DEMO
Chimp, acrylic on canvas, 51x61cm
I used to paint very realistic looking
animals and they just looked like
fluffy, cuddly toys. To avoid this,
I began leaving large areas of the
underpainting showing through to
reflect the animals’ wild nature and
only emphasised the main features.
Sunlit, acrylic on canvas, 51x61cm
As early paint applications represent
my most emotional responses to my
subjects, for nature scenes this can be
a chance to replicate what you might
not capture in a photo. This may
include exaggerating warm colours to
suggest heat or using expressionist
brushstrokes to replicate wind.
Rainy Trafalgar,
acrylic on canvas, 61x76cm
For street scenes, initial large,
free-flowing strokes contrast well with
tiny, controlled marks for the figures.
This scale replicates how we tend to
relate to this kind of scene, where the
focal points fall on certain elements
rather then everything overly defined.
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Chaotic
Gallery
These three examples are more
fully-realised examples of my work in
which I allowed some of the very first
chaotic marks to sit alongside a more
refined build-up of details. The style is
still expressive, yet hopefully with
enough representational elements for
viewers to understand my intentions.
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