Another commission has recently just popped up out of the blue, just had the initial talks with the client, done a few sketches around the area in question, and have made and primed the canvas ready for action. Although the brief is to capture a house, it's more of a house within the landscape as the main focus. This should be interesting, and always a challenge.

Latest Commission - (Images of Cape Town - Working title)

As I thought with this one, It's proving to be very challenging indeed - nothing wrong with that - It just keeps me awake at night even more than usual! The process and the approach of this is very similar to the way I work normally, however, there is always this feeling of uncertainty as to what the painting will mean or even be accepted by the client on completion. These disperate images being thrown together, are almost likely to not work, so there is the challange - to make this a cohesive painting with all thats required with some harmony and angst at the same time. May it continue!!! 

Latest Commission - (images of Cape Town - Working title).

Work started today on my latest commission. The brief is pretty complex, in as much as it needs a variety of specific images to be achieved into the final piece, but to be almost 'hidden' within paint.  There is always the initial fear and excitement of starting a commission, it's the unknown outcome combined with the actual thoughts that are in the clients mind which if you are not careful, can force you down a path of mediocrity. By this i mean that you must stick to what you believe in as a painter, treat the work like any other, and make it your own - easier said than done!!!

This is my latest commission, which is based on the Himber Bridge. The brief was to paint the bridge in any colour so long as it looked like one of my paintings, and not to use pastel colours. I decided to look at all the different angles ie from the Hull side, and over the bridge also. The result is a combination of the two. These clients have other works of mine, so i knew what they liked, however, he was buying this for his wife as a surprise, so i had to 2nd guess what she might like. They were both pleased with the result!!