Daddy
Acrylic on canvas
After my father passed away photographs kept his image in my mind. However, something was missing. He was quiet and thoughtful and really got pleasure from simple things. Most photographs were posed and like most of us, at weddings etc.
I painted this portrait in an evening surrounded by a tornado of photographs and cherished memories. As the paint began to work on the canvas daddy's look appeared. I stopped immediately and was happy. I didn't aim for a finished photographic piece, I aimed for something else and the loose brushstrokes and subtle colours captured that. This now sits up at home on a shelf in the sitting room.
Seamus and Finn
Acrylic on canvas
This was another piece inspired by a glance and light. I was up in Enniskillen at my uncles garage one summers evening at dusk.
The light, shadows, colours and atmosphere stopped really appealed to me and I had to paint the scene. I like this piece as it is a painting within a painting with two separate palettes. The blue in the garage draws one in and ties the painting together. The sky goes on forever and the garage has limited depth and I enjoyed playing with this. Seamus is looking out. I think he is waiting on something.
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