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 27West 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 a...
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 back...
