WHAT ARE MY BUYING OPTIONS?

Watch this short video where I guide you through the options.

• OPTION 1: UNFRAMED with or without white border

• OPTION 2: FRAMED with or without white border

PLEASE NOTE

All options are available in multiple sizes. If the size you are looking for is not listed about, please contact me and I’ll do my best to accommodate you.

All framed options use STANDARD FLOAT GLASS up to 50 x 50 cm. Anything that is 60 x 60cm and over, uses ACRYLIC / PERSPEX GLAZING.

Acrylic / Perspex glazing can be provided on the smaller sizes for an additional cost, again please contact me and I can provide you a quote.

SHIPPING & PACKING

UNFRAMED PRINTS

Your print will be carefully rolled in acid free tissue paper and posted in a sturdy cardboard tube. When it arrives, I recommend you lay the print out flat, place the tissue paper it was rolled in over it and weight it down with a couple of large books for a day or two before framing it.

FRAMED PRINTS

Your framed print is carefully packed; with cardboard corner protectors and a cling film wrap around the outer edges. A piece of cardboard is laid over the glass side, then the entire thing is wrapped in bubble wrap and packed into a study cardboard outer sleeve with protective bindings and ‘fragile’ labelling.

All prices include tracked delivery

WHAT IS A DIGITAL PAINTING?

I have come to digital painting from a traditional fine art background, working for over 20 years in mediums such as oil paint on canvas and pastels.

A couple of years ago I started applying this knowledge and experience to digital painting.

Watch this short video to see my set up and how I create a digital painting, building an image up from scratch, in the same way I would if using oil paint or pastel.

HOW DID THIS PIECE COME ABOUT?

Watch this video which shows the creative process.

So this is a little story about when you've painted something once and it keeps calling you back until you paint it again.

And yes, I do have a bit of a perfectionist issue which means if I think I can do something better it will keep niggling me until I give it another go.

My first attempt at this penguin, around 2013, was a quick oil on canvas board sketch, done in the lead up to Christmas. This is my second attempt, painted in digital oil paints and was generally a slower, more considered look at the subject.

Not entirely dissimilar to rereading a favourite book, there are always new things you notice and understand when revisiting a subject. The passage of time and experience inevitably influences the way you see it and interpret it.

It just goes to show that even familiar things are never beyond the journey of rediscovery and new revelations.