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A painting of a property makes a highly personal gift and is a fascinating project with which to be involved. For further details please contact me. |
Property Portraits
I am lucky enough to live on the south side of Sheffield within a stones throw of the Derbyshire countryside and the Peak National Park, which is a fantastic amenity to have on your doorstep. Within a few miles radius of my home in any direction, I frequently drive past innumerable properties, both rural and suburban, and think to myself ...”What a cracking composition- that would look wonderful over someone’s mantelpiece.” It’s a source of endless frustration to me that almost without exception, my brushwork and these properties will never get together.
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I work in black and white as well as watercolour and occasionally in ink and wash. I prefer where possible to meet at the property to form an impression, make recommendations, take photographs and confirm cost (paintings begin at around £300) and proceed from there, sometimes with a preliminary sketch for approval if appropriate (look at the example below), before producing the painting |
But it isn’t necessary to live in a mansion in order to appreciate a painting of your property. You know what they say about an Englishman’s home.
It may be stately or quaint, regal or renovated, or just “home”. I have shown a range of examples here, some of which you may recognise. They have been requested for all sorts of reasons; happy memories of a home to accompany the occupiers when they move on; a gift from children to parents; an image of a holiday home to last all year; a church where parents married; even commercial premises where a career was nurtured or a working life built. Property means different things to different people. |
