by Andy Dolphin | Jan 6, 2014 | about, painting studio, still life
Happy new year blog reader!I haven’t had much chance to paint over the “festive season” but I did manage to find some time to build myself a stand for setting up still life arrangements.I’ve wanted to do still life for some time but I never...
by Andy Dolphin | Dec 2, 2013 | about, exhibition, news, oil painting
Porongurup Sheep. 35x25cm oil on board.© Andy DolphinI have a selection of seven paintings in a group exhibition opening next week at a brand-new studio gallery in Porongurup (Western Australia).If you’re in the region, you may like to drop in and...
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 | 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 3, 2013 | about, copyright, video
Well, there would have been a new video if not for an apparent glitch in Youtube’s copyright protection strategy.When a new video is uploaded, it is scanned and compared to thousands of audio files in Youtube’s database, to see if any of the audio in the...
by Andy Dolphin | Jun 20, 2013 | about, awards, news, oil painting, seascape
I was very pleased to read the news that I’d taken out second prize in Australian Artist Magazine’s “Seascapes, Rivers & Lakes” Art Prize Challenge No. 52, with my entry “South Coastal”. My painting depicts a location near...