by Andy Dolphin | Mar 18, 2018 | about, exhibition, news
I was pleased, this week, to be invited to hang my work at Riverfront Gallery in Denmark, Western Australia. As the name suggests, the gallery is located right across the road from the magnificent Denmark River. The gallery space has been expanded in recent years and...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 10, 2014 | about, oil painting, painting studio
For a long time I battled with the problem of what to do with wet oil paintings.I had a small rack I’d made from a piece of chipboard with some strips of pine screwed to it, but it only held four paintings at a time and there was a risk of the paintings falling...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 9, 2014 | about, books, news, Walter Foster
In November last year, I wrote about my first-ever visit to the local auction house. It was a serendipitous visit, as I explained back then, which resulted in me owning the much-coveted, but long-out-of-print “Richard Schmid Paints Landscapes” book. I also...
by Andy Dolphin | Jan 31, 2014 | 400-day clock, about, still life
For years my wife, Janet, expressed her interest in “dome clocks”. We looked around from time to time but never saw any for sale in the places where we expected to find them.Then, a few months ago, I saw one at the local auction house. It was a genuine...
by Andy Dolphin | Jan 17, 2014 | about, sketch
For much of the last week or so I’ve been sorting out my garage. The time had almost come where hard hats and climbing gear were recommended attire for anyone who dared enter.During the clear-out, I discovered a couple of boxes of illustration board that had...
by Andy Dolphin | Jan 9, 2014 | about, art scams, copyright, news, tips
The never-ending battle continues.I have just filed four notices of copyright infringement with Youtube. The first notice has already resulted in the taking down of a copy of one of my plein air painting videos that had been uploaded to another account.(UPDATE: Seven...
