Paintingscenes: March 2013

Sunday, 24 March 2013

SOLD

FOR SALE

"MAX"

Watercolour on paper.

£250

FOR SALE

"MOUSEHOLE"
40cm X 50cm

Acrylic on Board

£895

FOR SALE

"Chapel Rock"

PERRANPORTH

Watercolour on paper

£150

Monday, 18 March 2013

"Hanging Out Together"
Well, here is the finished painting of 1 black and 3 Tuxedo cats. Only two more to go now for the Society of Feline Artist's Annual Exhibition at the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery in Waterloo, London, Thursday, August 22nd to Friday 13th of September 2013.
The painting is in Acrylics on canvas board and the price is: £550
All the cats are modelled on my own cats, one, sadly, no longer with us. I hope you like it. Talk to you again soon!!

About Me

I came originally from Bradford in Yorkshire, moving to Cornwall when I was 11 years old. I spent a few years in Belgium, Germany and then back to England before finally moving to Cornwall again in 1989 where I have been ever since.

Now retired, I have been able to concentrate on painting. I completed an HND in Illustration in 1992 at what was then Falmouth School of Art and Design but practiced as an illustrator for only a short while.

I belong to the Society of Feline Artists, exhibiting with them at regional exhibitions and at the Llewellyn Alexander Gallery in London where we hold our annual exhibition in August/September.

My aim has always been to get away from illustration and approach my chosen subject from a more creative and personal point of view. Having said that, a possible exception to this would be cat paintings which tend to be more illustrative especially commissions. Clients want their cats to be recognisable!

Contrast in light and shade, composition and perspective are important factors in my work. I have a natural tendency to concentrate on detail and this is what I want to get away from. Larger brushes and palette knives helped! Some detail is fine but an element of abstraction is desirable, giving the viewer the chance to use their imagination in at least part of the painting.

I hope you enjoy the paintings on show. Some of them are for sale so do please email me if you are interested in any of them.

dianne.whitney@btconnect.com