This painting was begun as a demonstration piece for an art class, and then worked up over a few more sessions. It depicts my eldest son kicking a semi-deflated ball around a local park, and was based on a photo I took capturing the moment a few years ago. The painting was made in acrylics…
Month: Apr 2025
Cracked Plastic Andy
This is a painting of one of my children’s toys – a small plastic figure of Andy Day that came with a CBeebies magazine sometime around 2017. Andy is dressed in his Andy’s Dinosaur/Prehistoric/etc. Adventures gear. My eldest son and I used to love watching the programmes, and used to take toy Andy on adventures…
Beatles Forever
Here’s a paining I began as a demo piece for one of my online art classes, which I ran during the 2020-21 lockdowns. The theme I wanted my students to tackle on this occasion was ‘music’, challenging them to come up with a piece of artwork that reflected their relationship to music. My demo painting…
Drawing Upon Life 