Sharing The Roijoy

 A service engineer came to our house to carry out some work. While inside he and his crew took some time out to have a look at my art which is displayed on some of the walls in our house. There was one picture and style that caught their attention and eventually, one of he guys asked, how much would it be to have a painting done by you? He explained that it would be of his family and we talked about the size etc. In a few minutes we came to an agreement and here is the painting that resulted. Portrait 002 Acylics on canvas 30 x 20 inches

 We were admiring a painted portrait by a local artist, and the woman who was standing with me commented, "I've never had my portrait painted". "Would you like that?" I queried. "Yes it would be awesome" she responded. "OK, I'll do you one" I offered.  And that's how I came to do this painting.  And here is a video of my progression. Portrait 001 Acrylics on canvas 12 x 16 inches

A Kiss Is Just A Kiss Acrylics on canvas 30 x 40 inches This painting is a mixture of dream recollections, memories, experiences and emotions. Although there may be specific meanings here to me, nothing is explained so that the viewer can overlay their own experience on this painting and see if it resonates. In spite of the skull, this is not intended to be a morbid composition. I feel that life and death are tightly entwined and wherever there is life you will find death and vice versa. Below is a short video showing how the painting has been built up.

  The Halloween shoot for Motorbike Rentals and Alternative Adventures in Belize was a little batty. The main model was Emma the business owner and co-starring was her cat, Ducatty. As usual, Emma provided her own clothing and props and did her own make-up. I did camera, lights and post production. For the main shot, I lit Emma from the front but also placed a light behind her to make sure she was separated from the background. And also to give a subtle outline to her upper body and a spotlight behind her head. We shot quite a few frames so that we would have a pose and positioning that we were happy with. Then I set to work cleaning the image up and making enhancements including adding the bat insignia to the front of the bike. I also took out anything that was too distracting and added a suggestion of movement to the background. Once this was done I just needed to add Ducatty in her co-starring role. It took 2 shoots to get Ducatty just right. In her first shoot, everytime she w...

The 2024 Thanksgiving shoot for Motorbike Rentals and Alternative Adventures, Belize , Had a slightly different twist to it. Emma , the business owner, decided to explore 'Spanksgiving' which really is a thing. Despite it's various guises, if you visit Emma's Instagram , the words in her post with this image gives the composition relevance.    We did the shoot at her bike shop in Hopkins, Belize, and just the two of us brought this image, and other variants, to completion. Emma did her own wardrobe, hair and makeup and modelled. She also printed the bag in the foreground to say Happy Spanksgiving. I took care of the lighting, art direction and photography. We hung a red light close to the ceiling positioned around 1 o'clock, angled toward the scene. To prevent the whole scene going completely red from the lighting, I added a daylight fill light aimed front and left of the scene.  Once I had the lights balanced we were able to shoot a bunch of variations and poses to...

The components of this painting include, dream fragments, life experiences and feelings past and present. If you've read Genesis, you'll know how Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden. At the beginning of their exile from the Garden, the entrance back into the Garden was guarded by 'cherubims and a flaming sword'. In my dreams, I see the dreams of Adam and Eve. Their dreams become a recurring nightmare of Paradise being just out of reach. Even though they can see where it is, it's totally inaccessible.  Even when they find some of the exotic fallen fruit, as soon as they collect it, it's suddenly infested with worms. Paradise is up the stairway and on the other side of the mountains. On the other side of the gorge where the creature guards, there is already fresh water and succulent fruit falling from the sky since this is already the approach to paradise. The creature is entirely from my dreams, and regardless of how it looks it is wholly benevolen...