by Andy Dolphin | Nov 22, 2013 | about, books, news, Walter Foster
Serendipity means “happy accident”. In short, it’s when something good happens as an apparent result of something not going to plan. You might also call it luck but serendipity is far more poetic.I’m no great believer in mysterious universal...
by Andy Dolphin | Nov 22, 2013 | available, exhibition, news, oil painting, still life
I’m going to have a few paintings in an exhibition to celebrate the opening of a brand new gallery in nearby Porongurup. The date hasn’t been finalised yet, but it will be very soon. I’ll post more information as soon as I have it.One of the...
by Andy Dolphin | Nov 14, 2013 | clouds, issues, landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air, sunset, weather
It took a while to arrive, but spring did show itself for a few days recently. But, with summer just two weeks away, the grey weather has returned.I bought myself some new brushes recently. I’ve been using flat synthetic brushes for the last couple of years but...
by Andy Dolphin | Nov 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Just testing something. Sorry for any inconvenience. An issue has been noted at Qiang-Huang’s art blog and also by Debbie Beck Cooper. It appears Blogger might be (randomly?) auto-adjusting images when they’re uploading, so dark images get...
by Andy Dolphin | Oct 3, 2013 | landscape, oil painting, plein air, river-rapids, sketch
This week I was granted access to private property which the Hay River runs through. There is a section a couple of hundred metres long where the river drops over several granite outcrops. We’ve had a very wet start to spring so there is plenty of water in the...
