Art Up Close

Some interesting textures found on my canvas paintings . . .

 

 

 

 

 

  

These are macro shots of some of my paintings. 

I love exploring the surface detail of my art with a camera as you can find wonderful pictures within pictures and worlds within worlds. These really are very tiny areas of the original paintings. They contain amazing textures that the naked eye misses as they are just too small to focus on! 

I love to incorporate interesting and unusual textures within my paintings. I often add all sorts of mixed media and specialized art 'mediums' to achieve these, including sand, metal leaf and glue.

I am currently working on a project involving publishing a dvd and picture book based on my close-up shots of my art. It's a long term project and it's not going to be ready in a hurry - I've been working on it for almost 2 years already!

You can see more of my art on my Website.

And more of these painting texture shots on my Flickr Photostream.

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Seaweed

Yes, even seaweed can be beautiful and inspiring! . . .

Or is it just me?!
Well anyway, I so love these deep, dark, earthy and murky colours of the seaweed and dried flowers. Although the colours are quite dull, there are so many rich and varied tones to be found in there. 

I'm lucky enough to live in a beautiful part of Cornwall, and can find many wonderful things on my doorstop and under my feet. Yes, I can often be found with my face in the undergrowth and my arse in the air. Luckily for me that's quite normal around here these days, as most people carry cameras around with them, adopting all manner of odd stances in order to capture something or other. In fact, you can often find my partner hanging off a cliff edge in an effort to photograph seals.

If you would like to see more of my handmade jewellery, seaweed-inspired or otherwise, please visit my Online Jewellery Shop.

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