New Semi Abstract Figure Paintings

In my quest to find a style I'm happy with, I've begun experimenting with a palette knife as part of my armoury.  I'm happy with the marks I can make which are very different to those produced by a brush and I'm enjoying the slightly out of control results I'm able to get.
I've used some of my old life drawings as a basis for the paintings and I'm pleased that the results are promising enough to keep me busy with this new style for a while.  I'll try to refine things slightly as I go along, but not so much that I loose the abstract qualities I'm getting.

NEW STILL LIFE PAINTINGS

Here are three still life paintings I entered into my local art society exhibition last month.
Happy to say that two of the paintings sold.

"Lemon and Bottle"

                                                                       
                                                                        "Quercus"

"Market Fresh"

New Abstract Figure Paintings

I've been working on combining my love of abstract art with painting figures.
I'm influenced by a lot of what I see on the internet but not by any one artist in particular.
Once I have the basic composition drawn onto the canvas, the creative and intuitive process takes over and I hope results in a new style all my own.

These two are based on photos of runners and I tried to get some movement into the mix.
Hopefully they work.  It usually takes me a few weeks of living with a painting to decide on it's success or otherwise so the jury is out for a while.

Drawing From Life

I've always enjoyed drawing from life though I don't do it half enough.  I try to make at least one session a week at my local art society where we draw from a clothed model on Mondays and on the last Wednesday of each month we have a nude model.

Here are a few of my drawings from life done over the past few months.

Still Life

After viewing several still life artists on the internet recently, I've begun to see the genre in a new light and thought I'd have a crack at it.  Here are my first three attempts which I've submitted to the Altrincham Art Society Spring Exhibition coming up soon.

Still Life with Camera

Lemons with Water

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