Brian's Notebook

Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm: I have been rather busy with bankers and bureaucrats, as well as some non-fine art projects (watch th...

Oil on board, 10 x 15 cm (= 4 x 6 inches): One of the last cherry tomatoes sill on the last surviving plant before winter hits us here....

Been a while since I have made one of these mini paintings. Oil on board, 15 x 10 cm (= 6 x 4 inches):

Oil on board, 15 x 20 cm (= about 6 x 8 inches):

Oil on board, 20 x 15 cm (= about 8 x 6 inches): As usual the camera did not reproduce the colors quite accurately. I boldly claim that...

I remain torn between oils and acrylics for this sort of painting. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages. In practice, I work wit...

Acrylic on board, 20 x 15 cm (= about 8 x 6 inches):

Oil on board, 15 x 20 cm (= about 6 x 8 inches):

Oil on board, 15 x 10 cm (= about 6 x 4 inches): As I worked on this one, I took a series of WIP photos, which I planned on working int...

Oil on board, 15 x 20 cm (= about 6 x 8 inches): After a long battle with lack of sun and tough clay soil, I finally managed to get a t...

Oil on board, 25 x 20 cm (= about 10 x 8 inches):

Oil on board, 20 x 15 cm (= about 8 x 6 inches): My cherry tomato bush is beginning to bear more fruit than I know what to do with. Sti...