Christmas Eve

 Acrylics on panel, 15 x 10 cm:

Stuff I get up to elsewhere on the web

Pink lily

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

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My Bidorbuy store (For original artwork)

Redbubble store 

My books

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Gaillardias

 Acrylics on Masonite, 25 x 20 cm:

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Or see what I get up to all over the rest of the web:

My Bidorbuy store (For original artwork)

Redbubble store 

My books

Instagram

Facebook

Rose in a glass bottle

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

SOLD

I also do some other stuff on the web.

Yellow daisies

 Acrylics on Masonite, 25 x 20 cm:

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Or check out my books, if reading is your thing, my Bidorbuy store, for more paintings for sale, or see what else I get up to on the interwebs. 

Yellow hibiscus

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

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Poppies in a vase

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

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I also write books, some of which can be read online for free.

Sunflowers

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

SOLD

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Ceramic, tomato, herbs

 Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:

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African iris in a small vase

 Acrylics on Masonite, 15 x 10 cm:

SOLD

Seems like the paint-from-life bug has bit me again. Got this iris from the garden, plonked it into a mini vase, and started painting. 

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Plastic sheep and pineapple flavor

 Acrylics on Masonite, 10 x 15 cm:

A companion piece to the previous painting. I'm beginning to get enthusiastic about the idea of putting children's toys into still life paintings.

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Plastic cow and strawberry essence

 Acrylics on Masonite, 10 x 15 cm:

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Matchbox and bottle shards

 Acrylics on Masonite, 10 x 15 cm:

On Instagram, there is a thing going called the Strada Easel Challenge. I think it is organized by a company called Strada, which sells easels? Doesn't matter; it entails drawing or painting something from direct observation every day for a month. I have been faithfully participating, but this is the first one I painted instead of just sketched. The bits of bottle I picked up on one of my morning walks, which goes to show that one person's trash is the artist's treasure.

This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.

Or go check out my books, or see what else I have been up to all over the web. 

Rose hips

 Oil on Masonite, 15 x 10 cm:

Collected on my morning walk. This time of year (early autumn here in the southern hemisphere) the world becomes an embarrassment of riches for the artist.

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Also check out my books here - some of them can be read for free online.

Eugenia berries

 Oil on Masonite, ACEO (= 2.5 x 3.5 inches):

On my regular morning walk, I noticed the trees are in fruit at the moment, so I collected some for a quick mini painting.

This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.

Rose, cherry tomatoes, mini glass

 Oil on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:

This work is for sale. Contact me at briavds@gmail.com.

Four morning glories

 Oil on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

These little monsters are pretty invasive - if you don't keep them in check they overgrow the entire garden. But if you force them to pose for a still life arrangement, then at least they're earning their keep...

This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com.

Green bottle and mango

 Oil on Masonite, 15 x 20 cm:

SOLD

Nasturtium tangle

 Oil on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

This work is for sale. Contact me at brianvds@gmail.com. 

Nowadays I don't do many oils, partly simply because I don't really have space to put them all while waiting for them to dry to the point where they can be packed away. But for some sorts of effects, nothing else will do. For many artists, oil is their "serious" medium; for me it's something to be playful with, and plaster on thick, juicy brushstrokes in uninhibited manner. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't, but I always learn some thing in the process. 

Doll portrait

 Acrylics on Masonite, 20 x 15 cm:

SOLD

I have long thought that dolls, particularly antique-looking ones, are the most wondrously creepy things. And now I finally got around to painting one.