Monsty The Orange

Monsty is a creature from the mind of my partner. Monsty is a fun loving, very excitable and friendly little monster.

Don't be scared, or you will hurt Monsty's feelings.

I had originally painted Monsty taking up the whole canvas in black (you can make out a faint silhouette) but characters in my paintings never seem to work unless given context. So Monsty shrinks, a comfy flower springs up and the background emerges as some hills; what a surprise!

The painting is 12 x 20 inches and done using oil paints.

Completed January 2013

Colours, Abstractions and Mountains

A newly completed work. I started this a few days ago, just wanting to start something new and throw some paint around. To me it is a mountain scene, but really it is an abstracted concept of a mountain scene.

500 mm x 500 mm
oil on canvas

When Easter Island Comes Alive

Here is an image I finished last night. I started looking at the Easter Island heads and I was inspired to paint. What if they are magical? What if they are waiting for something, and in a constant hibernation until then? Would they be good or evil? Hard to say, but I like the heads, and they have now worked themselves into my work.
30cm square. Oil paints

.... yet again, a forest...

It is works like this one that I enjoy the most. The depth, the light, the colours, the strange world. This one currently hangs in my flat, as I rather like it. Also done in oil paints and on board 530 mm x 400 mm.

Crash and Burn

Oil paint on canvas
300 mm x 250 mm

Part of a series I began on planes. As the title suggests it is a crash. I was also playing with the angle on which images are done on at the time. I've done a few on angles much like this now and have come to enjoy the look.

Abstract Mountain

Oil paint on canvas 520 mm x 400 mm

This was originally a mountain scene, but as I worked the image it slowly became what you see. Well to tell the truth, before it was a mountain scene it was a red flower. Strange how many evolutions a work can go through before it is finished.

Splatter tells a cold, cold story

These are a story of a mans travels through a mountain pass. All the images are oil paints on A3 canvas board (420mm x 300mm) there are more to come in the adventure through the cold cold mountain range. Where is this man going? Who can say?