Renaissance Technique
Let me take you on a journey, a voyage of discovery. I have been painting in oils
for about 40 years and I am self-taught. Unknown to me at the time, my early fumblings
were a very crude form of renaissance technique. When the odd TV programme on renaissance
painting methods appeared I realised these were the methods I was using naturally.
It seemed so logical to go about it in this manner.
Velaturas and Sfumato
I now use recipes centuries old and have amalgamated these with my own techniques
and ideas, resulting in a style that is unique to me. Velaturas, translucent veils
of colours that permit diffused light to come through are superimposed over each
other in my paintings, accompanied by Sfumato, smoke-like edges that create “air”
around the subject, producing an elusive “glow” and then, the “wow” factor. For me
these are the “Holy Grail”: difficult to capture but well worth the blood sweat and
tears, sacrificed in the quest.
My Art Galleries
View my Art Galleries - the Portraits, Landscapes and still-lifes painted with the
techniques of the Old Masters.
