by Andy Dolphin | Oct 15, 2011 | landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air, sketch, sunrise
Bluff Knoll is the tallest peak in Southern West Australia. It lies in the Stirling Range and is about a one hour drive from my home.Come this Monday, my family and I will have been in Mount Barker for eight years but in that time, I’ve been to Bluff Knoll only...
by Andy Dolphin | Sep 26, 2011 | about
I’m in the process of giving the blog a bit of a freshening up. So forgive me if things look a bit weird occasionally as the only way to properly test changes is to apply them.
by Andy Dolphin | Sep 26, 2011 | about, news, painting studio
One of the reasons I haven’t painted much for the last few months is that I’ve been trying to set up a new studio. The space I’m adapting is from an enclosed verandah that was here when we bought the house. Part of that room was demolished to make...
by Andy Dolphin | Sep 24, 2011 | news, weather
I went into Porongurup National Park yesterday, my first visit for quite a while. I was with my daughter and her friend, on holidays from Wisconsin, and we soon set about following a trail past the “Tree in the Rock” to Nancy Peak. I’d walked part of...
by Andy Dolphin | Sep 17, 2011 | available, floral, landscape, oil painting, plein air, sketch
I did this studio oil painting yesterday based on a plein air sketch I did in Porongurup last weekend.Knight’s Canola 37x50cm oil on board. © Andy DolphinSOLD Here’s a close-up of the brushwork on the flowers. And here’s the on-site...
