The best book for painting ever!

This is the main source of inspiration for my current marine series of fish eyes and details of fins etc. I bought this book for $20 at the Griffith Conservatorium of music bookshop and was so inspired by the stunning photography.

This site has some of his fish eye photography

http://www.dos-bertie-winkel.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=163&Itemid=114


Here are two photos and the paintings that they inspired

Some of my favourite artists

Although these artists don't relate directly to my current work, I love the aspects of transparency and delicacy which they have. The fact they are painted on wood panel is very intriguing and I love the way that some sections of unpainted wood create the highlights. In my fish eye series I have been experimenting with thin acrylic washes follwed by encaustic (wax medium) and oil glazes. I am striving to achieve a similar transparency where the texture and patterns from the original acrylic wash can still be seen through the other layers.

Audrey Kawasaki is definetely one of my favourite artists, and I recently discovered Amy Sol via the Juxtapoz site. Her style is very similar in some ways and she also works on wood panels.

Audrey Kawaski's site:

http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/

Some of Audrey's work:


'Taken'

'Drip'


Amy Sol's site:

http://www.amysol.com/

Some of Amy's work:

'The clovervine slumber'

'The apple and the string'

'Dream of a distant cousin'