artofjph

A bunch of progress shots and finished pieces of paintings of mine from the past month or so.

Done in palette knife and acrylics I tried to capture some of the magic that comes from the multitude of reflections from thousands of refracting raindrops.

Structure and finished acrylic and palette knife painting of New York night scene

Just wanted to share today’s progress work showing how I form the foundation of a painting and how the colours and forms lend in the construction of the finished piece.

I’ve been a way for a while from Steemit - here’s a painting!

Contemporary Impressionism I did in oils and acrylic. Used a lot of palette knifing to get the larger swaths of colour. I named it "Fire Dance" because of the lights creating energies of spark

Started this one out as demo showing some palette knife and colour techniques to a small group and finished it up in the studio.

Just wanted to say many many thanks to my first 100 followers on steemit . It's been great to be part of this amazing platform and I look forward to what's in store here in the very near future. Here's

Painted this one trying to capture a feeling of spirit and nature from the big cat. Played up the contrast of the orange and greens to make the piece as striking as possible.

Piece I did over the weekend for the 2nd annual Park's Edge Paint Off in Burnaby; a live painting competition based on audience vote. I didn't place in the winners circle but was happy to have created

Another rainy evening Vancouver take; named "pacific mirror " as it represents the reflections of the night down on pacific street.

Commission piece I did a few months ago. I like doing landscapes with a lot of reflections and rain effects; good thing I live in Vancouver as there's no lack of inspiration.

I'd never even seen Buffy the Vampire Slayer until a few years back but it has become one of my all time favourites. The character of Spike from the series embodies all the great elements that make a full

Haven't used oils in my personal works for quite some time; this one has loads of them as well as acrylic and newspaper/dictionary page pieces for the base. Titled it "Pusher" because it has

Another recycled frame piece ; I loved the look of dimension this frame gave to the painting . I titled it "The Gardener" as I was going for a contemplative meditative feel. The concept being

Did a cool group show last night at twelvewest on Granville street in Vancouver. Showcased a bunch of new works with some new resin finishes that I've been working on. Thanks to Mike Wu for the incredible

Named after some poetry my dad did back in the 70's ; the line is hidden in there, hard to see but under the eye on the left side. Piece is also made out of newspaper, dictionary pages , ink, acrylic,

This piece made the front page of Reddit a little while back. I named it Halo as I envisioned the abstracted orange umbrella as a floating object of protection for the carrier. Enjoy!

Tiger piece I did a little while back on a found frame and canvas. Used palette knife to carve out the broad strokes and water spray to layer and get the vertical sense of movement. The frame worked great

I like doing pieces on recycled frame from time to time; the effect of bleeding the image out to the frame gives an extra dimension. I named this one "blue fairy" for the colours and the mystic