Paisley Art Institute Entry

Thought you might like to take a look at the large painting that I've done as this year's entry to the Paisley art Institute.  This is a prestigious annual show in the Art Galleries and Museum in Paisley, which is selected by a panel.

This is an oil and collage piece on linen, called "Driving Rain, the Cuillins".  It's 90cm square.

Here's some close-ups of the collage, which uses tissue paper, paint, paper and hessian.  I like using collage as a way into exploring texture, which I then try to use as a way of informing my mark-making when I am painting purely in oils.

I'll have to wait until the beginning of May before I know if it's been accepted!  Fingers crossed...

Accepted into Paisley Art Institute

I've had two pieces accepted into the annual Paisley Art Institute exhibition, so that's great news.

Here's one of them, a painting from the beach at St Ives in Cornwall, with Godrevy lighthouse in the distance.

October Sea, Porthminster Beach (Oil on linen, 26 x 32)

The show opens runs from Saturday 23rd May until Sunday 28th June at the Paisley Museum and art Galleries, High Street, Paisley.