The new collection of gold leaf paintings are now complete. They are a really beautiful set of oil paintings. The sunsets are based round a really rich colour scheme of ultramarine blue, Prussian blue deep red and cadmium yellow. The central feature of these paintings is the light in the centre which draws you into the paintings. The gold and silver adds another dimension to the paintings by reflecting the light down the middle of the canvas. As you walk past the painting or view it from different angles the reflection changes and it alters the depths of colours creating a moving and changing scene from every angle. I have released some of the paintings for sale and the remaining 3 will be released over the coming weeks.
Most of the paintings are on block canvas 80cm x 80cm with one large on e at 120cm x 120cm and the London one 120cm x 60cm framed on board.
Colourful large London oil paintings centred around the River Thames and near to the centre of London including Westminster Bridge and Soutwark Bridge using colourful oil paints and Gold Leaf. This is a beautiful oil painting of Westminster and Westminster Bridge with Big Ben piercing the skyline. The sky has a real atmosphere and creates a great glint across the Thames river. Lots of colour detail make this a really interesting and exciting painting to have. 100cm x 50cm x 4.5cm oil on block canvas.
Large Oil Paintings for sale of London Westmeinster Bridge and Thames
A really beautiful painting just down river from Westminster capturing the fantastic winter light which is so prevalent along the River Thames in February. Big Ben, Westminster and Westminster Bridge in the distance. Stunning colours and texture really make this a painting to treasure. 60cm x 60cm x 4.5cm oil on canvas.
London Oil painting for sale of Westminster Bridge, Big Ben and Houses of Parliament
London Thames gold leaf large oil painting for sale. Southwark Bridge
You can see in this painting how the white gold captures the glint of the sun shining through the clouds. On the water the variety of golds really capture the feeling of the sun glistening off the Thames. This really is such a beautiful oil painting embellished by real Gold leaf. I have used a mixture of Golds from 12ct up to 24ct to add tone and colour to the light in the large paintings. In places copper and silver have been used to add to the colour spread. I always love to add light to the paintings and that is why I paint for the light and the love of light and colour. For years I added white and used a dark background to increase the effect of light on the canvas, to convey a sense of brightness. The Gold leaf adds many new dimensions to the work. Its a metal instead of soft oil and canvas. It shines and reflects light and it forms different shapes to the brushes and knives I use. It can have soft edges, hard edges or just glistening speckles. There are different colours from white gold to pure 24ct gold. What I love about it above the light is how it draws you in and reflects the light back. When you look at the painting from different angles and at different times of day it changes depending on how the light catches the gold. When the gold is bright the colours sit back a little and when the gold is reflecting less from another angle the colours come to the front more. Blog on Gold Leaf Paintings
Large Gold Oil Paintings, I think I have found the love of my life!
London Thames gold leaf large oil painting for sale. You can see in this painting how the white gold captures the glint of the sun shining through the clouds. On the water the variety of golds really capture the feeling of the sun glistening off the Thames.
These really are such beautiful oil paintings embellished by real Gold leaf. I have used a mixture of Golds from 12ct up to 24ct to add tone and colour to the light in the large paintings. In places copper and silver have been used to add to the colour spread.
I always love to add light to the paintings and that is why I paint for the light and the love of light and colour. For years I added white and used a dark background to increase the effect of light on the canvas, to convey a sense of brightness.
Gold Leaf Ocean Sunset Oil Painting For Sale. This painting is still in progress, adding a glint across the top of the waves and shaping up the sun with some rich 24ct gold leaf.
Then two years ago I was in Courchevel 1850 and Megeve and I visited some of the very expensive art galleries in the french alps frequented by the flamboyant Russian clients. I fell in love in those galleries. They had a hue of gold and monied opulence which just seemed to hang in the air, so thick you could breathe it. It was tacky and it wasn’t over the top, it just glowed in a beautiful and reassuring way. It made you know it was there but it didn’t over power. Subtle beauty, but powerful.
I returned to my studio and invested in some gold leaf which I have looked at for over a year, and it was recently that I began to see how it would work in my paintings and i was inspired to use it to embellish my works.
Large Sailing Oil Painting with Gold Leaf For Sale. Perfectly beautiful, beautiful colourful boats and rich warm colours all sparkling as the sun glances across the ocean on leaves of gold.
The Gold leaf adds many new dimensions to the work. Its a metal instead of soft oil and canvas. It shines and reflects light and it forms different shapes to the brushes and knives I use. It can have soft edges, hard edges or just glistening speckles. There are different colours from white gold to pure 24ct gold.
What I love about it above the light is how it draws you in and reflects the light back. When you look at the painting from different angles and at different times of day it changes depending on how the light catches the gold. When the gold is bright the colours sit back a little and when the gold is reflecting less from another angle the colours come to the front more.
Large Gold Leaf Sailing Boat Sunset Painting For Sale. Rich deep and a little moody. Subtle colours and low light. Complex forms of light in the gold and deep blues and reds.
These are really special paintings and they do take a lot of time and thought to get them to work right so they are going to be a little more expensive. But compared to my trips around some of the more exclusive galleries of London Paris, South France and the Alps they are tremendously good value.
These new large oil paintings with gold leaf will officially go on sale on the web site towards December this year.
