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Here is another painting done on a little 10x8 canvas covered cardboard panel.  Acrylics are difficult to work with at the best of times compared to oils , which I do not use and have not for a long time , story to this to be told at a later date. This canvas panels are shiner than a stretched canvas less  texture or grip for paint.  This image was first designed in a 3d application , modelled in polygons then subdivided , outputted to a raytracing program and rendered , I did not texture it as such kept he plastic shiny look , reminiscent of the early CG on the likes of Prodigy video Fire.  I have been using computers for graphics that long ever since I was a kid and rendering a term officially taken from painting has come full circle. Truly I see the benefits of pre visualisation  and lighting of my paintings in 3d software. This image looks mathematical and the light accurately depicts its volume. Something I personally could not do with out the use of computers or a life study. Rem

Another lock down painting. This is titled capitalism, the photograph doesn't show the surface quality of the paint properly, paintings have an aesthetic that is unique to the medium. These are acrylics pretty fun and rewarding to paint with, oils  I found rather slow and sleeping in the same room as I paint the fumes became unbearable I gave up painting in them years ago soon after I stopped working as a professional screenprinter.  I am a collector and a procrastinator, having art supplies for years and not using them always an excuse not to use them; this lockdown has made me enter back into the conversation, that is art. I guess I have always been a part of it but with out contributing paintings I feel irrelevant. So skulls and darkness were my last paintings 6 years ago, they had a horrific realism, these new paintings are almost pop art, but I have been trying to imbue meaning to covey and communicate something above the mere beauty of the subject and paint.The aesthetic

Covid 19 - Corona Virus Painting Due to unprecedented lock down I found myself painting again this is a piece inspired by what is on everyone's mind also I would never have painted at all with out this lock down !  The original design coming from a 3d model and render I created - I like my virus's shape is irregular not like the various clips and videos on the news backdrops that make it look regular and geometric more like pollen under an electron microscope. I did think about the shape and light a lot , I took liberty with the colours very modern and harsh. This and my last painting were painted on a hand stretched canvas  - these had been sitting around for 15 years , sad really it took till now to use them.

This image is acrylic on Canvas just smaller than a3 and the canvas was stretched by myself on wood bought in tralee where I live. I often buy premade canvas as well but this was hanging around for over15 years. Got to love the black tacks though. Also the image is taken from a photograph I took playing with light to give the object, a munny doll pretty cool liking form depth and space on a 2d plane. I really love the shapes and shadows, painting looks super in the flesh. More to follow during the covid 19 lockdown of 2020, by Paul Woods