New Oil Painting Demonstration -- Pontoon Bridge

I sketched this out today in around 40 minutes. This will be a 16"x12" oil painting of Pontoon Bridge in Mayo. I am working from a postcard a neighbour gave me, who requested a painting of this scene. Apparently it is a favourite fishing spot, or was in the past. I am not sure what it is like now. The postcard is quite old. I don't have much free time these days, so I will have to be really efficient with my time to make it progress. Check back to see it's progress over the next week or so. Meanwhile you can see my recent and past works of art in my gallery or scroll down to the bottom of this page to see current art for sale.

Art for Sale Gallery

Child with Dove by Picasso -- 1901

I have just set up an addition to the blog. The Art for Sale Gallery is now located at the bottom of the blog and will be added to, as I produce works I want to sell - just scroll down to see it. As my "Sunlit Daisy" has been a popular painting I hope to source a print maker and make it available at a reasonable cost as a print. I will do this for other paintings also in due course. For now I just have originals for sale. Keep checking the gallery for new works and enjoy the blog!

The above painting is by Picasso. It is one of his earlier works and one I admire a lot for it's simplicity and gentle charm.

Slideshow Gallery of my Art

Grand Canal, Dublin, Ireland

I've been looking at the various Flash Gallery programs available out there and there are a few free options. One of them is now available via my artvitae website. Here is a quick jump to it. For a slideshow gallery of my art, showing mostly current work click Jim Shanahan Gallery of Art or in future just click Gallery Art Slideshow link on the right below my photo. Enjoy your visit.

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