Tropical waterlilies at Kew

I think the top one is almost there, I will leave it on the shelf to tweak. I'm now waiting for the bottom to dry so I can start to work in some more refined details. I spent some time playing with colours and tones yesterday. I want to capture light in the colours, the waterlily house is such a beautifully lit place. I'm trying to achieve the lights without using pure white, so to let the luminousity of the colours give the impression of the light.

All things watery

My day today has been very much centred around water. The depiction of it in my work, and in my day. I had a mini flood in my house due to a dodgy pipe. A plumber was trying to fix a small leak in the bathroom, which then turned into deluge that came through my kitchen ceiling, pouring through my extractor hood. Just hope the electrics have survived the soaking. 

This painting is proving to be another challenge, however I think I've finally got a feel for where I want to take it.

Reflections in Helkidiki

I've got to wait for my two mini canvases to dry before I can work further into them. The Summer has passed and it means that the drying time of the oil paints take longer, so I've started to sketch my next painting out. It's based on some photos taken in a fishing village in Helkidiki, Greece. This one is a bigger sized canvas,14 x 18in. 

The boys are back in school

Back to the old routine. Spent a little time today experimenting with my colours for this flower, the petals have a reflective quality, that give them such subtlety and a delicate appearence. The centre of the flower is submerged into the water, and the petals are covered in water droplets, which the most amazing reflections. Now all I have to do is paint them!

Waterliles wip

My studio is lovely, clutter free without all my paintings which are in Southfields, London for 2 weeks. I made a start on these two canvases today, 10 x 10in. Lots of gorgeous details to play with such as water droplets, ripples and reflections.

KAOS at Southfields London

KAOS have arrived at Southfields! We had our Private view last night, the gallery was packed out, people spilling out onto the pavement.

We had two VIPs, the mayors from Kingston and Wandsworth, who praised the success of KAOS .

The gallery was packed so getting a decent shot of the actual gallery proved to be hard. I had a great night, but I had to unfortunately cut it short as my son had a fever and needed his Mum!
I'm now really excited about the exhibition, here's to another success!
The exhibition runs until 17th September. The Gallery, 223 Wimbledon Park Road, Southfields, London SW18 5RH.

Another small project

Today I delivered my paintings for the Southfields Exhibition, and it made me realise how much I was missing painting. The boys are still on holiday, so nothing too adventurous just a small 10 x 10in canvas. I put the skin on this oil today and felt better straight away! I haven't been totally off duty the past few weeks, I've been out and about with my camera, taken some great shots. I'm experimenting, using my photos to print some cards. I'm also venturing into the Xmas market, so have produced a calendar and hope to create some festive cards as well, but nothing tacky though!