Ashwinstudio art blog - January, 2010


Friendship – Abstract oil painting on canvas

28th January, 2010

I have been working on this abstract painting on off for a four months now. I used thick paint and mixed many of the colours directly on the canvas.

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CAMs art auction for Haiti

25th January, 2010

Please to announce the art auction at Williams Gallery raised well over £2000. All the art for sale was donated by Cambridge Arts Movement artists. I donated broken circle which I am […]

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Abstract Painting: Explorations of the Mind 2

9th December, 2009

This painting is experimental in both technique and subject matter. I have used both acrylic in the early stages building up layers and dribbling paint from a stick at different angles. I […]

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Experimenting with Acrylic Paints

16th August, 2009

Most of my recent paintings are in oil but a lot my earlier experimental work is in acrylics and mixed media. And for some of my new abstract paintings I have dug […]

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Ten Mile Bank viewed from Brandon Creek

24th July, 2009

I painted this view, another in my Fenland Series,  of Ten Mile Bank near Brandon Creek in June. I painted this wet in wet with mostly a large brush as I rushed […]

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Abstract paintings displayed at Cambridge Gallery

2nd July, 2009

Two of my abstract paintings are now hanging at Cambridge based Williams Art Gallery. I have had some very positive feedback about both paintings, Inside Out and Street Walk, from fellow artists […]

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Watching paint dry

16th June, 2009

I have paintings on the go, all at different stages, some very close to completion and others midway. However, they are all at a stage where they need to dry before I […]

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Progress Green

22nd April, 2009

Just finished this experimental painting, it is painted in oils on canvas board, and in style sits somewhere between my abstract and fenland  landscape work. It is my way of expressing how […]

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Mixed Media images updated

11th April, 2009

I have updated www.ashwinstudio.co.uk with high res images of some of my earlier mixed media work. Both works andare 2d 3d works that include found objects but also oil paint – they […]

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Exhibition at Williams Art & Antiques, Cambridge

6th April, 2009

I’m exhibiting alongside Gail de Cordova, Tess Recordon and Nick Welsh in the 4@5 Abstracts exhibition. I am showing 2 paintings, 2 sculptures and one mixed media. The work by Nick Welsh […]

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