Morning Coffee - 3 minute sketch with ink brush and fluid acrylics
Inspired by my morning cup(s) of coffee, it’s great to just sketch and play with the paint.
For years now I’ve journalled every day. From now on I’ll be adding a lot more sketches in ink, pencil and paint to my pages.
It’s great fun, generates ideas and helps me avoid getting too tight with my studio work.
4 Pears - 9" x 12" - Acrylic on triple primed cardboard
Hydrant - 9" x 12" - Acrylic on triple primed cardboard
An abstract painting inspired by the shapes and shadows of a fire hydrant on the pavement in Los Angeles. At the bottom of the painting it’s possible to work out the kerb and road. I rarely take my paintings this far into the abstract.
Coffee and Cake - 9" x 12" - Acrylic on triple primed cardboard
Coffee jump starts my day but I must admit I pass on the cake. This painting is part of a series whereby I reduce all of the detail down to the basics. I enjoy the purity of the resulting shapes. It’s the borderline between realism and abstraction. A creative place I like to explore.
Juicy Maui Papaya - Original Image Size: 9" x 12" Media: Acrylic on triple primed cardboard
Couldn’t resist painting this ripe papaya taken from a tree in our garden. Cut open and dripping with juice, it’s the same color as the clouds at sunset here on Maui.
This is the third new website I’ve put up under Barry McCullough dot com. Previous sites have focused on my consulting work or web design.
Now, and from here on in, this site’s about what I’m truly passionate about and have been for many years – my Artwork.
Like my artwork, I’m just going to let my website evolve, that way at any one time it’ll naturally find it’s own level.
Barry