"Punts in Ballycotton"

Acrylic on canvas

16"x12" Unframed

I took this picture a long time ago, the punt in the back being that used by the lifeboat to ferry to the crew to and fro. Initially tried to use ink on the canvas surface but this did not work, the ink bleeding too much, so was forced to try acrylic over it which seems to have worked.

I have tried to keep it loose but have as usual got tied up in detail, but I think it has worked out alright.

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Magpie Morning

Soft pastel and pastel pencils on pastel paper.

I thought I would go back to the bird paintings for a while, so tried this one with pastels. Not a superstitious person but the old chant "one for sorrow , two for joy" came to me, so put the other one in on the ground.

Peek a Boo

Oil on Canvas Board

7"x5"

Using up oil paint left over from classes , it made a nice change from the ink pigment I have been using lately. I had a small painting on a canvas board that I had discarded, unfinished, so decided to use the board.

I have painted so many derelict cottages lately I thought a derelict car would be a nice change, still the same theme though.

Jess

"Jess" Acrylic on paper. 10"x8"

Another of my pet portraits, this is the youngest of my cats, only about 2 years old now, which was dumped outside my studio when she was tiny…I had to take her home didn’t I?
We have a Belfast sink in which she likes to take a drink from the tap and then sit and play with the water.

Ballycotton by moonlight

BALLYCOTTON by MOONLIGHT
Acrylic on canvas. 20”x28”
This is a subject I have intended to paint for a long time, as the church is lit up at night it makes a great subject that I was keen to try to capture. A couple of weeks ago there was an amazing full moon which I was delighted to see was directly over the church as I drove into the village. Thankfully I had my camera with me and after a lot of trial and error, not being a great photographer, I finally got a shot I could work with. This is the resulting painting.

Roches Point

OIL on CANVAS. 36"X 12" . €350.00


I have been working on this painting on and off for a couple of years, thinking that it was finished on at least two occasions, but then deciding otherwise and reworking it, in the end , completely. I am finally, reasonably happy with it, but not entirely, so I hope somebody buys it quickly so I’m not tempted to take a brush to it again.
If you are interested in buying any of my paintings you can contact me @ phildavis@iol.ie or buy online on my new works page on this blog theartofphildavis.blogspot.ie or from my website at www.theartofphildavis.com

Bank Holiday Weekend

It’s a Bank Holiday Week End here in Ireland and in Ballycotton , every year, they have a fund raiser  for the RNLI, which is very well supported, especially as we have a lifeboat in the village, well in the harbour actually.

If you are anywhere near Ballycotton for the weekend call down, there is loads for the kids to do and adults too.

How to get ahead

Hi, I have managed to hijack my blog back from Bob, so I can advertise the upcoming exhibition of the artists in my art classes.

“A REAL PIECE OF WORK”

AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS

FRIDAY 9TH AUGUST @7.30

“DOWNSTAIRS IN SHANAGARRY”

SHANAGARRY DESIGN CENTRE

SHANAGARRY CO CORK.

EVERYBODY WELCOME

 

This is still a work in progress but at least she has a head! I started this yonks ago to try out oil pastels but I didn’t get on well with them, then I tried acrylics and then oil paint over it, making up the scene as I went along, which is very unusual for me.This is the cropped version, which is the one I prefer, below is the uncropped one. Which do you prefer?

 

DONT FORGET TO VISIT MY NEW WEBSITE

 

www.theartofphildavis.com

High Hopes for Downstairs in Shanagarry Design Centre

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Hi all, good song to start, its High Hopes. Let us all aspire higher….

Here is Oz ,  painting a masterpiece in Phils studio  !!

One for the coffee heads. This is a photo I took of  Mad Annies studio, re cycling of coffee pods this morning. Its worth a visit here to see what we`re all doing. You might be surprised. Visit “Downstairs in Shanagarry Design Centre”, theres lots goin on.
This is Phils current work in progress called Headless Beach Pose…
Anybody got a better title or able to paint heads?
All the best. Bob the blogger.

Work in progress

Morning all, thanks to everyone for reading this blog and for bearing with me while I learn to do it properly.      This is the painting that my darling husband is currently working on. I think its great but the detail of the crowd and the horses ( the most difficult part) is still to be done.  We await the finished product.
Here are some of Phils students paintings outside the studio. they are really good. Everyone is welcome to come visit us, even inside the studio, just smile at the bear and all will be well, mostly!!!!!
Here is the beautiful Ballycotton Lighthouse Island, we consider ourselves very lucky to live in this wonderful place. Bob the Blogger.

 

Ordinary things

Suffering from painters block again, this is becoming a pain.Have so many unfinished paintings, and seem to be at a total loss as to how to fix them. Have been making myself sketch everyday, just ordinary things around me, so at least I’m doing something, hopefully it will lead to picking up a brush.

I used a black biro for these sketches, I really like the effects you can get with them, I would usually use a pencil, but I think a pen makes you braver.