THE OLD BAMBOO

BLACK BAMBOO 09/63 (2009) acrylic on canvas

16" x 12" (40cm x 30cm)

This is one of 3 paintings for the Gallery Guesthouse winter show.

There will be more details of this - the other two paintings and the show itself here as well as on my Twitter page.

I am also working on a commission I have recently received.

In the meantime if you are interested in this painting - others on this blog or would like to discuss a commission - email me to discuss

mydogateart@gmail.com

VIEW FROM ABOVE

AERIAL 09/62 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

16" x 12" (40cm x 30cm)

UK price £ 125.00 GBP (inc p&p)

outside of UK please contact by email initially

This is a painting that I finished a couple of weeks ago - started off as a pure abstract - but I can see that I was being influenced by images of the earth taken from space as I progressed.

If you are interested in purchasing this or any other work here, or would like to discuss a commission just email me in the first instance

mydogateart@gmail.com

MOORLAND TRIPTYCH

PRINCETOWN/SHEEPSTOR HAZE 09/36 (2009)

PRINCETOWN / SHEEPSTOR MOON 09/35 (2009)
PRINCETOWN/SHEEPSTOR DAWN 09/37 (2009)

All acrylic on canvas

21" x 8" (50cm x 20cm)

These 3 paintings were painted back in early May 2009 - and are a depiction of the skyline between Princetown and Sheepstor viewed from Roborough Down.

They are now on display in the dining area of my local pub - The Lopes Arms.

They are for sale at £ 90.00 GBP each ( p&p inc within UK)

For all 3 the price is £ 240.00

Outside of the UK please email me initially.

If you live in, or are visiting the Plymouth area please try and visit and have a look at these 3 paintings in situ. Do let them know that I suggested you pop in !

If you are interested in buying these, other work on this site, or would like to discuss a commission then email me in the first instance

mydogateart@gmail.com

NIGHT OR DAY

NIGHT OR DAY 09/61 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

16" x 16" (40cm x 40cm)
PRICE : £ 150.00 GBP (inc p&p within UK)
outside of the UK email to confirm price/shipping etc

I cannot decide whether this is the moon or the sun - night or day - but there is a definite moorland / grassland theme.

If you are interested in purchasing this please email me in the first instance or equally if you are interested in a commission email me as well.

mydogateart@gmail.com

LEE MOOR

LEE MOOR 09/60 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

16" x 12" (40cm x 30cm)
PRICE: £120.00 GBP (in UK p&p inc)
Outside of UK please email to discuss price/shipping - mydogateart@gmail.com

This painting is my first inspired by colours,textures and structures found in Lee Moor a small china-clay (kaolin) quarrying area and community on the edge of Dartmoor - but within view of the city of Plymouth.

If you are interested in purchasing this or are interested in a commission - email me in the first instance - mydogateart@gmail.com

Solve that Christmas gift problem now with a piece of original art !

LIGHT MY FIRE

SWALING 09/59 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

6"x10" (15cm x 25cm)

PRICE £ 60.00 GBP (inc p&p within UK)

outside of the UK please email me (mydogateart@gmail.com)

This small picture is based on the process of burning off gorse deliberately to clear moorland - a sight you can see from the lane near my house.

If you are interested in buying this or would like to discuss a commission - email me in the first instance : mydogateart@gmail.com

DUCHY SQUARE TRIO

Here are the 3 paintings currently on sale at DUCHY SQUARE CENTRE - I was very pleased that this prestigious development agreed to take 3 of my works at the first time of asking. Hope this is the start of an ongoing and fruitful working relationship. All of the paintings are acrylic on box canvas.

CHANNEL 09/57 (2009)

14" x 10"

END OF DAY 09/51 (2009)
12" x 8"

RED RIDGE 09/42 (2009)
8" x 8"

Please do try and visit the venue - a great mix of exhibition space and workshops - with a wide variety of artists and makers.

If you are interested in a commission or buying any of my work just email me in the first instance -

mydogateart@gmail.com

TAILINGS

TAILINGS 09/58 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

10" x 6" (25cm x 15cm)

PRICE (UK) £ 60.00 GBP (inc p & p)

outside of the UK please enquire to confirm price

This small abstract is inspired by some of the mining landsapes in this area.

If you would like to purchase or reserve this - or discuss a commission - please email me in the first instance

mydogateart@gmail.com

CHANNEL

CHANNEL 09/57 (2009)

acrylic on box canvas

14" x 10" (35cm x 25cm)

CURRENTLY ON SALE - @ DUCHY SQUARE

If you would be interested in me painting a commission for you just email me to discuss.

mydogateart@gmail.com

Look forward to your views and comments as always.

BURRATOR NO.2

BURRATOR NO.2 09/56 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

18" x 14"

PRICE £ 155.00 GBP (p&p inc within UK)

This is an abstract depiction evoking some of the textures,colours,shapes and atmosphere around the reservoir at Burrator - about 5 miles from my house.

If you are interested in purchasing this email me in the first instance, payment can be arranged via a PayPal invoice - and I know it works now - having taken my first payment from a customer in Canada ! :)

Outside of the UK please email me to confirm price for additional postage etc. Also please email me if you would like to discuss a commission.

mydogateart@gmail.com

"PLY-NY" : COMMISSION - SOLD :-)

PLY-NY 09/55 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

20" x 30"

SOLD

CLICK HERE TO SEE CUSTOMER REVIEW

This is the painting I parted with yesterday. I was given a brief - specific colours and a New York theme, and that was it. Try as hard as I might I couldn't get the Chrysler Building and the Empire State out of my head right from the start - so improvised around that.

Customer delighted (phew).

If you fancy a commission from me just email me :

mydogateart@googlemail.com

ANDREW WARHOLA ASLEEP

ANDREW WARHOLA ASLEEP 09/54 (2009) ink-print on pre-coloured (acrylic) paper

20cm x 16cm

SOLD

CLICK HERE TO READ JACQUELINE DODD'S CUSTOMER REVIEW

This was an experiment which initially I posted on Facebook - as a result it was sold and headed off to Canda - I've gone transatlantic !

If there's anything here you like - or would be interested in a commission just email me.

mydogateart@googlemail.com

COLLAGE / PRINT EXPERIMENT

PRINT 09/53 (2009)

collage : ink print and acrylic on paper

20cm x 12cm

£ 15.00 GBP (including p&p within UK)

For price outside of the UK email me.

This is an experiment with a collage which was scanned and the resulting image then printed onto prepared hand-coloured heavy cartridge-paper.

If you'd like to buy this piece or would be interested in discussing a commission - please email :
mydogateart@googlemail.com

Always interested in hearing your views ... :-)

CITY LIMITS - NEW PAINTING

CITY LIMITS 09/52 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

20" x 30"

£ 250.00 GBP (inc p&p within UK)

please email if outside UK for price/shipping

Finished this painting earlier in the week - it's an abstracted city-scape / skyline.

Interested in views as always.

If you are interested in purchasing this or would like to discuss a commission - just email me:
mydogateart@googlemail.com

END OF DAY

END OF DAY 09/51 (2009) acrylic on canvas

12" x 8"

CURRENTLY ON SALE - @ DUCHY SQUARE

A small abstracted landscape. The texturing has been executed with the edge of an old credit-card. Note to artists - don't throw them away!

If you are interested in this piece or would like to discuss a commission - email me :

mydogateart@googlemail.com

Always happy to see feedback here.

ANOTHER ABSTRACT

ANDY 09/50 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

40cm x 30cm

£ 120.00 GBP ( p & p within UK included)

This will hopefully form part of my solo show. Always interested to hear what you think.

If you are interested in a commission - just email me

mydogateart@googlemail.com

NEW ABSTRACT

HOT BAMBOO 09/49 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

35cm x 25cm

£ 100 GBP (p&p within UK included)

This is one of the canvases bound for my own solo show.

If you'd like to discuss a commission email me

mydogateart@googlemail.com

PORTRAIT

DEFEATED 09/48 (2009)

35cm x 25cm

acrylic on canvas

£ 100.00 GBP (price in UK inc p&p)

This is an unusual thing for me - an attempt at a 'realistic' portrait.

Would love to hear your views etc.

If you want to buy this an email reserves the piece and a PayPal invoice will follow. Outside of the UK contact me re price and shipping.

mydogateart@googlemail.com

Give us a shout if you want a quote for a commission as well.

ABSTRACT

BARCA BLUE 09/47 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

40cm x 40cm

£ 150.00 GBP (inc of p&p within UK)

I seem to have been neglecting my blog recently - mainly through having a short break and also working on the PlymSlackSpace project - so this is the start of me redressing the balance, and am hoping to be posting more work this week. This piece is intended for my solo show later this Summer - all of the pieces have a clear link and theme - but want to think of a name for the work collectively before I let people in on it.... have to maintain some sense of mystery !! News of that soon (hopefully). As always - be interested to hear your views.

I recently got a new private commission - if you would like to discuss something similar just give me a shout by email

mydogateart@googlemail.com

DARK PORTRAIT 3

CLAUDE 09/46 (2009)

acrylic on canvas sheet

15cm x 12 cm

price : £ 16.00 GBP unframed ( see below)

It's been a while. I've been on holiday - and on return discovered I had an ear infection.I was going to paint all sorts of stuff - take photos but my energy levels were next to zero - but now they are improving. This is one of the small paintings I work on in between bigger canvases when I am waiting for them to dry, have hissy fits etc. This picture has the look or suggestion of Claude Makelele - one of my heroes at CFC - hence the name of this piece. Anyway here it is.

This is on sale for £ 16.00 GBP unframed within the UK. If you want it framed - email me to discuss the overall price including postage. Outside of the UK email me to discuss shipping cost.

Email to reserve - first come , first served - PayPal invoice will follow

mydogateart@googlemail.com

3 MORE IN THE GUESTHOUSE

SMEATON'S TOWER 09/45 (2009)

BUCKLAND FERN 09/44 (2009) BUCKLAND BARK 09/43 (2009)

all acrylic on canvas
40 cm x 40cm
all £ 90.00 GBP inclusive of postage

These are the other 3 canvases delivered to Gallery Guesthouse at the same time as KING PRAWN posted below on 28/05/09.

If you are interested in purchasing these I will have to liaise with the Guesthouse as they form part of their current display. Outide of the UK we would need to discuss cost of shipping etc.
Just email me to discuss - mydogateart@googlemail.com

Some of you may be aware - but for those who aren't - exciting news as I have been asked to produce some large canvases for public display at the Woolwell Centre - a local community and conference venue that has several thousands of people through the door during the course of a year. It's brilliant exposure for me - so thanks to Charlie the manager for giving me the opportunity.

( I'm on holiday until next Thursday, June 18th)

NEW ABSTRACT

RED RIDGE 09/42 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

8" x 8"

CURRENTLY ON SALE - @ DUCHY SQUARE

Fancy a commission - just email me - mydogateart@gmail.com

DARK PORTRAIT (2)

BEN 09/41 (2009)

acrylic on card

30cm x 21cm

price (unframed) £ 38.00 GBP (inc p&p) see below

This is the second of a series of portraits done on black card. More to follow.

I am taking 4 paintings to www.galleryguesthouse.com including "KING PRAWN" later today - excited about that - then all 7 will be soon up on the wall.

This painting is priced as above for the UK. If you would like it framed please email me mydogateart@googlemail.com to discuss cost. Outside of the UK please contact me to discuss shipping cost etc. First come first served - PayPal invoice will follow by email.

IS IT A FISH ?

KING PRAWN 09/40 (2009) acrylic on canvas

40cm x 40cm

£ 90.00 GBP (p&p inc) see below

Due to some technical difficulties this is one of the paintings bound for the Gallery Guesthouse here in Plymouth - it will be delivered next Monday. Karen asked me to produce paintings with local Plymouth / Devon themes. Hopefully people familiar with Plymouth and the Barbican will recognise this - except "the prawn" as it is known here is actually coppery in colour. I liked the idea of taking the prawn and cooking it - there should be enough here for a few thousand people.

The price for this is as above (outside of the UK we would need to come to agreement for shipping cost) - but I would need to discuss with the guesthouse first as it's going to be part of their new exhibition.

email me : mydogateart@googlemail.com

DARK PORTRAIT

ADAM 09/39 (2009)

acrylic on card (unframed)

28cm x 18cm

price : £ 33.00 GBP (see below)

This portrait has been painted on black-card - I like the depth it gives with relatively simple brush-work.

This piece is priced at £ 33.00 unframed (p&p free within the UK)

If you would like this framed or are outside the UK email me to discuss the price and we'll come to an agreement.

To buy/reserve (first come first served ) email me :
mydogateart@googlemail.com

PayPal invoice will follow.

Email me as well if you would like to discuss a commission.

FIGURE

FIGURE 09/38 (2009)

acrylic on paper

28cm x 19cm

price uk (unframed) £ 35.00 GBP - see below

This is the last of a group of paintings that I did one weekend about a month or so ago. It's the mask (African) and suit theme again !

Thanks to all who have made lovely comments on other work again - I will be getting round to individual responses - over the next few days.

If you would like to purchase this painting - price as follows -

The price in the UK is £35.00 GBP (p&p free)

If you would like it framed we can discuss additional cost and come to an agreement.

If you're outside the UK - again we would need to discuss postage/framing as well.

email me to purchase - first come / first served - PayPal invoice to follow

mydogateart@googlemail.com

If you would be interested in a commission email me as well.

PRINCETOWN/SHEEPSTOR

PRINCETOWN/SHEEPSTOR MOON 09/35 (2009)

PRINCETOWN/SHEEPSTOR HAZE 09/36 (2009)
PRINCETOWN/SHEEPSTOR SUNRISE 09/37 (2009)

all 3 acrylic on canvas
20cm x 50cm

These are the three canvases delivered in May to the Gallery Guesthouse here in Plymouth. They are now in situ at The Lopes Arms in Roborough. See post dated 20/10/09.

The pictures are based on the skyline visible about a 15 minute walk from my front door - with views across the south-western edge of Dartmoor. If you have a favourite view / views I will always consider a commission for you in similar style.

My email is mydogateart@gmail.com

GET UP AND BOOGIE

DANCING FIGURE 09/34 (2009)

acrylic on paper

33cm x 24cm

price (unframed) £ 48.00 GBP (see below)

This is one of a handful of paintings I did the week before last - whilst working on my canvases for www.galleryguesthouse.com

The figure is an amalgam of a Germano-Celtic mask (including the pointy head) from around 400 BC and a South Sea island figure painting. I added a shirt and tie and gave it a carnival feel.

PRICE £ 48.00 GBP (unframed - free p&p within UK).

email me to reserve - first-come/first-served - mydogateart@googlemail.com

PayPal invoice will follow.
If you would like to have this framed email me to discuss price.For orders outside of the UK email me to discuss price of postage etc.If you want to order more than one item I may be able to offer a discount - just ask. If you would like to commission some work just ask as well.

SPONTANEOUS

ABSTRACT 09/33 (2009)

acrylic on cardboard

29cm x 20cm

PRICE £ 37.00 GBP (unframed - free p&p within UK)Email me to reserve - first-come/first-served - mydogateart@googlemail.com
PayPal invoice will follow.

If you would like to have this framed email me to discuss price.For orders outside of the UK email me to discuss price of postage etc.
If you want to order more than one item I may be able to offer a discount - just ask. And don't forget if you would like to commission some work just ask as well.

I have been working on my paintings for Gallery Guesthouse - however in between waiting for surfaces to dry and thinking time - there's always time for some spontaneous work like this. Hope you like it.

SMALL FACE

SMALL FACE 09/32 (2009)

acrylic on paper

15cm x 10cm

PRICE £ 16.00 GBP (unframed - free p&p within UK)

Email me to reserve - first-come/first-served - mydogateart@googlemail.com - PayPal invoice will follow.

If you would like to have this framed email me to discuss price.

For orders outside of the UK email me to discuss price of postage etc.

So here we go - my first official on-line item for sale. I will be going back through my paintings systematically over the next few weeks and pricing all those that are for sale. However if there is anything on this site that you fancy just email me and I'll give you a quote. If you want to order more than one item I may be able to offer a discount - just ask - I don't bite ! And don't forget if you would like to commission some work just ask as well.

The home laptop is heading off to North Wales with my wife today (she's on a writing course) until Friday evening - I will have some access to email via our local library until Wednesday - so will be able to respond by then.

Hope you like this painting anyway.

On the newsy front I am doing 7 canvases as part of a small exhibition at The Gallery Guesthouse, here in Plymouth, and I have been asked to take some examples of my work to a gallery in Totnes. All good stuff.

ABSTRACT FACE

ABSTRACT/FACE 09/31 (2009)

acrylic on paper

34cm x 23cm

PRICE £ 47.00 GBP (unframed - free p&p within UK)

Email me to reserve - first-come/first-served - mydogateart@googlemail.com PayPal invoice will follow.

If you would like to have this framed email me to discuss price.

For orders outside of the UK email me to discuss price of postage etc.If you want to order more than one item I may be able to offer a discount - just ask - I don't bite ! And don't forget if you would like to commission some work just ask as well.

I always said I would try to be honest with the images I post here. This painting was done a couple of weekends ago- and it seemed to take me with it - rather than me controlling it. It reminds me of some paintings from Germany and Italy in the 1920s - I'd have to go back and look at some of my books to remind myself. I have just been looking at the original - and I like the vitality. Be interested in anyone else's views.

Still waiting confirmation of my PayPal account at which point I will start pricing works on this site - but as always, if you are interested in buying this or would like to discuss a commission then email me at

mydogateart@googlemail.com

BURRATOR

BURRATOR 09/30 (2009)

acrylic on canvas sheet

19cm x 26cm

PRICE £ 33.00 GBP (unframed - free p&p within UK)

Email me to reserve - first-come/first-served - mydogateart@googlemail.com PayPal invoice will follow.

If you would like to have this framed email me to discuss price.

For orders outside of the UK email me to discuss price of postage etc.If you want to order more than one item I may be able to offer a discount - just ask - I don't bite !

And don't forget if you would like to commission some work just ask as well.

I am slowly working through a back-catatlogue of some paintings and experiments. This abstracted landscape was done a few months ago following a walk on a beautiful winter morning around Burrator Reservoir on Dartmoor (about 5 miles from my house). It is based on the shapes and colours of the dark coniferous plantation - little glimpses of light showing through - and a wire fence. It's not an attempt to show it for real - just to capture the feel. Not sure if it works totally. Like to hear some views.

This and other work for sale - or - alternatively if you would like to discuss a commission then email me

mydogateart@googlemail.com

ps - I am waiting for the confirmation of my PayPal account in the next couple of days. I am going to start pricing my work here - I will then be able to take secure credit and debit card payment via email invoicing. A big leap for me - all part of the process.

BLACK AND WHITE

CUTTING ROOM 09/29 (2009)

acrylic on plasticised paper

24cm x 18cm

PRICE £ 30.00 GBP (unframed - free p&p within UK)
Email me to reserve - first-come/first-served - mydogateart@googlemail.com

PayPal invoice will follow.
If you would like to have this framed email me to discuss price.
For orders outside of the UK email me to discuss price of postage etc.

If you want to order more than one item I may be able to offer a discount - just ask
And don't forget if you would like to commission some work just ask as well.

Last weekend I did quite a lot of work as experiment for myself. I'll be posting the results over the next few weeks - as I have been offered a small exhibition space at http://www.galleryguesthouse.com/ here in Plymouth - for paintings based on local themes.
I have to work out the layout for the space - and then work on the paintings. I'll keep people updated here and on Twitter.

Back to this piece - black acrylic on white plastic. I started by making regular scrapes with the side of a palette knife and suddenly realised that the images resembled blocks of flats/apartments - so added window type marks and the suggestion of human figures inside with the knife. Then I realised that the end result also felt like discarded celluloid film. Be interested in what you think out there - I like the ambiguity, and to me the picture has an unsettling quality.

If you are interested in buying my work or would like to discuss a comission just email me at
mydogateart@googlemail.com

FIGURE AND ABSTRACT

COUNCILLOR 09/28 (2009)

acrylic on paper

34cm x 23cm

price £ 47.00 GBP ( unframed, p&p free within uk - see below)

ABSTRACT 09/27 (2009)

acrylic on plasticised paper

14cm x 19cm

price £ 28.00 GBP - (framed inc p&p within UK see below)

Here are the first two works from the weekend just gone. The abstract reminds me of printed 19th century wallpaper ... I think. I love the way acrylic slides around on the smooth surface - before drying rock-hard with lots of lumps and bumps.

"COUNCILLOR" is a larger version.If you would be interested in a commission email me as well. of FACE O9/25 on my previous post. The original coloured pencil sketch was based on a newspaper image of a locally elected official ( I think in the Carribean - can't remember now).I remember he looked a bit stuffed into his suit and tie - he was pushing his way through a crowd - I think someone was holding a poster up on the right. I'm quite pleased with the end result. Always glad to hear what you think.

If you are interested in buying these or a commission - please email me to discuss.

mydogateart@googlemail.com

"COUNCILLOR" is priced £ 47.00 GBP (p&p free) unframed

"ABSTRACT" is priced £ 28.00 GBP framed ( p&p included)

If you would like "COUNCILLOR" framed we can discuss additional cost and come to an agreement.
If you're outside the UK - for either item we would need to discuss postage/framing as well.
email me to purchase - first come / first served - PayPal invoice to follow
mydogateart@googlemail.com

VIBRANT ART ON THE CHEAP !!!

FACE 09/26 (2009)

colour pencil on paper

14 cm x 10cm

FIGURE 09/25 (2009)

coloured pencil on paper

9cm x 6cm

FACE 09/24 (2009)

coloured pencil on paper

14cm x 10cm
These 3 pictures will have to be my last posting on this blog for a few days as the laptop is going on holiday with my wife and daughter. I will have to resort to public access internet for a few days. I like these - as they are done with the cheapest materials - ie children's coloured pencils from a bargain pack from a local supermarket ( and a cheap fibre tip pen for two of them). It always makes me wince when I see the price of some artists' materials - but I suspect it all adds to the mystique of being an artist. Despite the cost -the vividness of the colour is cracking (in my opinion).

I am quite pleased of the second image - FIGURE 09/25 - as it is the first truly miniature image I have ever really put on this site. I would like to hear your views and opinions.

As always - these and lots of other work on this site is for sale, or alternatively, if you are interested in a commission - just email me

mydogateart@googlemail.com

2 NEW PAINTINGS

MASK FACE 09/23 (2009)

watercolour on paper

14cm x 9cm

MASK FACE 09/22 (2009)

watercolour on paper

19cm x 13cm

As promised here are 2 more colour sketches based on my sketches from the source material on African art. I am quite pleased with them as quick works - especially the first one which was done from start to finish on the top deck of a bus travelling into and back from Plymouth.

Not quite sure why the second figure has a collar and tie - just liked the idea of juxtaposing something fairly stylised/abstracted with an everyday detail.

As always would be interested in your comments. This and much of the work on this site is for sale. Alternatively if you would be interested in a commission just email me to discuss.

mydogateart@googlemail.com

SKETCH TO IDEA

FACE 09/21 (2009)

gouache and oil-pastel on paper

19cm x 24cm

Last weekend I finished a lot of pencil sketches from a variety of books on African,Oceanic and Celtic art. I used one of the African carved images as the basis for this colour sketch - which I might render as a bigger painting later. I have done a couple of small watercolours as well - which will probably get posted at the weekend.

I am using some of the technique and colour scheme on a large version of my monotype-self portrait ( already on this blog) - which I started today - possibly with a view to entering it into "Artists and Illustrators" annual competiton. More of that later. I'll post the end-result even if I don't submit it. Hope you like this.Views and feedback welcome.

This and lots of my work is for sale. Equally if you would like to discuss a commission - email me initially

mydogateart@googlemail.com

PAPER TO CANVAS (again)

FACE 09/20 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

20cm x 28cm

Seek and ye shall find - this is another version of a very much smaller ink and watercolour picture already posted. Let me have your views and comments as always.

This and lots of my work is for sale. Or, alternatively if you are interested in a commission just email me to discuss

mydogateart@googlemail.com

PAPER TO CANVAS

FACE 09/19 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

40cm x 40cm

This is a canvas rendering of a small-scale oil-pastel posted here back in January.

Enjoyed doing this - be interested in your views.

As always this, and lots of my work is for sale - and I am always happy to consider commissions.Just email me to discuss.

mydogateart@googlemail.com

TWO EXPERIMENTS

FENCE 09/18 (2009)

acrylic on plasticised paper

21cm x 18cm

SEAFRONT 09/17 (2009)

acrylic on plasticised paper

20cm x 22cm

Two experiments with materials and technique. I'm still a bit miffed - the photo does not do full justice to the colour - (this was my 3rd attempt to get them right) - especially on "Seafront".

As always if you are interested in buying these, others on this site or a commission - just email me to discuss.

mydogateart@googlemail.com

Unfortunately these two pieces have "had an accident" and no longer exist - exept digitally. RIP

Steve 28/04/09

WATERCOLOUR !!

MOSAIC FACE 09/16 (2009)

watercolour and ink on paper

20cm x 20cm

Haven't really used water-colour for a long time - but was quite pleased with the end result for this. The individual coloured grid with linear figure is directly influenced by Paul Klee.

Interested in your views.

As always this and lots of other work for sale. If you are interested in this or a commission just email me ( googlemail allowing !!)

mydogateart@googlemail.com

MAN IN THE MOON (PLUS ONE)

MOON MASK 09/15 (2009)

acrylic on canvas

40cm x 40cm

FACE 09/14 (2009)
pastel on paper
23cm x 33cm

Two new images - both done in the last few weeks.
I am not sure if the mask image is finished or not - which probably means it is.

I'll be posting lots of small pieces this week - and reporting here and on Twitter on a possible piece for the Gallery Guesthouse here in Plymouth.

If you are interested in these, other works on the site or would be interested in a commission just email me to discuss

mydogateart@googlemail.com

APOLOGIES

FACE 09/13 (2009)

ink and watercolour crayon on paper

8cm x 10cm

Apologies to all the people who have made such lovely comments on the last few posts - I intend to respond to them all this week. Truth is I haven't been feeling 100% this last week. Here's a new small image to be going on with - I have quite a few others and am aiming to post 2 or 3 times the rest of the week. I've said before here that it's been mooted that all "portraits" have a large element of "self" - well this one could certainly be looked at in that light.

This and lots of my work is for sale - or if you would like to discuss a commission just email me at

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IN MY LOUNGE

PEBBLES 09/11 (2009) acrylic on canvas

30cm x 30 cm


PEBBLES 09/12 (2009)

acrylic on canvas
30cm x 30 cm

Finally finished at the weekend - now up on the wall either side of the mantelpiece. Comments welcome. The most satisfying thing about these is that I painted over the top of a couple of cheap B & Q printed canvases - maybe it's the way forward to do away with the mass-produced mindless rubbish out there. ( Any offence to B &Q is ... possibly quite deliberate)

Potentially these are for sale ( like lots of my stuff) but I would like to liaise with Debbie first .

email me about this and other work on this site if you are interested
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ps - comments on the last post should be responded to over the coming weekend

PAINTING MYSELF

MONOTYPE SELF-PORTRAIT 09/10 (2009)

Oil pastel and gouache on paper
21cm x 15cm

I was thumbing through a magazine and saw an article on transferred line printing – as used by Paul Klee and in some of Warhol’s early works.

It’s probably not something I’ve thought of doing since I was at school. I had to hand a black and white photocopy of my blog profile photo and off I went.

Not sure about it – but quite like the flat printed , slightly surreal quality of it. I couldn’t resist adding some red lipstick . I could see other applications for this technique which I will probably be experimenting with soon.

If you want me looming on your wall – this is for sale – just email me to discuss.

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On the subject of my two abstracts immediately below I might try to take some photos showing the basic technique I used and post them here soon. Can I also say thank you again for the brilliant response to those two pieces.

2 NEW ABSTRACTS

ABSTRACT 09/9 (2009)

acrylic on plasticised paper

23cm x 15cm

ABSTRACT 09/8 (2009)

acrylic on plasticised paper
21cm x 15cm

Experiments out of necessity -I had red and green acrylic to hand - no others - didn't want to wake my daughter up getting any other colours late last Sunday.

Like to hear what you think as always. More work being posted at some point this weekend.

This and lots of other stuff is for sale - just email me to discuss
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TWO MORE FACES

FACE 09/7 (2009)

oil pastel,pastel and gouache on paper

15cm x 20cm

FACE 09/6 (2008)

crayon and gouache on paper

13cm x 15cm

I might seem obsessed with faces - but I like painting and drawing them as they give me space to work with technique and colour. Interested to hear your views as always.

This and much of my work for sale - just email me to discuss

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BLOCKS

BLOCKS 09/5 (2009)

gouache on paper

30cm x 21cm

This was an experiment with gouache and sponge printing - and a bit of hand-tinting ( a nod to Paul Klee ) - we like it so much that it's going in a frame in one of our bedrooms !

I am nearing completion of the two small canvases for my lounge - I'll post them as soon as they are done - I have got some new faces to post as well - so plenty to come in the next week or so.

Much of my work for sale , commissions considered.

email me - mydogateart@googlemail.com

FIGURE 09/2 (2008)

oil-pastel

16cm x 21cm

FACE 09/3 (2008)

ink and watercolour on paper

14cm x 19cm

FACE 09/4 (2008)

ink and oil-pastel on paper

12cm x 19cm

A few more odds and ends from 2008 - the top figure I had intended to use to greet the New Year as it has a certain aspirational feel - or maybe the person looks a bit puzzled ?

If you are interested in buying any of my work just email me

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NEW YEAR - NEW WORK

UNTITLED 09/1 (2008)

acrylic on canvas

19cm x 25cm

Was going to post this last night - but ... didn't. This is my first experiment with one of my Christmas presents ( extra thick acrylic paints - big tubes of them !) done just before the new year. [Happy 2009 by the way - wherever you are].

They behave a lot more like oil-paints and cover the canvas really densely with first application. Am looking forward to doing some larger works with these.

Always interested in your views.

Most of my work is for sale - just email me to discuss - I will be plunging into the world of PayPal this year by the way.

mydogateart@googlemail.com

ps I will be tidying this blog up over the next month - so expect to see some changes - nothing major - it will still look basically the same

a bit more TIDYING UP 2008

As promised here are another 3 images done over the last month or so - some of which may end up as bigger works or are at least good practice pieces. All three are oil-pastel ( which became a popular medium for me) on paper.

FISH (2008)

oil pastel on paper

20cm x 15cm

This is another version of an earlier sketch - I think it is definitely destined to become a large canvas at some point.

FACE (2008)

oil pastel on paper

14cm x 20cm

another mediaeval feel here

FIGURE (2008)

oil-pastel on paper

11cm x 20cm

Can't decide if this figure is slightly sinister or not - let me know what you think.

All three are for sale - just email me to discuss

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A couple more tomorrow night to wave goodbye to 2008.

TIDYING UP 2008

Over the next few days it is my intention to post some odds and ends of small drawings and ideas that I've done over the last month or so.I am currently working on two canvases for my own living room - started them this afternoon in fact - as soon as they are done they will be posted here.

Anyway back to the tidying up -

STILL LIFE (2008)

oil pastel on paper

14cm x 9cm

FACE (2008)

ink and watercolour on paper

9cm x 14cm

These pictures are for sale - just email me to discuss

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IT'S THE MOON !!

MOONLIGHT 1982

gouache on paper

11.5cm x 8cm

26 years on and this is still a picture I am proud of ... based on the moon over the moors of West Cornwall painted in a kitchen in Sidcup - Kent / SE London (take your choice) - still in a clip frame - I said I would post this in the comments on my last image. The moon looks the same here - it's over Dartmoor instead.

l also thought it was a good image to illustrate my 6 random facts - having been tagged by Peggy Sue - the last couple of days at work have been relentless and I have felt wrung out - so it's taken a little while to respond - but first the "rules"

1) Link to the person who tagged you.

2) Post the rules on your blog.

3) Write six random things about yourself.

4) Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.

5) Let each person know they've been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.

so here are my 6 random facts -

1. the Moon connection - my very earliest memory is standing in my cot - so I reckon I was about 18 months old ( I talked about this with my Mum to try and place it in time) - holding on to the rails - looking out of the window at an enormous full-moon. It's still as vivid in my mind today as ever it was. I still adore the Moon - my daughter seems to be equally obsessive.

2. One of the bloggers on this post - Ivor - was also a friend at school, and I have known him since 1970. In 1978 when we had both been at Uni / Poly for a year we met at my house and we created Sardine Surprise - a tasty snack consisting of Sardines and .... stuff, made memorable by the use of cochineal, which rendered the dish scarlet.

3. I became the youngest ever elected member of Cornwall County Council when I successfully stood for Penzance East ward in 1985.

4. I have been physically removed (by personnel of both the RAF and USAF - it was a double pleasure) whilst I was having a nice sit down on an airbase containing nuclear weapons - I happened to wander on to it with a hundred or so friends out for a country walk.

5. I was one of the 100 'civilian' charity reps in the funeral procession (following the coffin ) of Diana , Princess of Wales - possibly the single most surreal experience of my life.

6. I met my wife Debbie when we were cast members in a community millenium production ( 2000 strangely ) at the Theatre Royal, Plymouth ( 2 weeks run - 1,100 sell-out every night). It was called "Union Street" - I was dressed as a military policeman - Debbie was in a bikini and sarong - and still looks as lovely. When Debbie reads this she will find that very embarassing.

The following six people I have tagged in keeping with the spirit of this game - what they do with it is up to them......

SARAH - THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

IVOR - IVOR'S BLOG

THE ARFFS - THE ARFF ADVENTURE

BOX OFFICE GIRL - BOX OFFICE GIRL A DAY IN THE LIFE OF ...

ONE OTHER - MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING

SHOFY - MARIPOSA INALCANZABLE

SKETCH 13/12

SKETCH 13/12 (2008)

mixed-media (gouache and oil-pastel) on paper

20cm x 20cm

This is an attempt to come up with a theme and structure for 2 canvases for my own viewing pleasure - in other words they will be in my lounge. My wife Debbie likes this - so that probably seals it ! I think the underlying theme is beach pebbles. I have loads in my garden.

However - if you want this version in your home - just email me to discuss

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NEWS/PAGE 42

NEWS/PAGE 42 (2008)

acrylic on canvas

19cm x 27cm

This is based on an image in a newspaper. I won't say what the subject is - might be interested to hear some ideas.

This and lots of my work for sale.

Just email me

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BEGINNINGS 1-3

BEGINNINGS 1 - 3 (2008)

PRIVATE COMMISSION - SOLD

triptych

all acrylic on canvas

all 90cm x 30cm

Delivered this afternoon to a happy customer. Thanks very much to Roger for the commission and the enthusiastic response when he saw them for the first time.

Despite the fact that I have sold watercolours before - that was some time ago - so I was quite nervous taking them along this afternoon - especially because Roger gave me a free hand to do whatever design and concept I wanted, the only stipulation being the dimensions of each canvas.

Roger and I are going to wait a week before we discuss the paintings - looking forward to that

So these aren't for sale - they've gone !!

If you are interested in a commission - email me to discuss

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ABSTRACT "SKETCHES"

ABSTRACT SKETCH 1 (2008)

acrylic on plasticised paper

10cm x 13cm

ABSTRACT SKETCH 2 (2008)

acrylic on plasticised paper

20cm x 14cm

I rescued a load of project file dividers from my desk - they are made of a flimsy plastic material - which I think is paper based, hence my description. It's the same material I used for "RED RIBBON". The shiny impervious surface is quite interesting to play around with - and these two are experiments with acrylic and palette knives that have worked out quite well and stand by themselves. I suppose I see them as sketches / preliminaries for larger works - hence the titles. I'd be interested to find out where I can get bigger sheets of the stuff. I,m particularly fond of "No. 1"

These and many other pieces of my work are for sale.

Just email me to discuss

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WORLD AIDS DAY - DEC 1ST

RED RIBBON (2008)

acrylic on plasticised paper

21cm x 15cm

(wet off the press !)

It's World AIDS Day - December 1st.

In the UK - click HERE

Anywhere else (and the UK) - click HERE

Blog this or forward this link to a friend / friends.

Many thanks

FIGURE WITH DRINK

FIGURE WITH DRINK (1996 ?)

watercolour, ink and wax-crayon

11cm x 10cm

I am indebted to my wife Debbie for finding this in the back of a kitchen-drawer. I think I did this way back in 1996 - I had it pinned on a board in my office at the time. Somehow it's survived and followed me around. I still rather like it. What do you reckon ?

I have finished my 3 canvases - but in fairness to the person who is parting with their hard-earned cash I am waiting until they have them - before I post pictures here.

As always - this and much of my work is for sale - just email me to discuss

mydogateart@googlemail.com

SPIKES

SPIKES 2008

acrylic on canvas

30cm x 25 cm

I have been saying that I would be posting pictures of my commission canvases - well I think they're finished - but this isn't one of them - it's a smaller one I've been doing while waiting for paint to dry and finding other things to do - I sort of like it (my daughter does) - but not absolutely sure - see what you think - and tell me what you think ! This work is for sale - just email me to discuss.

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WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT "MY DOG ATE ART" AROUND THE WORLD (2)

With a little bit of luck I will be posting images of my 3 canvases late tonight or tomorrow - however as an interim - just wanted to share a comment I received last week - on this piece - created in 1995 and in my Collage section. It's entitled "Dream Lenin" - hand-coloured collage

"Anything with Lenin in make-up gets my vote. Sheer bloody genius."

I've had loads of brilliant comments - but this one I admit made me laugh out loud.

I'm going to use this on one of my flyers.

So thanks to BingoJimmy from Gibraltar, and it's only fair I point people in his direction.

Visit his blog

SMOKING (GUN) KILLS

FACE (20/11)

FACE(20/11) 2008

water colour crayon and ink

15cm x 21cm

Finished the last major work on my 3 canvases tonight - just small details to add - probably at the weekend. While I had some spare moments I did one of my faces - they seem to be steadily veering to mediaeval grotesque - not a bad thing in my view !

As always - this work ( and much else) is for sale - just email me to discuss

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TRI-COLOUR

TRI-COLOUR 2008

acrylic on mdf

54cm x 18cm

This is a colour/technique experiment to assist with the 3 canvases I am working on at the moment - helps me consolidate my ideas. Click on the image to get a better idea of the image full size.

I have really got on with the work in hand this evening and am looking forward to seeing the works complete ...and then wave goodbye to them - boo hoo.

This and much of my work is for sale - just email me

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BUCKLAND BARK

BUCKLAND BARK 2008

A lot of my time has been taken up with prep work for my canvases - so I had a look back at some recent photos, haven't posted any recently - and thought it would be nice to put this one on the blog - it's the bark of a yew tree - in the grounds of Buckland Abbey the old home of Sir Francis Drake - just up the road from here - I have enhanced the colour slightly (but not much - a little saturation ) - I'm thinking that this will make a nice abstract canvas in acrylic.

LOOKING UP

LOOKING UP 2008

watercolour pencil & ink
20 x 15 cm

Done in a quiet moment.
This and much of my work is for sale
Just email me to discuss
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And talking of looking up - someone has commissioned 3 canvases for their home -I bought the blanks today - how pleased am I !!? ( And slightly nervous)

SUBURBIA

SUBURBIA 2008

oil pastel

21cm x 15cm

not sure about this one - but I always said that I'd be as honest as possible and post stuff even if I wasn't 100%.

This and most of my work is for sale - just email me to discuss

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THREE

THREE 2008

oil pastel

21cm x 15cm

This is a different rendering for a big canvas idea. I like oil-pastel - carry them in your bag - blend colours - very vibrant. You can use solvent to thin them as well. I just use my fingers and nails.

This and lots of my other work is for sale - just email me to discuss

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PARENT & CHILD / FIGURE

PARENT & CHILD 2008

watercolour and crayon

12cm x 9cm

FIGURE 2008

sgraffito on acrylic on mdf

12cm x 9cm

These and most of my images are for sale - just email me to discuss

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CONSTRUCTION

CONSTRUCTION 2008

acrylic and gouache on laminated tile

30 x 24 cm

This and most of my work is for sale - just email me to discuss

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Couldn't come up with anything scary for Halloween

FACE

FACE (2008)

oil pastel

Just after finishing this I thought I must stop watching Shrek films quite so much - there's a passing resemblance.

This and most of my work is for sale - just email me to discuss

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IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO THIS WEEKEND

This is another story behind the image interlude - looking at some of the pictures on this site. This image is entitled "They Fade Away Your Mum and Dad".

It is a digital "repeat to fade"rendering of a quick mobile phone capture of an old Kodak instamatic picture on my mantelpiece. I took it 30 years ago in my back-garden in Sidcup, Kent - during the summer holiday back from Polytechnic. It's my Mum and Dad. A shade over 10 years later they were both gone forever. My Mum died 20 years ago this weekend ( 18 months after my Dad ) and I became an "orphan" at 29. It's not a subtle concept - but it captures for me my feeling that people like old photos do fade away and become more difficult to recall and envisage - but also that the grief and sad emotions also fade as we move on. I loved them and they loved me - what more do I need to remember ? Physically I know where they are - washing amongst the toes of holiday-makers in Sennen Cove, where both their ashes were scattered - other than that and apart from in my head and heart - who knows ? Wherever you are - thanks - you were fab.

RUSH/THISTLE/FIRE

RUSH/THISTLE/FIRE (2008)

acrylic on laminated tile

Painted over the weekend just gone.

Most of my work is for sale - if you are interested just email me to discuss,equally due to a glitch in the system (I am e-mailing blogger about this) if you have any comment at all, e-mail me and I will put your comment on this post after I have received it.

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I've had some comments from people locally about this piece -

click HERE for their views

NEW WORK

I was fully intending to leave some photographic images today - instead here's a new original piece.

SEASCAPE (1) 2008

acrylic wash and sgraffito / laminated tile

most of my works are for sale - just email me to discuss

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THE STORY OF NIGHTMAYOR

I am hoping to be posting some new photo-based images over the weekend. In the meantime I thought I would start an occasional series of posts regarding some of the artwork on this blog – mainly concerning any story that might be attached to it.

So I am starting with “Nightmayor” from 1995 – a hand-coloured collage – seen here printed on a t-shirt.

It was made by me when I lived in Penzance. There is a midsummer arts and music festival in the town ( Golowan) where everyone got drunk, made merry and generally took to the streets for about ten days.

In 1995 the mayor of the town was a guy who to put it mildly, somewhat divided opinion locally - and the festival seemed a good opportunity to have some fun at his expense.

In a quiet moment I took a newspaper picture of him – photocopied it , blew it up and hand-coloured the image. The lettering for the caption was Letraset ( those were the days ) and the neon light background was a picture from a magazine. It was A4 size and I took it along to the local copyshop and had it printed on a T-shirt. I wore it out to the pub that night for a laugh , and much to my surprise a few people wanted them. So it was back to the copy-shop with a handful of orders the next day. In the end I think I had about 70 or 80 printed – all sold out – ( I even sold some to a small gallery ) in about 4 days. The weirdest thing was during the festival and for months after I would see strangers wearing the T-shirt in the street, the pubs and cafes. I got the accolade from our local independent monthly paper (Peninsula Voice) of having produced the “funniest T-shirt ever produced locally” .It got local BBC coverage as well.

To be fair to the exalted man himself – the mayor purchased his own t-shirt ( through a third party )

The original image is somewhere in a box in the loft – maybe getting older – whilst the mayor retains a strangely youthful look.

NEW IMAGE

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WORK 2008

pastel and ink

WHAT THEY'RE SAYING ABOUT "MY DOG ATE ART" AROUND THE WORLD (1)

wah.. all this art look really cool
Wow... it's actually nice if you understand it. is it supposed to be abstract art?

CHARITY CARD FRONT-RUNNERS

Following my request for suggested images that might do for charity cards / prints - here are the four front-runners from various bits of feedback I have received - they all appear on this site.

PLYMOUTH PLAZA

GOA
FLOATING
WINTER TREES

MOST RECENT IMAGES

MOST OF MY IMAGES ARE FOR SALE - JUST EMAIL ME TO DISCUSS

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THE 3 DRAWINGS IMMEDIATELY BELOW ARE SOME ROUGH SKETCHES FOR A POSSIBLE LARGE CANVAS COMISSION

FLOATING 2008

gouache and acrylic

TAKE ME HOME 2008

collage and acrylic

ME (IN 198 PIECES)

collage with watercolour

FLYERS 2008 - CLICK THE PIC ( and tell the band MY DOG ATE ART sent you)

the plymouth flyers - handcoloured limited edition little works of art

directing the finder to this blog - the image links to another site

it's stealth advertising and it's out now ! if you find a flyer - keep it -

it will be valuable one day

COLLAGE (& OTHER) reviewed 31/10/08

EYES 1996

collage

MALADMINISTRATION 1996

collage

TAKE ME HOME 2008

ME (IN 198 PIECES) 2008

photocopy/watercolour collage

UNTITLED 1995

cut-up / collage

MANIC PASTICHE 1996

photo booth / collage

DREAM LENIN 1995

hand coloured collage / wax and watercolour

NIGHTMAYOR 1995

hand coloured collage / printed on t-shirt

A FEW IDEAS AND SKETCHES

UNTITLED SKETCH 2008

pencil

SMALL TEAR 2008

crayon

FACE 2008 ink/crayon

SPIRAL 2008 enamel / house paint on mdf

SHAPE 2008

ink / watercolour

UNTITLED 2008

watercolour/crayon

FIGURE 2008

wax crayons / watercolour

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PHOTOGRAPHS (updated 19/11/08)

BUCKLAND BARK 2008

PLYMOUTH PLAZA 2008

mobile phone / manipulated image

CRICKET 2005

cricket on acer / colur filtered

DOLLY 2008

mobile phone image filtered

GOA 2008

goan beach shell

WINTER TREES 2007

carron lane roborough xmas day 2007

DIGITAL IMAGES reviewed 31/10/08

MOSAIC 2008

mobile phone - composite

IF LENIN HAD HAD AD-MEN 2008

digital image

CAMERA SLIP (STILL NICE) 2008

digital image - happy accident

TABLE-TOP 2008

mobile phone/manipulated image

THEY FADE AWAY, YOUR MUM AND DAD

photo/mobile phone manipulated image

BLUR

digital image

BLUE 2008

mobile phone / manipulated image

BOTTLES 2008

mobile phone / manipulated image