Help Ukraine

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Help Ukraine

 

 I pledge to send all money from art sales from 2022 to help Ukraine.

If you send a donation of 100$ or more to help Ukraine, I will send you a painting.

1. Choose an organisation from the page- https://uacrisis.org/en/help-ukraine

 

2. Choose a painting from the pages which use the word Pochades in the post labels (for example pochades 2022). These are smaller paintings and are easier to post. 

Then confirm with me that the picture(s) are available. 

 

3. Send me proof of a donation of at least 100$ per picture to one of the organisations above (proof of money transfer)- Tadeusz598@yahoo.co.uk

 

4. Send me your full name, postal address and phone number.

 

5. Note that delivery may take up to 3 months as I am in Brazil and the post can be slow.

 

6. Thank you.

 

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Santo Antônio de Lisboa , sun setting

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 Santo Antônio de Lisboa, sun setting, oil on card, 29.7 x 27.5 c- available

 

Cacupe, sun setting, oil on card - detail

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Praia Moçambique, sea, January 25, 2022

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Praia Moçambique,sea, January 25, 2022

 oil on card, 29 .7 x 27.5 cm

 

 

 

 

Praia Moçambique,sea, January 25, 2022 - detail

 

 The sky was so dense and the sea a beautiful mint green. 

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Praia Moçambique; hackneyed subjects

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Praia Moçambique, sea, late afternoon, February 23, 

oil on card, 28 x 29.7 cm

 

 

 

 

Praia Moçambique, sea, late afternoon, February 23 - detail

 

 I believe the sunset would be more striking seen from near Santo Antonio, and I shall go there shortly.

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My old art teacher from Hazlehead Academy, Alexander Hamilton, would say, and I generally agree, that some subjects should be avoided because they have already been so often visited by other painters that an original response is impossible and one`s painting will, inevitably, be hackneyed. Usually sunsets would be included among such prohibited subjects.

But while agreeing, I admit that the pleasure of watching and capturing in paint a sunset is immense.

 Ergo, I continue...

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Bare trees, Praia Moçambique; Graham Sutherland

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Bare trees,Praia Moçambique, oil on card, 27.5 x 29.5 cm - available

 

Bare trees, Praia Moçambique- detail

I had attempted to paint here before and it had not gone well.

 Or, perhaps I had judged so, not because the painting was  poor, but because the subject matter, harsh and unkind, brought uncomfortable feelings. 

I decided to persist and I`ll come back here. It`s rich and strange and makes me uneasy.

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This  sort of angular graphic on a bright background is rather Graham Sutherland, isn`t it?

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Parque Estadual do Rio Vermelho,forest, hot day

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Parque Estadual do Rio Vermelho, forest, hot day

 oil on card 27.5 x 29.5 cm - unavailable

Parque Estadual do Rio Vermelho, forest, hot day- detail

It`s so hot that during the day the only pleasant place is the forest. 

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Praia Moçambique, looking inland- a path

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 Praia Moçambique, looking inland- a path

 oil on card, 26 x 29. 8 cm

 

 

 

 

 

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Pochade carriers: pin

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The carriers get continual adjustments. If the card supports used for painting increase in size they are more prone to buckling, sometimes so much that they touch the covers, causing smudging in the painting.

 

 

Ergo: the addition of a pin. 

Yes, this will mark the surface, but homefully much less and in a more controlled mannner, and will help to hold the picture in position during transportation.  

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Praia Moçambique, looking across heathland

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 Praia Moçambique,  looking across heathland

 oil on card, 30 x 27 cm -  -unavailable

 

 

 

 

 

Praia Moçambique, detail, looking across heathland- detail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One of my more van Gosh-ish peices, with a rolling, hummocky landscape.

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Praia Moçambique, looking inland, mid-afternoon

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Praia Moçambique, looking inland, mid-afternoon, oil on card, 27.5 x 30 cm - available

 

Photo

 

The camera- a Lumix DMX  - has certain baises, and dislikes certain colour contrasts especially where pinks meet greens. I messed about for ages in the editor and never hit the nailhead. Well, I think it is more or less right.

Painting 

 

I loved painting here. The sun was not too tyrannous, and I could perch myself on a little knoll above the sands.

I finished before the late afternoon light comes raking in sideways- quite glorious to see- and I shall return today to see if I can capture this. I usually avoid going the the same place on successive days (does that  make me sound rather like a serial killer?) as I benefit from  having a fresh impression but I shall, exceptionately, break this rule.

I have been working on a larger scale and this allows more spacious painting, with looser brushwork-  most enjoyable.

 

Black  

 

I have also re-introduced black to my palette. 

Thanks, in part to the Impressionists many painters plein air painters avoid black as the Impressionists  had argued that black doesn't exist in "nature" and they held fidelity to nature as a high value (as if painting itself exists in "nature"). 

But, I'd avoided putting out blacks for a long time not because of reverence to the Impressionists but becauses they so readily pollute other colours on the palette, and all the mixtures can become greyed out.

 I am trying to use it discreetly. 

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Woodland, Early February, Rio Vermelho, 2022

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Woodland, Early February, Rio Vermelho, 2022

 oil on card, 27.5 x 30 cm

 

Woodland, Early February, Rio Vermelho, 2022- detail

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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