by Andy Dolphin | Mar 25, 2012 | landscape, oil painting, sunset
Here’s my most recent painting…(Roadside shadows. 60x40cm oil on board. © Andy Dolphin)The silhouette created by the shadow area in this scene really caught my eye as I drove along a road near Mt Shadforth recently. I have no idea what kind of tree that...
by Andy Dolphin | Jan 13, 2012 | landscape, oil painting, plein air, sketch, sunset
It’s been warm and sunny here for a few days and I managed to get out to Bluff Knoll on two consecutive evenings.Here’s a couple of oil sketches I did.(Sketch for Sunset Bluff. 22x20cm oil on board. © Andy Dolphin)(Sketch for Behind the Bluff. 20x22cm oil...
by Andy Dolphin | Feb 20, 2011 | landscape, oil painting, plein air, sunset
Large parts of Australia have been hit with extreme weather this summer. Northern Queensland was hit by floods and then perhaps the largest cyclone on record. Meanwhile, northern and central WA and Victoria have also suffered exceptional flooding. You need to...
by Andy Dolphin | Jan 13, 2011 | issues, landscape, oil painting, plein air, sunset
I was invited to this year’s first Porongurup art picnic yesterday and decided, this time, I’d do a painting rather than sketches.We met at the old Woogenellup bridge and I wandered around for half an hour or more looking for something to catch my eye....
by Andy Dolphin | Dec 27, 2010 | landscape, oil painting, plein air, sunset, weather
Christmas eve was warm and incredibly humid around here. In nearby Albany, the moisture hung like a veil of smoke over the city through to the early afternoon. I’ve never seen anything quite like it before.Since the evening sky was looking clear, I headed back...
by Andy Dolphin | Dec 23, 2010 | landscape, oil painting, plein air, sunset, weather
The sun is still playing hide and seek with us but temperatures are on the rise. The last few days have felt like it was going to rain but it just isn’t really happening. This, combined with the warmer days, means humidity! I love days like this – it feels...
