Fine Art Blog

Category: New Releases

  • Yours Truly, New collection by british artist Doug Hyde

    A New collection by the much loved artist Doug Hyde is being released this September.

    Yours Truly collection by Doug Hyde

    Hope, love, loyalty, togetherness and friendship are all central themes of this wonderful new collection.

    Which is your favourite?

    Thank you

    Russell

  • Danielle O’Connor Akiyama – Canadian floral artist, simply amazing

    A truly unique floral artist Danielle O’Connor Akiyama, was first published by Demontfort Fine Art publishers in 2007 and has since gone from strength to strength and her portfolio currently stands at 8 published pieces. Her new release is called ‘Heart’s Desire.’

    (Heart’s Desire by Danielle O’Connor Akiyama)

    What I like about the Canadian’s work is the vibrant and bold colours that believe it or not is unique to the limited edition, Floral, art marker. I don’t think I have ever seen such striking colours on floral art before and Danielle’s work stands out from the crowd

    (Moonlight Lovesong by Danielle O’Connor Akiyama)

    All her work so far has been produced on ‘Box Canvas,’ which of course is another reason for its contemporary feel and the popularity of this format of art form has not declined, despite some thinking it had peaked in 2006. (see my post on the art trade’s opinion on Box Canvas’s www.fineartblog.co.uk/?p=22 )

    Look at Danielle’ s ‘Hope Begins Anew’ series (I, II, III) I feel this highlights the uniqueness of her work, the bold colours set against a cold white background, wow!

    (Hope Begins Anew II by Danielle O’Connor Akiyama)

    My message to the artist, please keep doing what you are doing, it works!

    Thank you

    Russell

  • 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