Dawn through the Veil. Watercolour, ink and acrylic on paper. 13.5" x 9"

dawn through the veil, originally uploaded by P Brown.

I have been placing some paintings for sale on ebay and this one certainly made the grade (kind of want to hold on to it but losing out on storage space1)
Part of the "Jungles" series and completed last summer. I am thrilled at the way the colours overlay each other and glow so beautifully....hence the title that I decided on.

Cataract. Acrylic, ink on watercolour paper. 490 x 360mm

cataract, originally uploaded by P Brown.

Just put this painting up for sale on ebay....It was completed in the summer last year at the end of a productive period....
My intention in the painting of this piece was to explore layers and really slow down and let the piece lead me in the making. The results were a lovely surprise and brought to mind themes of creation, destruction and forces in the natural world.

We hung the exhibition!

, originally uploaded by P Brown.

Susie and I went over to Llandudno yesterday and laid siege to the exhibition space! It took us just over 2 hours with an battery powered screwdriver and alot of elbow grease.
It is so nice to see the work on walls and waiting to be enjoyed by the public. I am enjoying the buzz.

Tonight is the opening night and I am hoping we get an okay turnout and that people are interested and ask me loads of awkward questions about the creation of these pieces!

Night. Acrylic, ink. 40 x 40 inch canvas.

Night., originally uploaded by P Brown.

The day before we went to hang the exhibition and this was my last big effort. It sounds too good to be true but it has turned out to be my favourite piece of the last 2 weeks' of work and sums up for me my feelings and gut intention for the new "Jungles" series that I have begun. I love it because it turned out so playful and so full of movement and contrasts. To me, it really is a night in the jungle.

wild bloom, breeze. Acrylic and ink on canvas. 23.5" x 23.5"

wild bloom, breeze., originally uploaded by P Brown.

Of the four made so far in this series, this is a departure in terms of colour palette from the others, but you will still find pink and traces of dark purple - yum!
I was thinking about the colours of a macaw or parrot as I began this.

Lava Pool. Acrylic and ink on canvas. 23.5" x 23.5"

Lava Pool, originally uploaded by P Brown.

Another of the four "Jungles" pieces I have finished today.

Witchdoctor. Acrylic and ink on canvas. 23.5" x 23.5"

Witchdoctor, originally uploaded by P Brown.

I had a lot of fun working up this piece. The underpainting was actually another painting I had been working on but that had reached a crossroads......this morning I thought I would take a risk and simply repaint over it. The "Jungles" theme was in the back of my head I guess and this piece was the result.

In my character illustration I am fond of B-movie type scenarios - exotic jungles, mysterious trails, adventurers, evil high priests etc.....in movies where these types of tropes are prevalent, the use of chiaroscuro in the style of lighting is always a wonderful, basic value.The contrasting colours and tones reflect my fondness of this, but the raw non-figurative gestures are different from my polished and clean illustration work....the common links are the traces of drawing style in the shapes. And of course the colour palette...