by Andy Dolphin | Aug 26, 2013 | about, art trail, available, exhibition, news
The Southern Art & Craft Trail is an annual art event in Western Australia’s Great Southern region. I will be exhibiting this year at West Cape Howe Wines. Exhibition opening: 6–8pm, Friday, September 27 West Cape Howe Wines My painting “South...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 18, 2013 | landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air, weather
Today, I experienced, first hand, a warp in the space-time continuum. The world turned just a little bit faster this morning. I’m certain of it. I arrived on site just before 9am. There was a bit of sunshine, no breeze and no sign of rain. Almost perfect. I took...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 17, 2013 | landscape, limited palette, oil painting, sketch, sunrise, weather
Third update for the day. I was up just after 7am and the sky was clear and the sun was just beginning to shed light on things. So I got my gear together and headed out for a little “early-morning” painting. If you’ve been following along in the last...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 17, 2013 | issues, landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air, sketch, weather
After some fairly dismal weather over the last few days, the sun managed to pop out for a short while yesterday afternoon. I found a washed out winter creek line on a property not far from home and spent half-an-hour or so wandering around it, taking photos. A gnarled...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 17, 2013 | landscape, oil painting, plein air, weather
We had a bit of sunshine last weekend so, naturally, I headed out to paint. Here’s the underpainting… I got a fair way through the painting when I looked behind me and saw heavy clouds heading straight for me. Before I had time to throw everything in my...
