Alan King

PEOPLE  AND PLACES

(Watercolours)

Stuart – Watercolour, 9″ x 7″

Philip – Watercolour – 9″ x 7″

Edd – 15″x 11.5″ – Watercolour

Michelle – Watercolour – 9″ x 7″

Bill – Watercolour – 9″ x 7″

Lucy – Watercolour – 9″ x 7″

Wally – Watercolour – 9″x7″

Aussie #2 – 9″x7″ – Watercolour – $200.00 framed

Aussie #1 – 9″ x 7″ – Watercolour – $200.00 framed

Tony – Watercolour – 9″x7″

At the Races – Watercolour – 12″ x 9″ – $200.00

The Woodsman – 10″ x 14″ – Watercolour – Mounted on live edge olive tree plank

Woodsman – Watercolour – 10″ x 14″

Old Willow – 13″ x 14″ – Watercolour.

Old Willow – 13″ x 14″ – Watercolour mounted on live edge wood.

Maria in the morning – 9″x9″ – Watercolour $150.00

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OIL PORTRAITS

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William Aide, pianist, poet, teacher – oil on linen – 24″ x 28″

William Aide, pianist, poet, teacher – oil on linen – 24″ x 28″

Elizabeth Kilbourn

Andrew Absil – Anglican Bishop of Toronto – 30″ x 24″ – oil on canvas

Biblical Job – 10 x 8 – charcoal sketch

André – Oil on canvas – 20″ x 16″

Barry Padolsky, architect

Ralph and Nuala

Connie

Leonard Lee, Founder of Lee Valley Tools

Bill MacPherson

Blue and Pink – 18″ x 16″ – Oil on Canvas

Ron Tysick

“A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.”  Oscar Wilde.

Well, that was Wilde being his usual waggish self. Women’s lives are written on their faces too, just a little more artfully.  All our faces, like it or not, eventually turn into self-sculpted biographies.

I paint portraits, lots of them. I’ve been doing it for years and, yes, there are people whose faces are a mask. But the mask usually reveals as much as it hides. A good portrait artist, whether a painter or a photographer, will try to look behind it and capture the subject’s character: his or her intelligence, willfulness, humour, humility. The essential person will be revealed using the simple tools of brush, oil and canvas.

It’s a lot to ask. But you only have to look at portraits painted by the great masters – Rembrandt, Annigoni, Sargent – to know that it can be done. There are artists working today whose skill and insight are only a few brushstrokes away. I’m not there yet, but with each painting I get a little closer.

Prices start at $600.00. Please contact me if you’re thinking of having a portrait painted. No pressure. We can chat about why you want it done or perhaps kick around another of Wilde’s famous aphorisms, “Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit.”

email: alanking641@gmail.com