Poker Face

Here is a painting i just finished of lady gaga pretty happy with how it turned out i am trying to introduce a bit of color these days into my work and i think it really stands out. hope it shows good enough in this photo. I did this one in acrylics which is my fist time to use them in a couple years. Any comments/critiques would be appreciated as usual. dave

The SCOOP Foundation's Art Auction & Exhibition 2010

The SCOOP Foundation's Art Auction & Exhibition 2010 is taking place in The Ormond Bar, Ormond Quay, Dublin starting tommorow night the 14th of September. Actual auction is on the Sunday the 19th of September.

I've donated one of my Muhammad Ali paintings to the auction. There are loads of great artists donating pieces so check it out! Further info can be found here, http://www.thescoopfoundation.com/currentevents.html

another cantona sketch

Heres another quick sketch I did last night of the "The King". Great seeing him making an appearance on a few tv ads recently! dave

cantona sketch

Here is a quick sketch I did of Eric Cantona, its just something I'm playing with, might possibly do a painting. Havent put anything up on the blog for a while so thought I would throw this up. Any comments would be appreciated as usual

Catch & Release Painting

This is my latest painting, I was bestman for my brothers wedding at the weekend and did it for him as a gift, he loved it!! He is big into fly fishing, as usual comments are appreciated! dave

Lady Gaga Sketch

Here is quick sketch of Lady Gaga, I am taking a little break from painting and just doing alot of sketching its a nice change. She is someone I will paint in the near future.

"Mr Cool" Lenny Kravitz 71x91cm

Here is my latest painting, its my first painted caricature and I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I had been sketching the idea out for weeks and I eventually got the sketch to the stage I was happy enough with and I started working it onto a canvas and I think it developed as the painting went on. I really enjoyed doing this kinda portrait and hope to do more like it in the future I think I get to put more of myself into this kind of work and its not as tight as my typical portraits. If you look at the sunglasses you can see the reflection of the Newyork skyline where Lenny Kravitz is from. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.