by Sara | Jun 2, 2013 | Fun stuff, News, Painting
Painting is essentially a fairly solitary occupation. Not lonely at all, but mostly it’s just you, the canvas and the cat. To save your sanity it’s a really good idea to link up with other artists to paint together as a group. Not only is an artist...
by Sara | May 5, 2013 | Fun stuff, News, Painting
I’m not a great one for surrealist paintings – until I came across the very talented Andrew Baines. Immediately I was captivated by his wonderful paintings of everyday things taken out of context – men in bowler hats and suits in the surf, hills...
by Sara | Dec 24, 2012 | News
Firstly, a very happy Christmas to everyone. I finally got around to producing a Christmas card this year after much wavering over whether I would do one at all. In the end I really enjoyed painting it and felt much better about producing my own rather than buying...
by Sara | Oct 18, 2012 | Fun stuff, News, Painting
Alexa Meade thinks completely backwards. Most artists use acrylic paints to create portraits of people on canvas using a Hyper-Realistic Acrylic technique. Meade applies acrylic paints on her subjects and makes them appear to be a part of the painting! This is...
by Sara | Oct 7, 2012 | Galleries, News
It was time for another visit to Clayfire Gallery in Daylesford. It’s a gallery that regularly stocks my paintings so we loaded up the car with some new ones and headed north. It sanctuary of good food and coffee. Due to the adverse climatic conditions soup...