New Cunninghame Art Club: oil painting

Wednesday, 14 August 2013

Big thanks for your contributions

We had quite a few very nice comments about the quality of the work that was on show at this year's exhibition at the Heritage Centre in Saltcoats. Well done all of you.
I took as many photographs of individual work that I could, and once I have cropped them and picked out the clearest pics, I will hang them in our very own galleries in this blog. There are a handful who don't want their paintings on here, and I will respect your wishes and leave them out.

If I have any enquiries about purchasing these paintings I will be sure to contact you. Susan sent me some oil paintings for show in the gallery. Thanks for that Susan. I have posted a couple of them below. The rest will be on display in the gallery. You can see them by clicking HERE

Alexander Park Winter Dawn

2013
Painted using a photo taken by my daughter, Laura, who lives in Glasgow and got up very early to take this photo.

Peekaboo

2010
A friend, Brett, gave me a photo he had taken of this cheetah which was in a wildlife centre in Africa. It had been injured and was being rehabilitated back to the wild. I would like to think it is now back on the plains, free.

I would also like to thank the staff at the Heritage Centre, Norma, Hazel, Andrew and Mark, for all their hard work during our Exhibition week.

The committee will be meeting soon to discuss the exhibition and to plan for our forthcoming season, which starts on 3rd October. I will keep you all up to date with the plans.

Sunday, 4 November 2012

Janet Forry

What can I say? We had to go looking for extra seats, such was the popularity of last week's demo.

The artist was Janet Forry, who came along and enthralled us all with her skills. Janet visited the club last November and did a live oil portrait. This year, her creation was a city street scene at night. Times Square, New York.

Janet is a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art. She has studied illustration and animation. She has been involved in producing animation for film and television.

As well as doing demos and commissions, she is the Art & Development Officer for East Renfrewshire for visual arts.

Her linen canvas had been prepared with a coat of black acrylic for the street scene. Janet's palette was bright and colourful, which came as no surprise when you think of all those neon lights.

As with the portrait, she applied the paint direct with no pre drawing. Her brushes were everywhere, gradually bringing the scene to life. This technique is best shown in photographs. So here are some shots that I took from my 'ringside' seat.

Enjoy!