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North Bluff From a Study
Oct 23, 2016
North Bluff. 9x12, oil on linen. 2016 In the early summer I worked on a series of sketches and studies, trying to complete one or two small paintings every day over the course of a month. In addition to using them as a learning exercise, my original goal was to eventually turn some of them into larg...
Early Evening on the Cliffs
Aug 21, 2016
Early Evening on the Cliffs. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2016-2017 It was one of those weeks when I take two steps forward and one step back; this painting took more than three restarts before it began to emerge. It took me a long time to figure out that it was all about texture and small co...
A Painting Taken Down from the Shelf
Apr 28, 2016
Retired. 20x24, oil on linen. 2015-16 Finally! I managed to finish a painting that has been sitting around in my studio for ages. This was originally posted as a WIP here: http://www.portraitsbysimonbland.com/blog/post/retired-a-horse-at-little-fiddlers-green I started wok on this last summer. When ...
Spring Gales
Mar 10, 2016
Spring Gales. 9x12, oil on linen panel. 2016 Working outside this morning took more fortitude than usual: 30mph winds make for a challenging environment. I tied everything down and stood in the shelter of a sad-looking bush that grows at the end of the beach. Despite all that, it was enjoyable to ha...
Cell Phone Waiting
Mar 7, 2016
Cell Phone Waiting. 5x7, oil on linen panel. This was one of those little end-of-the-day sketches, the kind you do when the previous 5 hours in the studio haven't produced anything worthwhile. I based it on a photo I took at Dulles Airport one evening while waiting to pick up my wife. The ground was...
A Very Gray Day
Mar 2, 2016
Gray Day. 9x12, oil and cold wax on linen panel. 2016. Rapidly changing conditions and lack of light made for difficult painting conditions today. In retrospect, the cold wax medium also made the painting harder to execute. There's something about this season that can make overcast gray skies f...