Fine Art Blog

Category: Art Styles

  • Steven Townsend – UK Collie artist releases ‘Victor’ limited edition

    Released a few months ago, Steven Townsend’s latest release is another triumph for the man who is perhaps, the UK’s greatest collie artist.

    (‘Victor’ by Steven Townsend)

    Steven tells me that ‘Victor is a young dog with a great temperament and a good working dog’ and obviously Steven saw a sparkle in Victor’s eye and decided to put him onto canvas.

    Victor is owned by the same local sheep farmer who raised Bill, you may remember that Bill appeared in two other paintings of Stevens: ‘Bill’ and ‘Bill And Ben’, now very valuable Limited Edition prints.

    (‘Bill & Ben’ by Steven Townsend)

    Although Victor was only 1 years old in January 2008, he already one 12 cards for trailing and is showing huge promise for the future. Steven tells me he had great fun spending time with Victor and the dog was very playful and gentle, with a good nature. I feel Steven has really captured this in the limited edition print.

    Steven refers to him as a ‘Pretty Type’ Collie, as opposed to Bill, who he thought of as a ‘fighter’

    (‘Bill’ by Steven Townsend)

    Let me know what you think of ‘Victor’

    thank you

    Russell

    Useful links:

    What is dog Trailing?:
    http://www.sardawales.org.uk/trailing.htm

    Discussion On border collie Trailing:
    http://www.k9community.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=48697
    http://www.dogsey.com/showthread.php?t=86569

  • Artists Paul Kenton shows us the London, New York & Paris Skylines

    A tremendous new artist that is has been published for about a year, Paul Kenton brings something very different to the landscape art scene. Originally born in Derby, England he now resides in Ilfracombe.

    ‘City Of Light,’ Paris by Paul Kenton:

    Having met Paul last year I was lucky enough to speak to him about his painting techniques, from which his unique limited edition box canvases are reproduced. Although he admitted to me that he uses both oil and acrylics amongst other painting mediums, the actual mixture he uses is his own closely guarded secret!

    ‘City Heat,’ London by Paul Kenton:

    As you can see from some of his box canvases, the artwork appears to have been layered on within the last few hours, it’s a lovely effect. Up close the intricacy of some of the paintings is amazing; However stand back from a distance and the real genius of his work comes to light and the full beauty of the scene is revealed to the eyes.

    For example ‘Skyline’ up close, looks like a maze of layers and layers of paint but from a distance, its instantly recognizable as the London Skyline!

    ‘Skyline,’ London by Paul Kenton:

    Random fact for you, Paul is also a keen Surfer!

    Paul recently released 4 New Box Canvases:
    -City Of Light
    -NYC
    -Manhattan
    -City Heat

    The 4 depict: Paris, New York, New York and London respectively

    ‘Manhattan,’ New York by Paul Kenton:

    thank you

    Russell

  • Salvador Dali Artist – New Limited Edition artwork for 2007/2008

    New for late 2007-2008, some incredible limited edition artwork by the surrealist legend that was Salvador Dali, have been released via the UK market to buyers around the world.

    (Homage To Fashion by Salvador Dali)

    6 of his original paintings have been reproduced into Limited Edition print format and some of his most famous artwork creations have been transformed into 9 incredible and highly detailed Limited Edition sculptures.

    I think this collection of prints and sculpture are some of the best pieces that have come onto the art market for a long time.

    (Homage to Terpsichore – Sculpture by Salvador Dali)

    The sculptures are something very unique and special and it means that these interpretations of Dali’s work are available, in this unique format, for the very first time. I have personally seen some of these sculptures and I was blown away by the detail in them, simply superb.

    The limited edition prints are fabulous and certainly they have picked some of the strongest Dali images I have ever seen. The piece entitled ‘Lady Godiva’ is one of my favourites. The pieces have been produced via a mixed media format with huge amount of work going into each piece, I will go into some more detail in another blog post.

    (Surrealist Piano – Sculpture by Salvador Dali)

    The limited edition prints come with a unique stamp by the Dali Foundation, making these highly collectable.

    The collection contains 6 Limited Edition prints and 11 sculptures, and I feel it is the sculptures that are the Tour De Force of the collection, mainly because I have never seen anything quite like this released onto the art market.

    (Dance Of Time I – Sculpture by Salvador Dali)

    The 6 limited edition prints are entitled:

    Alice In Wonderland
    Dance Of Time
    Homage To Fashion
    Lady Godiva
    Space Triumph
    Surrealist Piano

    (Lady Godiva by Salvador Dali)

    The 11 limited edition sculptures are entitled:

    Dance Of Time I, II, III and IV – Sculptures
    Homage to Terpsichore – Sculpture
    Nobility Of Time – Sculpture
    Space Elephant – Sculpture
    Space Venus – Sculpture
    Surrealist Piano – Sculpture
    Triumph Elephant – Sculpture

    (Nobility Of Time – Sculpture by Salvador Dali)

    thank you

    Russell

  • Doug Hyde – great paintings, great St. Valentines Day images

    Well the talented British artist that is Doug Hyde has released some new releases for St. Valentines Day 2008 and I just love them!

    (‘First Date’ by Doug Hyde:)

    First Date by Doug Hyde

    Doug’s images with dogs (normally a black dog) have always been really strong images for him that the public has gone crazy for; who knows why? Perhaps it is the cuteness of the pictures that we associate so strongly with are own pets, I mean pets are cute right?

    (‘Our Place’ by Doug Hyde:)

    Our Place by Doug Hyde

    Introducing a new character for Doug, he gives us a Bunny Rabbit! of all creatures…with massive floppy ears!..I think he’s very fluffy and cute and reminds me of the cuddly toys you can buy.

    ‘First Date’, a very apt title for Valentines Day is also a great image and brings together again, some of the best elements of Doug Hyde’s work: the little people, the hearts, the kisses and again the lush red background and I notice they have brought out a bronze representing the picture (First Date – Bronze Sculpture) and it’s smaller but more affordable than all previous bronzes which retail for nearly £500.00 upwards.

    (‘Big Foot’ by Doug Hyde:)

    Big Foot by Doug Hyde

    Happy Valentine’s day everybody! mwah lol

    thank you

    Russell

    useful links: view the Doug Hyde St. Valentines Day Images