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An Artist's Notebook - Works in progress, work for sale and thoughts on painting - by Neil Nelson.

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  • Satsuma II on Nov 20, 2009

    Satsuma II - 6" x 8" - oil on panel...

  • on Nov 19, 2009

    As usual it’s been ages since my last post. A lot has been happening though, and I’ve been pretty busy with one thing and another. When I first started this blog I was mainly focused on portraits and figures and expected to continue down that ro...

  • Apple on Nov 19, 2009

    Apple - 6" x 8" - oil on panel...

  • All Star on Nov 19, 2009

    Converse All Star - 10" x 12" - oil on panelI liked the look of the old Converse from the compartments II painting so made a study of just the shoe itself.

  • Marmite, Ketchup, Mustard on Jul 6, 2009

    Marmite - 20cm x 14cm - oil on panelKetchup - 20cm x 14cm - oil on panelMustard - 20cm x 14cm - oil on panelThis is a set of three paintings which were done recently as a commission. A while back I posted a small (but crude) painting of a Marmite ja...

  • Compartments III - Egg and Bottle on Jun 18, 2009

    Another compartment painting. When I looked at the last compartment painting, I decided that the most effective section of the painting was the right hand side area with the shoe, the bottle and the lemon. In a way I thought that the painting could...

  • Flower on Jun 8, 2009

    Flower - 5"x6" - oil on panel...