I paint because I enjoy it. I can get lost in the act. I started midway through 2016 and these are some of my paintings, and there’s more to come…
Chubby Cherry
(Linda – I hope you enjoy her as much as I enjoyed creating her)
Oil on canvas
36×25 cm
Purple Haze
(My second painting and first sale – bless her ❤)
Oil on canvas
50×60 cm
Twining Trees
(Painted, in memory, on a linen canvas made by a local artist – Judy Fenton)
Oil and acrylic on canvas
76×99 cm
Take The Path To The Left
(This was quite a Landmark)
Acrylic on canvas
101×152 cm
London In The Limelight
(Looking in from lockdown…)
Oil on canvas
90×120 cm
Lime & Soda
(…just for the fizz of it)
Oil on acrylic on canvas
152×122 cm
She’s Waiting For Me
(…she’s not even looking – is she?)
Oil on oil sketch paper
25×25 cm
Three Imaginary Boys
(An abstract of my three boys – and a nod to The Cure)
Oil on canvas
80×60 cm
The Boys
(That’s me, second from the left, applauding them)
Acrylic and pumice on canvas
40×50 cm
Wildflowers
(Despite her size, she took a year to complete… for a number of reasons…)
Oil on canvas
60×80 cm
Wildflowers II
(…a couple of years on.)
Oil on acrylic on canvas
60×80 cm
Petit Bleu
(Rotate left 90° left to see Dorian Gray)
Oil on canvas
50×40 cm
Fogo e Desejo
Oil on canvas
60×80 cm
Marsh
Oil on canvas
101×152 cm
Screaming Brexit
Ink & Charcoal on a shipping chart for the English Channel
71×104 cm
It’s Black & White
Oil on canvas
50×40 cm
Shimmer
(Only two people have seen the painting that lies beneath; and helped create this one)
Oil on canvas
90×120 cm
Purple Rain
(As he formally sang “…let me guide you to the purple rain”)
Oil on canvas
80×30 cm
Catastrophe
(My take on a painting from a TV show that struck me one night)
Oil on an old print
30×40 cm
Crack in Time and Space
(From Dr. Who – left over from the TARDIS exploding in an alternative timeline)
Oil on canvas
90×120 cm
Brazen Blossom
(Painted on the floor because the easel couldn’t handle her)
Oil on canvas
91×122 cm
Ravens Home To Roost
(The watercolour paint splashed as I rolled out the leaves)
Oil and watercolour on canvas
30×80 cm
Fireball
(Trailblazing…)
Oil on canvas
120×90 cm
Isolated Blossom
(Painted in the pease and quiet of lockdown)
Oil on canvas
122×183 cm
Fire!
(Reclaimed frame jazzed up)
Oil on canvas
40×50 cm
Re_
(I didn’t finish her; intentionally)
Oil on canvas
50×60 cm
Looking Heavenly
(Imagine you are lying on your back and looking up at the sky, through the cherry blossom)
Oil on canvas
80×60 cm
Blossom in a Prevailing Wind
(Red things can be fiery; but also very energetic and full of life)
Oil on canvas
60×80 cm
Sprite Sunset
(A Blackwater one-design dingy I once raced, under the influence, and still won!)
Oil on canvas
80×30 cm
Velsheda In The Moonlight
(Velsheda – The most beautiful yacht ever designed and sailed; and I love how he named her after his three daughters)
Oil on… I’m not sure. Painted over an old print found at the local recycling centre
29×75 cm
Flores
(Spanish flowers in a Dutch vase)
Oil on canvas
74×96 cm
A Staccato Career
(That’s the long and short of it…)
Oil on canvas
80×60 cm
Aliferous
(Ina – Happy birthday; and spread those wings)
Watercolour
20×30 cm
A Frosty Cityscape
(Painted, in memory, on a linen canvas made by a local artist – Judy Fenton)
Oil on canvas
99×76 cm
White Notley
Oil on canvas
80×60 cm
Reflective Tree
Oil on canvas
80×60 cm
Fire And Desire
(Because every bedroom needs some)
Oil on canvas
each canvas is 80×60 cm
50 Shades Of Red
(Painted on my 50th birthday)
Oil on acrylic on canvas
122×183 cm
Bobby
(My first dog)
Marcus Gallo 