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Fred Vincent portrait - oil painting

Fred Vincent portrait

Created in May 2023 this portrait painting was based on a photo taken the previous year. The painting measures 20” x 16” using oils on mounting board. This is the second painting of the subject, with the earlier one (subject holding book) done in late 2022 through to early 2023. The earlier painting was bigger at 33” x 23” in size. The one above can be seen on this link while the earlier one is at the bottom of the post.
The sitter describes himself and his work...
“Fred Vincent was born about half a century ago in Marseilles but has noble ascendance: De Villiers, De Flotte and Grimaldi are amongst the prestigious names from his ancestors. His family is also linked to Marcel Pagnol well known for ''Manon des Sources". Qualified as a mfl teacher in Southampton University, he has spent 10 years in the city of the Titanic where he hold thriving cultural events mixing all sorts of artists: Giaco, Adrian Boswell, Francis Martin, Barry Davis, Martin Davey, Julien Masson, Jonathan Fashole Luke,  Arnie Cottrell, Leo Bridle, Stephen Boyce and Sally Bibb at Peter Rhodes Bookshop and The Art House. He then went back to France for Brexit reasons but kept returning to England to pursue the artistic flame. He nowadays writes colourful poems in http://welovewords.com/collections/anglais and perform them in the Théâtre la Cité in Marseilles. “

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Young Nephew WIP stages

This painting, of one of my nephews, was done back in January 2022 and is based of a photo taken early in the 2000's. It's painted in oils on mounting board sized at 16" x 12". The photo above shows a progression from and early stage showing the drawing, done in brown acrylic paint on a light brown wash. In the second panel, basic blocks of colour of fairly thin oil paint have been applied over the acrylic drawing. Moving on to the final panel, the finished painting can be seen. This used a thicker mix of paint over the prevoius stage with fine blending and details added. In addition a glazing layer was added, using part transparent layers on top of the thicker paint layer for added effect.
The final painting can be seen on this link in greater detail.

Nephew oil portrait

This portrait featuring one of my nephews, was painted using a photograph taken back in the early 2000's.
Painted in January 2022, in oils on mounting board, sized at 16" x 12".

It can be seen in greater detail on this link .

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Lady with curly red hair in beach setting - oil painting

Lady with curly red hair in beach setting - oil painting

Finished oil painting of Julie Diaz

A woman called Julie Diaz kindly posed for this oil painting. It is based on a photograph taken at a car park on a sunny day. A made up 'seaside' background was introduced, based on her astrological sign (Aquarius), which was a better background than the car park too! It is sized at 33” x 23” and is on primed acid free mounting board. A glaze was used on the figure, but not the background, to add depth and richness to the colours. Julie is mixed race and enjoys wearing red, black and gold. She has many interests mainly based in the areas of spiritualism. Painted in September 2019, the finished artwork can be seen in detail on this link.

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Friesian Cow Portrait – oil painting

Friesian Cow Portrait – oil painting

Friesian Cow Portrait – oil painting

This oil painting features a portrait of a cow. It is painted possibly in a 'romantic and sentimental' mode, with softening of the details that oil paint allows you to do, and is based on a photograph.
It is sized at 16” x 12” and painted on mounting board. The board itself is covered in gesso to stop paint from soaking in to the paper fibers, after which an acrylic under-painting is done of the subject. Then the final oil painted layer is done on top. This portrait was completed during September 2017.
This cow portrait art can be seen in greater detail by following this link.

Pink Pig Portrait

Pink Pig Portrait

This portrait of a pink pig was painted in September 2014 in oils on an acrylic base, on a 12” x 10” board. The pig was one of a number to be found at Hillier gardens, Romsey in Hampshire and was in a cordoned off area of the woodland. They were there to help clear old vegetation.

 

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Pink Pig Portrait – oil painting