Greenman

I am a painter (and a photographer) who having now retired from working for a living, is hoping to get more serious about his own personal art during his "Autumn" years.

I make my pictures in all sorts of media - pencil, ink, gouache paint, acrylic paint, even digital now and then, but mostly (and preferably) I like using oil paints. I have enjoyed drawing since I was a small boy (and for a 20 year period of my working life I lived off  my art - commercial illustration).

My intent from now on is to paint, in my traditional way, largely fantasy art themes, exploring fairies, myths, and legends. I have reasons for choosing this subject, but they're not for here.

I may not always take typical model photographs because my photos form a basis from which to draw and paint , as (like all figurative artists) if I cannot 'see it', then I cannot 'paint it'. On occasion, I may take some odd close-ups of things like hands, eyes, etc., to aid the painting side of things. 

My Shoot Method.

Before a shoot, I normally scribble ideas on to paper in pencil, and then, working with a model, try to see if my imagined poses/lighting, etc., will actually work in reality (e.g. see the 2nd. picture in my port below called "Believe" - a white flying fairy - it shows an idea from a doodle in my sketchpad, to the final manipulated photo, which may then go on to become the reference for my painting).

Below is some artwork of mine (old and new) plus me messing about a bit in computer art programs but, most of it says more about 'where I have been' rather than, 'where I wish to go'.

So if you would not object to maybe getting stuck inside an oil painting (for centuries perhaps  - who knows?) then maybe we could work together.

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/fairy_artwork/  

Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/fairiesartwork/ 

Twitter:- https://twitter.com/fairyartpainter 

(I got a couple of FPI's too, hehehe!)

                                                    Thanks for reading, PHIL. 

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