New paintings and studio space

I’ve finished two new paintings and very pleased with both of them. The smaller one, Hauptallee, is pictured here and I’ll have the other image for you soon.
One is of the Hauptallee in The Prater in Vienna, and the other of the North York Moors.  I’ve really enjoying painting these, trying to capture the atmosphere, [...]

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the Kunsthaus Graz

I was thinking of this gallery building in Graz after my last post on Auckland Art Gallery. I visited it nearly three years ago in the snow and winter.  A stunning building sitting right beside the river amidst the buildings of the ‘old town’. It was an amazing sight, and also a great art gallery. [...]

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Wolf Kahn and Friesach

After completing the Te Uku painting and getting so inspired, I wanted to do another painting ‘after Wolf Kahn’. Inspired by his ‘Deep Purple Barn’, I completed this painting of a building in the village of Friesach, Austria. The photo I took of this had scaffolding all over it, and other stuff, but I was [...]

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