Posts Tagged ‘acrylic’

Marilyn Monroe
A delicate study of Marilyn Monroe
Acrylic on watercolour paper.

Original available £100

Please contact Anne

Prints available
A3 £35.00 + £2.00p&p

John Wayne
An acrylic on watercolour paper study of this
illustrious actor

Original available £100

Please contact Anne

Prints available
A3 £35.00 +£2.00p&p

Geisha and the heron

A Japanese style painting with a Geisha and Japanese Crane.

Prints available….

20cm x 20cm

£20.00+£2.00p&p

Geisha
A Japanese Geisha, watercolour on paper

Prints available…
size30cm x 13cm

£20.00+£2.00p&p

Geisha and the Koi
A watercolour picture of Geishas by a koi pool

Prints available…

20cm x 20cm

£20.00+£2.00p&p

The Storyteller
A japanese style image, watercolour on paper

Prints available…

A4: £10.00+£2.00p&p
A3: £20.00+£2.00p&p

It’s a long story, but a friend of mine Nigel Caddock was holding the TopPonds Expo weekend at his establishment and I muscled my way in offering a full collection of new paintings for his walls……………..here is the artwork for the Expo.

The Picasso Sanke

A truely beautiful koi, let alone the painting, this is one of Anne’s all time favourite koi paintings.

The koi looks like it will swim off the canvas.

The koi itself was owned by Pete Waterman (of Stock, Aitken and Waterman; the record producer responsible for Kylie, Jason Donavan and who can forget Sonia) I tripped over a photograph of the gorgeous koi and had to paint it.

30″ x 30″ on a box canvas, acrylic with varnish coating

Original available £950 + £12.00 p+p

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Runny Showa

A 3 canvas set of something completely different.
It is called the Runny Showa because the paint looks like it is running down the side of the canvases.

Two Showa across 3 canvases.

A minimalist piece for a wonderful effect in your home.

All of the canvases are stand off the wall type so no framing needed.

Acrylic on canvas.

Sorry Sold

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Shadow Showa

A 30″ wide and 30″ tall.

An awesome Showa Sanke with a blue version of it beneath.

All together a different painting, described by one friend as the ‘Marmite Showa’ you either love it or hate it, though when he saw it in the flesh he had to admit it is fantastic.

All of the canvases are stand off the wall type so no framing needed.

Acrylic on canvas.

Guide price £595

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Budo Goromo

A 12″ wide and 30″ tall.

A stunning Budo Goromo

As a young male koi his shape is long and lean.

All of the canvases are stand off the wall type so no framing needed.

Acrylic on canvas.

Guide price £495

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The Kin Ki Utsuri

A massive 3 canvas piece 60″ wide and 50″ tall.

It would look superb on a large wall to allow it to dominate a room, a style statement. Needs to be seen in the flesh to be truely appreciated.

Rich gold and brown tones. Absolutely stunning.

All of the canvases are stand off the wall type so no framing needed.

Acrylic on canvas.

Guide price £950

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Kohaku

A 12″ wide and 30″ tall.

An Ameican champion koi, bred at the Purdin Koi Farm USA.

The volume and presence of this koi are immense.

All of the canvases are stand off the wall type so no framing needed.

Acrylic on canvas.

Now owned by Scott Purdin

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Shiro Utsuri

A canvas 20″ wide and 20″ tall.

Quite an abstract painting in soft tones depicting an eternal favourite, the Shiro Utsuri.

Gold or bronze lettering enhances this painting. The large shiro utsuri wraps itself around the edge of the canvas.

All of the canvases are stand off the wall type so no framing needed.

Acrylic on canvas.

Guide price £450

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Penguin

A comical piece of penguins dancing on ice.

All people that have seen this painting smile.

All of the canvases are stand off the wall type so no framing needed.

Acrylic on canvas.

A gift to my son and his fiancee, because Kate loves penguins.

This another commissioned painting, it is on a 5 foot high by 18 inches wide canvas.

This koi carp is life size at almost 3 feet long she is a stunning fish.

As you can see the back ground is already in, this acrylic on canvas and I almost finger painted the background in putting the paint on with a brush and then smoothing it with my fingers to attain the soft effect that I required.

I have also put gesso over any areas that where over painted in the background, there is still a visible colour shadow around the edge of the koi.

The scales are the next piece to tackle, I will mark where all of the scales are to go on the koi.
This is a laborious task but the benefits later in the process of this painting will be worth it.

A mixed grey gesso is used to mark each and every scale, I do not worry too much about a few looking out of alignment as the scales will be only a slight effect in the completed work.

After eight hours of painting I have stopped today, as the painting of scales can tire my eyes quickly.

Lots more tomorrow and hopefully colour by Wednesday.

When I was taken to visit a clients pond recently, after he showed an interest in some of my work, I went along unprepared for a glorious site.

A huge pond full of ‘my type’ of koi, this commission will not be a chore

The koi are blocked out with black and white gesso, it is mixed and used to offer shading which I use as a map to follow later.

More tomorrow