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 Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:58 pm
hey Doug: do people ever watch you paint? the reason i ask is that i expect the process involved in these paintings is pretty intensive. i mean, there's so much substance there...it's hard to point out anything. i think that's why i like it.
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:12 pm
Shadow__Dweller ...do you still have to draw observational drawings etc at uni? I'm not sure what you mean... these are all observational... I got out and draw them and paint from there. I appreciate the straight lines thing though, yes... it's all lines...
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Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 9:48 am
I mean observational drawings that aren't done in a particular style or that haven't been inspired by another artist...like just pencil drawings or something?
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 8:05 am
As far as it's possible to draw without outside inspiration, that's exclusively what I do. I don't set out to replicate an existing style, just to draw what's out there under the combined influences of the motif, the medium, and the me. I've been out for a minute... back with my parents for summer and away from my usual subjects/suspects. But i found some stuff worth doing. Here's a little painting from this past week. 
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Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 4:35 pm
that's some excellent work with a few colors. i especially like the bridge that's closest to us. the lighter strokes on the guardrail really work nicely with the deeper grooves in the paint.
as usual: you're amazing, Doug. you take something and capture it in a way that makes it seem alive, wet and alive.
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Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:50 pm
I really like the fact that if you look at it as a surface, you see bumps and strokes and 3D textures, while looking at it from a distance or with your eyes blurred, it gives you a scene with buildings and bridges and a river.
You have such interesting work, Doug. Keep it up! biggrin
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Posted: Wed Aug 15, 2007 11:46 am
I like your sketches, do you use willow charcoal or compressed? Or..the regular kind? XD
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:10 am
Thanks guys. Enjoyed doing it. I've been feeding on Cézanne recently.
As for charcoal, it's willow sticks and scene painters.
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:54 am
Okay, been bogged down with other things for a few months but I'm going to make an effort to start posting again. There are quite a few other new ones I haven't had a chance to snap yet. The first one is pretty old but never been photographed. West Pier in Brighton:  This one is from last year:  This is most recent. It's a vase of flowers, bizarrely enough for me: 
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 8:34 am
I think architecture suits your style more than flowers, because of the linear effect of your brush marks. It accentuates the lines of the architecture..but flowers don't have any angular, straight lines. I really like your painting of Brighton pier, I love how you've painted the different colours in the sky, because the blocks of colour are square shapes, angular, like the lines of the pier.
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 2:35 pm
I concur with Shadow, though t'is interesting to see a floral painting from your. An interesting step away from what we've normally seen from you. Still, with your paintings, it's always just a little easier for me to see the subject when I blur my eyes a little. Then I can tell it was a clear glass vase with flowers in it.
I actually kind of like the cityscape. I like the smoke in it, particularly.
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Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 6:16 am
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