Steve the Green Man Paintings

14/06/2026

2 more but smaller practice pieces on the same theme as before at Brimham Rocks. You can see that each time you do the 'same' painting, they are never 'the same'. For good or bad. LOL!

05/06/2026

So! As many things are ending and changing in my life, and I prepare for a major new chapter, I have turned my mind towards my appearance (or not?) as a 'Landscape Artist of the Year' wildcard (painting in the background?) later this month. So last week I did a recci trip to Brimham Rocks and have been working on and off on my first painting of part of them over the last few days as a practice run (and I learnt a lot that I will probably forget! LOL!).
Working in oils, and outdoors (hopefully with reasonable weather), will mean I will have to apply careful timing to get the balance between getting the painting done and allowing parts to dry a bit before doing more work on it.
I intend to do some more studies on this subject over the next few days.

06/05/2026

And in other news. Here's something exciting.
You know I was rejected for 'Landscape Artist of the Year'?
Well I have been accepted for one of the wildcard sessions (in the background?) at Brimham Rocks in June. :)

06/05/2026

I recently teased you about something I had been working on throughout March. Now that she has seen it, I can reveal my second attempt at doing a proper portrait (my first, my id picture is still on display in The Artists Hub - Bishop Auckland for a few more days).
This painting took me a long time to try and get the eyes right in particular, and it seemed really uncanny when I had to scrape them off and rework them a few times. A portrait becomes REALLY personal.
Claire had no idea I had done this, and thankfully she was delighted when I sprung the surprise on her. What was funny was the next day she said that her little boy had said that I had a painting that looked like her! LOL!

22/04/2026

I failed to get accepted for 'Landscape Artist of the Year' (No big surprise there then), but I still have a chance of appearing on their 'WILDCARDS' day, which I will apply for.

09/04/2026

You will have to wait a few more weeks before you get to see something special I did in March.

09/04/2026