New work !

 

 

River Path

75x100cm

acrylic on canvas

£1300 

 

 

Pink Clouds at Camber Sands

90x90cm

acrylic on canvas

£1500

 

 

September and October

 September and October are my favourite months, I find early autumn is beautiful, poignant and transitory. Here are a few of my paintings from the past few weeks. I am taking part in an art fair at Sandown Park in Esher at the start of October and will be bring these pieces with me. Want tickets? Drop me a line  sandy.dooley.art@gmail.com.

September Sun and Hedgerow

60x60cm
acrylic on canvas
£750

 

 

September Sun

30x30cm
acrylic on canvas
Sold

 

 

September Blues

30x30cm
acrylic on canvas
£395

 

 

September Sun II

100x100cm
acrylic on canvas
£550

Rosehip Season

60x60cm
acrylic on canvas
£750

Commissioned paintings, the process and a few examples

 I have been really enjoying taking commissioned paintings on during this strange lockdown time, and would love to share a few with you. 

To find out more about my commission process please take a look here on my website. I am also partnered with GoCardless, which allows me to design an interest free payment which is right for you, if you would like to spread payments over 3, 6, 9 or 12 months.

Please see two 80x200cm paintings for friends, one inspired by the other in terms of size.

The top painting is inspired by summer in the alps, cool blues and green dominate. the bottom piece is altogether hotter and has quite a lot of florescent painting, and a glimpse of the sea.

 

 

Me! Holding up the painting for a little photo op in our home. I have a warm grey wall which is a great tone for almost all artworks.

In contrast a squarer painting created for friend and florist @generousgardener , a lovely lady who lives just a few miles away from me in Kent

60x100cm

acrylic on canvas

Great weekend

 Summer sun has not stopped some lovely clients purchasing artwork! As always, thank you so much for the support :)

July Blue II

25x35cm
acrylic on canvas
sold

 

 

Pale Winter Sun, Fields Edge

50x100cm
acrylic on canvas
sold

 

 

July Fiesta

40x50cm
acrylic on canvas
sold

Thank you to Singulart and to Serena Hall Gallery

I am very pleased to have several paintings featured in the pastel collection at Singulart, a lovely Parisian inline gallery I have been showing with for a year or so.

The two favourite pieces are :

Winter Rose

30x30cm

acrylic on canvas

£400

Rainy Blue Sky, Mauve Day

75x75cm

acrylic on canvas

£1000

And a big thank you to the ever lovely Serena Hall Gallery up in Southwold, who are open and selling paintings, These three have sold with them in the past couple of weeks.

Pink and Blue Skies

90x120cm

acrylic on canvas

sold

Ode to Spring

50x50cm

acrylic on canvas

sold

Sherbert Skies

120x120cm

acrylic on canvas

sold

Hello!

It has been a very long time since my last post, February in fact.

So much has happened in the world since then. Here in my corner of Kent, south east England it feels great to get back to blogging again.

I spend quite a lot of time on Instagran, and have found that the artitssupportpledge initiative has been a fabulous way to make new friends, sell artwork, and find clients for other paintings and commissioned work. Each painting sold with this scheme must be no more that £200, and each time I reach a £1000 milestone in sales, I buy a piece from another artist for £200...genius! I have a few examples of paintings sold this way below.

Small Coastpath
30x30cm
acrylic on canvas
sold

Golden Flowers
30x30cm
acrylic on canvas
sold

Harbour and Field, Porthgain
30x40cm
acrylic on canvas
sold

Mid May

30x30cm

acrylic on canvas
sold

Pink Fields

30x30cm

acrylic on canvas
sold

September Bright

30x30cm

acrylic on canvas
sold

Hedgerow And Fields

30x30cm

acrylic on canvas
sold

I have also made several large commissioned pieces in the past three months, more than I would usually expect to do, and it's been such a joy to me. I really love to interact with clients, find out what they like and try to create something special. More often I work with online galleries or art consultants and interior designers,  speaking directly with clients is definitely something special.

Take a look below for a few examples, and don't forget, you can always email me for more information abut creating your own commissioned painting which will be personal for you, and fit seamlessly into your home.

Painting for Justine

60x100cm

acrylic on canvas

Commission

Beach Walk

60x170cm

acrylic on canvas

Commission

80x200cm

acrylic on canvas

Commission

130x180cm

acrylic on canvas

Commission

Two winter roses

I cannot tell you how much I love to work on tiny canvasses! They are so so good for experimentation, colours and shapes get pushed around the canvas surface, and layers of paints build up.

These are my two latest efforts...my favourite is Winter Rose III, I love the khaki green/orange/pinks palette.

Winter Rose III
30x30cm
acrylic on canvas
£395

Winter RoseI
30x30cm
acrylic on canvas
£395

Happy February

In the UK, many people find January a tough month....

February has dawned and it's pretty good so far, I am very fortunate to have sold artwork with Artfinder and Serena Hall gallery both over the weekend, That is enough to make me smile...plus snowdrops are coming out and I had the the most lovely cycle through the Kent countryside on Saturday.

Watch this space for more studio developments, I am pretty active at the moment.

Pink And Green Field
40x100cm
acrylic on canvas
sold

Two Trees In May
75x60cm
acrylic on canvas
sold

Connectiong to painting

Losing myself in colour and tones, is something I cannot explain. It seems to happen when I am completely in the moment of painting, I can find myself holding three of four brushes, and reaching for lots of different colours.

I have started a little series called My Year in Colour. Here is number one!

 

My Year in Colour, January I

30x30cm

acrylic on canvas

£395

 

 

My very large new painting :)

My very large new painting :)

Just finished, it's an anticipatory piece, dreaming of spring days. What do you think of the details, and the wall shot?

Sherbert Skies
120x120cm
acrylic on canvas
£2700

Wintery painting

January Sunshine, South Coast
75x100cm
acrylic on canvas
75x100cm
£1300

Painting outside in the wind is quite something, the light is unbeatable though and it's very energising to be in the elements, and always active.

Winter Beach

Winter Beach
75x75cm
acrylic on canvas
£895

Embracing winter!! Especially those mad colourful wintry days by the coast.

Thank you Singulart, and Wintery paintings

Thank you Singulart, could not be happier to be sending Fields Of Flowers II, 120x180cm, off to Hong Kong next week.

Fields Of Flowers II
120x180cm
acrylic on canvas
sold



I am working outside, and it's cold and quite definitely winter!

I have been working on several pieces in my two coats and woolly hat...firstly  The painting below, which is an ode to a rainy wintery day, just after it's finished raining, the sun has appeared, and colour is jewel like.

Rainy Blue Sky, Mauve Day
75x75cm
acrylic on canvas
£950

The two below are both works in progress, blue, blue, green and blue is the colour theme here in both pieces. I am enjoying the top painting, Winter Beach...have not yet made too many decisions about the bottom painting. Even the title is in flux! Currently working on How Winter Feels.

How Winter Feels
75x100cm
acrylic on canvas
Work in progress

Winter Beach
75x75cm
acrylic on canvas
Work in progress