Some Recent Work

Here are a few samples of the landscape work I've been doing lately. 

The last few drawings are studies for paintings.

 Oil on Canvas Paper 10 x 14 inches

 Oil on Canvas Paper 10 x 14 inches

 Oil on Linen on Board 6 x 8 inches

 Graphite on Paper 18 x 24 inches

  Graphite on Paper 18 x 24 inches

 Graphite on Paper 18 x 24 inches

Finalist in the Moran Portrait Prize

My painting 'Self Portrait with Landscape' was recently selected as a finalist for the Moran Portrait Prize in Sydney. The prize is annual and is one of the richer portrait prizes around. The painting will be on display at Juniper Hall in Paddington, Sydney for the next few months, after which it will travel to regional galleries around Australia.

Here is a link to the Moran Prizes website-
 http://www.moranprizes.com.au/competition/2013-doug-moran-national-portrait-prize/finalists

Copying Master Paintings at the Met

 

A couple of weeks ago myself and a few fellow students from the Grand Central Academy got permission to copy from master paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

This was a great opportunity to really get close to a master painting and understand what the artist was thinking when they made it.

 

 

 

I chose a portrait by Jean Baptiste Greuze to copy. Here it is partly finished.

                                     I should be able to get back to the Met soon and finish it.

Back Study

                                                          
                                                        15 x 20 inches,    Oil on Linen

New portrait in progress

             
                                                    9 x 12 inches, oil on linen on board

Open Studio Night - Grand Central Academy of Art

For those in the New York area, this Thursday, February 21st, 2013 from 6-8pm, The Grand Central Academy of Art (GCA) will be holding their first open studio event.

I will have selection of drawings and paintings on display there- portraits, figures and casts. 

 

The show will include drawings, paintings, and sculpture, offering a unique chance to see inside the daily life of an atelier.  This student-run event and exhibition will take place at Grand Central Academy, 20 W 44th St, 6th floor, New York, NY, 10036.

The Grand Central Academy of Art Open Studio Night
Thursday, February 21, 2013, 6-8pm
Grand Central Academy of Art
20 W 44th Street, 6th floor
New York, NY 10036

The Grand Central Academy of Art Open Studio Night is a free event and open to the general public. Refreshments will be served. A selection of works will be available for purchase.

Portrait of Ennis

                                                        
                                                          8 x 9 inches, Oil on Linen

Still Life with Conch and Plant

This painting was a recent finalist in the 2012 AME Bale Travelling Art Scholarship Exhibition. It's Oil on Canvas, 21 x 16 inches.

George with Skeleton

                                                  Graphite and white chalk on toned paper.
                                                                     18 x 24 inches

New Portrait

Here's a recent portrait 'Irena' from a class taught by Scott Waddell and Joshua Larock at the GCA.
It's 8 x 10 inches, oil on linen.

A Couple of Grisaille Paintings

 "Pieta Madonna"

Oil on Linen

11 x 14 inches

 

"Portrait of Devin"

Oil on Linen 8 x 10 inches

 

My Final Cast Drawing

"Discobolus"

It was actually finished a few months ago, but this is the final cast drawing I did at the Grand Central Academy before moving onto painting. It's about 26x 19 inches and graphite on paper. Click for a larger view.

Melissa

8 x 10 inches, graphite on paper

Finished Figure Drawing

Here's my drawing from the month of April.

We had a really fantastic model, Eniss, every weekday morning for the month.

I toned my own paper with watercolour and the did the drawing with graphite and white chalk.

18 x 24 inches

4 Hour Portrait Drawings

Every Monday afternoon at the Grand Central Academy

we have a different portrait model for a 4 hour session.

Here are a few of the recent drawings I've done in those sessions.

They are all about 8 x 10 inches.

Works in Progress...

Grisaille- Oil on Linen

Graphite and White Chalk on Toned Paper

Pink Roses

                                                    
                                                    Here's a still life I finished recently 
                                                         Oil on Linen, 15 x 14 inches

Portrait of Andre

                                     
                                       Here  is a portrait I did in January in graphite on paper.
                                                                        8 x 10 inches

New Figure Drawings from the Grand Central Academy

"Samir"

                                                                 "Standing Male Figure"
                  These are both month-long drawings (80 hours each) done in graphite on paper.
                                                               Both are 18 x 24 inches.

Creation of Adam

This is a large copy (72x38 inches) that I painted of one half of Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam" in the Sistine Chapel ceiling in Rome. It was commisioned by a client in Australia.

"Stegosaurus"

Here's a painting I did a few years ago of a toy stegosaurus. Like a lot of kids growing up, dinosaurs used to fascinate me and I thought it would be fun to revisit the subject.

                                                  Oil on Linen,  14 x 17 inches

Some Cast Drawings and a Painting

 

Here is the most recent cast drawing I did in my first year at the Grand Central Academy of Art in New York. I have one more cast drawing to do before I move onto painting when I return in September.

I did this drawing from a cast of a Donatello sculpture while I was on my summer break in Cairns, Australia.  

I painted this study of a tree in Cairns. It was the view outside my bedroom window

Still Life with Brazillian Fabric

 

Oil on Linen, 26 x 26 inches

Here is a Still Life painting, recently sold, that I'd been working on for a while. It was my attempt at using a cooler palette than I normally would and it served to satisfy my interest in employing a combination of pattern and three- dimensional form.