Category Archives: art

my xmas cards have

Posted on 16 December 2011 by sgolding

an evolution, from the early days when they were of our cat, and now of our cat with our children.  Originally I did them as wood or lino cuts and hand tinted them but now I have not the time to carve … Continue reading →

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Homage to Stan Cross….

Posted on 14 December 2011 by sgolding

A theme of this blog has been the way my paintings develop from drawings.  Look in the portfolio for the finished work: and the final work in place:   and another view on the diagonal showing the shaping of the … Continue reading →

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Meow…

Posted on 2 November 2011 by sgolding

A few years ago I drew our cat Eclair, asleep on a cane chair, as a form used to frame the sleeping cat: I have been working on a painting in oils recently based on this drawing.  The drawing uses … Continue reading →

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more stages in a portrait ……..

Posted on 29 September 2011 by sgolding

to continue- the final preliminary painting is: The painting was developed from a series of drawings of the quartet, made in concert:   in a range of mediums:   and formats: to finish the images in this post with a compositional sketch: … Continue reading →

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