Don McLaren 2019
This portrait of an old friend is oil on stretched canvas. It was completed in one sitting at an art group workshop to demonstrate the use of a limited palette painting wet on wet.
"Jose" 2017
Oil on canvas portrait of a hardworking gardener who had just finished cutting down and removing a tall tree. The smile on the lips of this serious man gave a glimps into his sense of achievement on comlpetion of such a mammoth task. I was lucky to catch this flash of happiness on camera as it inspired this work