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Desert Island 2 - Paul
46cm x 56cm
Oil on Board
46cm x 56cm
Oil on Board
About the artist and their art:
Paul rotates between an array of subject matter – frank and intense observational studies, often of flowers or plants, or flights of imagination, fantasy and memory. A fascination with Vikings as a child led to an interest in travel - paintings of palm trees on distant shores under agitated, ominous skies, will appear alongside drawings of the family piano, or even abstract works, where shapes interact with line and colour, coalescing and vibrating. Paul has a very expressive, natural style and works in a range of traditional mediums, particularly oil and acrylic paint, and oil pastel.
“I feel good when I'm making art - there's no right or wrong way. You can create something really detailed or something from your imagination. This relaxes me.”
-Paul
See more art by Paul:
50 × 50 cm
Acrylic on Board
“This reminds me of my parents house and my grandad’s flat in Bath. It has a piano and a grandfather clock.”
41 × 60 cm
Acrylic on Board
“This was done during bonfire night when I thought about combining fireworks with my usual tropical scenes. It represents freedom and travel.”
50 × 35 cm
Acrylic on Canvas Board
“This is done from a book - an interior scene, on the table is a figurine and an egg sculpture.”
40 × 45 cm
Oil on Board
“It’s done from a book. Flowers are good to paint because they have different shapes, sizes and colours.”
35 × 49 cm
Acrylic on Board
“I decided to assemble an array of objects to test my painting skills. I chose these things because they have interresting shapes - often they look more interesting in paintings than in real life.”
42 × 30 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
“This is a fantasy ornate clock, seen in a book.”
40 × 49 cm
Oil on Board
“It’s a floral picture which I painted from life, from flowers in the studio.”
32 × 34 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
“It’s a flower and a clock - it was done from a book.”
40 × 80 cm
Acrylic on Canvas
“This is a spring scene, based on a book about trees. Then I used my imagination with the butterflies and bluebells.”
35 × 80 cm
Acrylic on Board
“This is a purple moon with lemon trees - it represents Cyprus or Greece. I’ve never been to Greece but I have been to Italy.”
32 × 42cm
Acrylic on canvas
“This painting is representative of nature and Northern European countries in summer.” - Paul
50 × 70 cm
Oil on Board
“This is a northern winter scene painted from the imagination: it experiments with squares, circles, and snow on trees.”