"Two Centuries After"

If you are in Bologna this week at the international Book Fair, you might consider visiting the Dickens exhibition, "Two Centuries After", at the beautiful Palazzo Saraceni in the center of the city.
The exhibition is organized by Cooperativa Culturale Giannino Stoppani for BolognaFiere.
I have five pictures in the group show, including a few of the grimmer pictures from A Christmas Carol that I haven't exhibited before.

St Patrick's Day Parade 2012

My studio is in a great position in the centre of Dublin, and it's really useful when it comes to watching the annual St Patrick's Day Parade.
Many congratulations to the organizers and participants for putting on another wonderful show.

Two Hour Colour Study

Back to the painting.
This is a two hour study I did of Joanna yesterday.

Life Drawing of Laurie

Here's a sketch I did of Laurie a while ago as a change from all the life painting I have been doing.
I used a charcoal ground and worked into it with graphite pencils and added chalk highlights.
It has a nice sketchy quality about it.

Life Study of Molly

Molly is another new model for our life drawing group.
I spent four hours painting her yesterday.
This series shows the process.









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Watercolour of Dora

I rarely paint watercolours from life apart from the occasional still life, so it was unusual for me to tackle the subject of Dora, a neighbour's cat.
She was having a snooze in our garden and I got five or ten minutes before she moved.
It was nice to do something so quick and loose.

Telling Tall & Tiny Tales

I was delighted to find that I still have a few originals from Oscar Wilde: Stories for Children.
This one of the Selfish Giant will be exhibited in the Ark, Dublin's Cultural Centre for Children, in a show called Telling Tall & Tiny Tales .
It will run from the 4th - 30th April.