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Oil Paints take over in 2016

For the last 3 months I have been working solely in oils. Will I return to pastels? Yes, certainly, for I love working in pastel, but I do find the fact that they have to be framed behind glass rather a nuisance.

Pink and Yellow Petunias oil painting 15 x 30cm
Pink and Yellow Petunias
oil painting 15 x 30cm
Purple Iris Oil painting 20 x 25cm
Purple Iris
Oil painting 20 x 25cm
“Threesome”
Oil painting 36 x 36cm
I am enjoying using a paint brush, though I find fine detail harder with the brush than with a pastel stick. In some ways that is a good thing as it has allowed me to loosen up.
I have still been working mostly with florals, and have taken another Nancy Medina brilliant colour course. I have always loved working with bright colours, and flowers allow me to push the colour to extremes.
“Poppy Circle”
Oil painting 36 x 36cm
I continued working on the painting “Cow Pals” that was in my last blog, and this is the result.
“Cow Pals”
Oil painting 50 x 41cm
I recently applied to and was accepted as an artist by the online art gallery Artfinder.com. This has allowed me to put my work up for sale online – easily done from the comfort of my computer. As yet I have only sold one unframed pastel, but at least it is a venue that allows for unframed work to be put on sale. It is early days, and I hope for more sales in the future.
“Sisters at the Seaside”
Pastel painting
I still have work hanging in Green & Jenks in Monmouth, and recently sold a floral pastel painting there.
“Hollyhocks”
Pastel painting
I have also been making an effort to use more social media to promote my work, and now have a new Facebook page for my art. It is called “Marion Derrett Art”, and I would appreciate anyone, who hasn’t already done so, to like and follow this page. I have also started using Twitter and Instagram for promotion, so can be found on all these sites.
Pink and White Daisies Oil painting
Pink and White Daisies
Oil painting
“Daisy Power”
Oil painting 35 x 35cm

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