Exhibition 12th & 13th July

June's Portrait

oil on canvas 60 x 50 cm

making mouldings

I have an exhibition coming up at the Stan Stevens Studio, Deerubbin Centre, Windsor on the 12th & 13th of July, and have been doing some framing for it.

I have had a stockpile of framing material for a while, but had run out of slip moulding inserts, and when I enquired at the moulding suppliers, found that the quoted price per metre was out of way my reach!

So I approached a local builder about making some. I bought some 2x1 pine from the local building supplies, and on a Saturday a few weeks ago we ran it through his machines and came out with a very satisfactory product!

I intended to use it just as a slip, but have found that it is also looks good as a finished frame in it's own right!

some pictures of the moulding ... and how it looks finished.

We made 100 metres of this moulding, and Ian Muir the builder, has said if anyone is interested in more of a similar product, it would be worth his while to run a larger batch through(perhaps 1000 metres ) for a very reasonable rate

May's Portrait

100 minute oil on canvas, 60 x 50cm

a study from life

some new ones, and April's portrait

a couple of nearly finished oil paintings, and an oil portrait approx 100 minutes, from our open portrait group.

March Portrait

this month's 2 hour portrait, 600 x 500