The Work

The Red Door

Whew!  The Artist Project 2013 at the Better Living Center in Toronto is over!  Thank you so much to those who visited me and purchased work. I had a very interesting experience with a particular client.  Jennifer and her husband Bill bought a piece called "The Red Door".  It was the story as well as the image that caught their attention.  I had painted the image from a photo I had taken of a home [...]

2023-05-17T15:17:25+00:00February 25, 2013|Featured, News & Events, The Work|

Stages

Some times I am asked what my technique entails.  I thought I would walk you through the stages of a painting! Stage one is the preparation of a canvas.  I usually paint the canvas red, although you could use any colour. I then draw on with chalk my image and then "ink" it in with a paynes grey or purple paint. Stage two is colour blocking.  I start to fill in the positive, or "foreground" [...]

2023-05-17T15:17:23+00:00May 4, 2012|Featured, Painting, The Work, Uncategorized|
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