Brig O' Dee, Aberdeen, July 2024

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Brig O' Dee, July 2024, oil on card, 28 x 28 cm - available

Painted almost exactly a year ago and, for some reason, not put on the site.

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Near Johnston Gardens, Aberdeen

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Near Johnston Gardens, Aberdeen, oil on card, 27.5 x 27 cm, available

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Blue Bridge, Johnston Gardens- November and December 2024: two paintings

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Blue bridge, Johnston Gardens, Aberdeen, November 2024

oil on card, 25 x 29 cm - available

Blue bridge, Johnston Gardens, Aberdeen, December 2024

oil on card, 28.2 x 27 cm - available

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Cruickshank Botanical Garden: path

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Cruickshank Botanical Garden, path, oil on card, 8.2 x 25.3 cm - available

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Tree, near Springfield Avenue, Aberdeen

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Tree, near Springfield Avenue, Aberdeen, oil on card, 31.7 x 33.7 cm - available

I feel that the paintings became too dependent on a high key palette, based on mixing down colours with Titanium white. I developed a process based on this. The negtive side is that paintings can look chalky, pallid.

I have been trying to work first from paint which is not mixed and lightened in this way, and to start with much brighter deeper colours.

 Obviously, this is going to be easier in certain situations in which the motif is already deep or bright. 

A view from a window in Mannofield, December 2024

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A view from a window in Mannofield, December 2024, oil on card, 23.2 x 27.7 cm - available

This is the second picture from my window.

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Victoria Park, November

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Victoria Park, November 2024, oil on card 29 x 29.5 cm - available

A more rugged expressionistic picture.

 So much of painting for me is about how much noise I can make, how much I have permission to make it.

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Bon Accord Terrace Gardens, Ferryhill

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Bon Accord Terrace Gardens, 29.5 x 30,2 cm,  oil on card, available 

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Abbotsford Lane, Ferryhill

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Abbotsford Lane, Ferryhill, oil on card, 30.5 x 30.5 cm- SOLD

Featuring one of Aberdeen`s service lanes: I think I will explore these more.

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Victoria Park, Aberdeen

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Victoria Park, Aberdeen, oil on card, 25.5 x 30.4 cm, available

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The Dee, November, Aberdeen

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The Dee,  Aberdeen, November,  oil on card, 29 x 30 cm, available

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The Dee, October

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The Dee, October, oil on card, 25.5 x 28.5 cm - available

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The Don, estuary, October 2024

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The Don, estuary, October 2024, oil on card, 25 x 30 cm - available

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Cuts, a view through woods to fields

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Cults, a view through woods to fields, oil on card, 31,7 x 3.7 cm - available

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The Don and dunes

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The Don and dunes, Aberdeen, oil on card, 32.1 x 29.5 cm - available from No31 Gallery

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The mouth of the Don, haar

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The mouth of the Don,  haar, oil on card, 247 x 30.5 cm- available

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Looking down on Mearns Street, Aberdeen harbour

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Looking down on Mearns Street, Aberdeen harbour

oil on card, 25.5 x 28 cm-  available

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Allotment, trees, early evening

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Allotment, trees, early evening, 27.5 x 27.5 cm, oil on card, available

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The Don meets the sea

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The Don meets the sea, oil on card, 24 x 28.5 cm -available

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The Bridge of Don

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The Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, oil on card, 28 x 25.3 cm - available

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