In preparation for that time of year in the Antipodes (and indeed in high summer) Australian wildflower Christmas wreaths.
In preparation for that time of year in the Antipodes (and indeed in high summer) Australian wildflower Christmas wreaths.
Something a bit different in the line of railway art with this one. No prototype for this, so all done from imagination, loosely inspired by the sort of railbus that was adapted from the Ford Model T rail busses used by Colonel Stephens on his light railways. Only very loosely though, this is larger, drives through a rear bogie, and there’s something French about the front… origins in a Renault truck of the 20, perhaps, but who knows.
Actually there may be a practical purpose to this. One day, when time and space permit I’d like to get back to Railway Modelling. Something larger scaled and outside the usual run of proprietary models those, perhaps a fictional railway in the spirit of Philip Harvey’s splendid Amberdale, so this might be a sketch for some rolling stock and line side structures… maybe!
All that aside, and with apologies for the semi-technical waffle, it was fun to do. Great fun to do a thoroughly detailed imaginary scene!
Paul Tries to be impressionist and paint quickly – inspired by watching the Platinum Jubilee parade on television…
“Somewhere in Norfolk” inspired by another of Anne Wilcox‘s photographs, but working in a rather different style to the last.
I’ve been moved to paint this by the present situation in the Ukraine. Who knows whether this building still stands, but it’s St Andrew’s church in Kyiv, a building which fairly embodies the national colours of a country which is in all our thoughts at the moment.
For something different – a painting of an early pillar box – the early Victorian hexagonal ‘Penrose’ type. An enjoyable exercise in realistic art.
My latest digital painting. Wrightwick Manor, Near Wolverhampton, England. Built in Tudor Revival style late in the 19th century by the industrialist and paint Magnate, Theodore Mander. Donated to the National Trust by his son Geoffrey in 1937 when the house was less than 50 years old, it now houses a renowned collection of Pre-Raphaelite art.
Greater Albion Art and Design 