his little daughter. Medium: Pastel on Heavyweight Paper