by Andy Dolphin | Mar 5, 2014 | floral, limited palette, oil painting, still life
I painted this little still life a couple of days ago. Miniature Chinese vase21x25cm oil on board. © Andy DolphinThe miniature Chinese-style vase was purchased two weeks ago at a local op-shop (thrift shop) and stands around 8cm tall. The flowers are...
by Andy Dolphin | Feb 23, 2014 | contemporary impressionism, floral, limited palette, oil painting, still life
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been visiting op-shops and garage sales and picking up interesting odds and ends for use in still life paintings.This blue vase was one of the things I collected. It is a very dark, yet intense blue with a gold and silver foil...
by Andy Dolphin | Feb 9, 2014 | digital art, floral, still life
I was playing around this afternoon trying to assemble an interesting still life setup using one of our recently-acquired dome clocks.I don’t have a lot of useful ornaments or bric-a-brac to populate a still life, and February is a dreadful time to go looking...
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 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 | 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...