The Viaduct, Stockport

Latest painting finished and varnished, "The Viaduct, Stockport" Acrylic painting canvas on board @ 24x18".
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Le Chat Bleu sur Coussin Jaune

Yet another finished painting, I must say not my usually genre painting far from it but I fancied a bit of a change. I don’t have a name for the painting yet so I’ll just call it "Le Chat Bleu sur Coussin Jaune" for now, another acrylic piece on canvas board 24x18”, I don’t think it turned out too bad for my first animal portrait.

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Finished "Quick Pint at the Bowling Green, Denton, Manchester"

Finished painting of my local pub I was in most of the time during 1987/88 when I was in my youth just left school and started to hang around in pubs. This is an Acrylic painting on canvas board at 24x18".  

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Work in Progress Time for a Quick Pint before Sunday Dinner

Another Acrylic painting on canvas board, the recent paintings seem to have taking me a couple of days from the initial idea to the finished painting which if you know me this isn't what I normally do. It could be that I'm working with acrylics rather then oils, I prefer Oils in everyway but I'm moving very soon and I don't want to move with wet paintings I had enough of that when I was at college. This painting and the "Bag-Wash" painting I have produced without using a ground, I normally use a ground for a couple of reasons however I wanted to try painting straight on the canvas. I have noticed due to the transparency of the paint its letting the white of the canvas board shine through making the end painting more vibrate and luminous in the way turner use it for lights in his skyscapes. Anyway the painting is an image out of my memory of my local pub which I spent a lot of time in during my youth when pubs use to be pubs, a place for socialising. The pub used to be called The Bowling Green in Denton, Manchester which is still there now and still open but with a different name and a different crowd.  

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Finshed " Sunday, Bag-wash Day"

Painting is now finished, didn't take long to finish this one. The medium is acrylic paint on canvas board at 40x50cm, the reason I'm using acrylic for a change is I'm moving house in a few weeks and anything painted in oils wont be dry in time for the move. The scene is a northern scene set in the late 60s at a guess, my mother always went to the Bag-Wash also known by many as The Laundrette. I think my mum enjoyed going to the Bag-Wash not because she enjoyed cleaning the clothes far from it but it was a place to gossip about other local people.

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WIP "The Bag-Wash"

Work in Progress, "The Bag-Wash" is also known as the laundrette depending on which part on the UK you are from. Growing up in the 80s mother use to spend quite a bit of time here cleaning dirty clothes as most mothers did. However I also believe it was a place for socialising, spreading rumours and gossip between all the other mums. "Have you seen her over there from number 2 you never guess what I heard". This is another acrylic painting at 40x 50cm on canvas board.

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WIP The Viaduct, Stockport

Work in Progress, I haven't done any paintings of Stockport Viaduct for a while so here's one I've just started. Due to the move I have decided to start using acrylic paints rather than oil paints I will return back to the oil paints when I have moved. I'm trying to loosen the brush strokes up, the painting is on canvas board at 24x18".

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WIP Back of Manchester Town Hall

Work in Progress, Back of Manchester Town Hall again this is in Oil paints so it will have to wait until I move house until I can finish the painting.

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WIP "The Moving Day"

Work in Progress, hopefully I will be moving back to Manchester very shortly within the next couple of weeks if all goes well. I decided to do a painting on this, it isn't finished nor will it be finished until I have moved as I don't want to do the move with wet paintings. The first image was an primary sketch on photoshop as I couldn't find a pencil anyway due to most of my materials have already been packed away. The painting has been produced with oil paints and measures 70x50cm

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WIP Back of Manchester Town Hall

Work in Progress, this is the back of Manchester Town Hall, Manchester, UK. I wont be working on this for awhile as all the paints and canvases are packed. I'm moving house in the next couple of weeks so I have loads to do. I've no idea when I will be back online but hopefully it wont be too long, a month or so.

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Finished, varnished and scanned: "Ashton Market 1"

Another small oil painting of Ashton Market 20x30 cm on canvas board.

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Finished, varnished and scanned: "Ashton Market 2"

Another one that's now been varnished and scanned, this one is Ashton Market, Ashton-Under-Lynne in Tameside. I took this image a few years ago whilst getting photographs of Ashton and Stockport for a painting project for college. Anyway the market has changed since then the council have knocked the market down and changed it so I have decided to paint a couple of Ashton Market the way it use to be. The painting shows the clock tower at Market Hall, the whole building caught fire a few years ago and it really went up it flames. This one is a small oil painting on canvas board its only 30x20cm so there isn't any fine detail.

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Finished, varnished and scanned: "Only at Blackpool"

Finally the oil paint has dried on the last three paintings, this one is called "Only at Blackpool". I spent at lot of time at Blackpool on days out in my youth and more recently with my own kids and family. However haven't been for a couple of years but hopefully will go again soon. This on is an oil painting on canvas at 40x30 cm.

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Work in Progress Ashton Market 2

Work in Progress, I've not had much time to paint recently and wont do until next week anyway this is number 2 in the series of small oil paintings of Ashton Market. Oil on Canvas board 30x20cm.

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Work in Progress Ashton Market

Work in Progress, Day 2 not had long on painting today hopefully get another hour in tomorrow with any luck. Ashton Market. Oil on Canvas board 30x20cm.

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Work In Progress: Ashton under Lyne, Tameside

This is another small 20x30 cm oil painting of Ashton Under Lyne market, I have painted the market on numerous occasions and keep referring back to old photographs a took. Unfortunately the outdoor market has been redesign and doesn't look this way anymore, this painting took longer to do then the last small painting. I think its because I did an underpainting first where with the Pensarn Beach panting of same proportions I just applied the final top layer. I wont have time to finished today nor maybe this week but hopefully Ill complete it at the weekend, the painting so far. 

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WIP Pensarn Beach , Abergele, North Wales, UK

After doing the small 8x6 "The Nelson in Snow, Stockport" I wanted to buy some smaller canvases hopefully by doing some smaller paintings I will one be able to produce them quicker and get more brush mileage and most of all I would be able too loosen up and have more of a painterly approach. I'm spending way too long slaving over the larger paintings I feel I'm not producing hardly any work since I left college last year. This picture was taken a few weeks back on my local beach which is only about 5 minutes walk away. This is a Oil painting done in one sitting and is on a 20x30cm canvas board. Once the painting is dry I will varnish it and get a better photo of the painting.

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WIP "Only at Blackpool"

After looking at the painting I have decided to changed a few of the Super hero's characters, two of them were the same in the photograph so I'm going to change one. One I think was supposed to be the Joker the one with the purple cape I didn't feel it so I added Spiderman and Robin now I'm waiting for it too dry a bit. 

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WIP "Only at Blackpool"

I have always liked Blackpool brings back childhood memories and also memories of my mum. This one was taken in Blackpool a few years ago, I haven't been for a few years will have to go back soon. I stated my drawing the photograph, painted with a turpsy wash of oil paints, later on I inserted the painting into Photoshop and decided to add a few more people. Once I was happy I then painted in the new characters, at the moment the painting is too wet to continue with once its dry I shall carry on. 

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The Nelson, Stockport finished and framed.

Here is the final version on the small 8x6" oil sketch of The Nelson in Snow, Stockport with a mount.

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Latest Oil Sketch

I decided to do a couple of small oil sketches that hopefully wont take long to do. I've been doing large paintings but some have taken me a while to finish due to either the size or waiting for the medium to dry so I need a change. I drew a small 8x6 inches townscape out on Oil paper a while back but never got round to painting it so I've started on that one. I'm at the stage where I've just added more snow but I'm going to wait for it too dry before scanning it and positing the results so below is not the finished piece. The painting is 6x8 inches on canvas paper and the medium is Oil Paints, the painting is of The Nelson Tavern in Stockport, Cheshire.

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Preliminary sketches for "Friday Night, Chippy for Tea"

I thought someone might be interested in looking at some preliminary sketches for "Friday Night, Chippy for Tea" These are quick sketches before I decided on the final design showing the long queue for the chippy.. I've also added some close up shots of the final design, the painting needs to be photographed professionally but for know these will do.

 

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New painting finished a few days ago.

Finished this painting off a couple of days ago, it does need photographing professionally under lights but until then this will do. Entitled "Friday Night, Chippy for Tea" Acrylic on Canvas 3ft x 2ft. The Chippy is on Acre Street in Denton, Manchester however it has seen a few changes since I was a boy.

 

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