STUDIO Paintings

Painting en plein air for me is all about trying to capture the spirit of a scene, sensing the atmosphere, colours, smells and sounds. The light plays a huge part of it for me, therefore I limit my painting time to one to two hours with very few additions done later in the studio – and only if really necessary. Sometimes this could even be as simple as cropping the scene to make a stronger composition.

Often my chosen medium is oils as I love the textural qualities and openness of the paint – that ability to add touches of paint into the existing texture.

I generally paint smaller sizes on location, anywhere between 8x10” and 16x16”, and usually on boards rather than stretched canvas,