Capturing the vitality and richness of oil paint in acrylics is a challenge. Oil paints have a natural, organic quality that is generally...

Saturated Colour and Abstraction — Acrylic on Canvas This group of paintings explores the expressive possibilities of saturated colour in an abstract context. Colour, in these works, is not descriptive — it does not refer to the colour of a specific landscape or object — but structural: it organises the composition, creates spatial relationships, and generates emotional resonance. Acrylic and Colour Acrylic paint is particularly well suited to the exploration of saturated col

The Versatility of Oil and Cold Wax — An Introduction to the Medium Oil and cold wax medium is one of the most versatile combinations available to the contemporary painter. The cold wax — a blend of beeswax, damar resin, and a small amount of solvent — modifies the oil paint in ways that open up a wide range of surface possibilities: it adds body, reduces drying time, increases transparency, and allows for the creation of textured effects that would be difficult or impossible

This is an acrylic painting on a 100 x 100 x 4 cm canvas. I based it on the landscape of Roswell Pits, an 8-hectare nature reserve near...

What do I mean by reverse archaeology? That archaeology may have something to offer painting is less complicated than you might imagine....

This is a large oil painting on a 122cm x 92cm professional quality canvas. It is semi abstract and expressionistic in terms of technique...