Ive been very busy over the past few weeks painting a couple of commissions.
I am working from photographs sent to me by the commissioners
The painting on the top is of Nylon Pool in Tobago (named by Princess Anne when on her honeymoon) and the one on the bottom is of Swallow Falls in Wales.
Neither of them are finished yet--Swallow Falls isn't far off--Ive done some more bits to it since these pictures have been taken--the foliage has been darkened up quite a bit.
Ive still got quite bit to do to the Nylon Pool one--the gold triangle in the foreground is actually going to be the front of a glass bottomed boat, there is quite a lot of detail to do yet--coils of rope on the front of the boat!
They have been commissioned by a husband and wife who come from Wales and Tobago respectively.
They both wanted a painting to remind them of home!!.
The paintings are going to hang in their home in Tobago, we keep in touch constantly with me emailing them photographs of how the paintings are coming along, and their feedback on what has been done.
The painting of Nylon Pool has now been hung on my dining room wall for now to dry off a bit--its been on the easel all week and so far Bill, Becky and me have all walked by it and got caught on it--we have all been covered in blue paint-both paintings are on big ,deep edge box canvas and they take up loads of room.
I will finish off the rope detail at the weekend, also got to do some waves coming over the coral reef on the horizon.
Ive really enjoyed doing both paintings, Swallow Falls has been an inspirational place for me ever since I first visited it with Bill a few years ago.
