the Read Palm press: Ten new artworks by Jim Shirlaw

Below is a body of recent studio-based and plein air studies, mainly exercises to experiment a bit with one of my favourite medium combos (acrylic and oil pastel) and training the eye once more as it's been a while since trekking out with the drawing board into nature ie National Art School training. Most of these works were initialised during the 'time out of town' holiday l so thoroughly enjoyed back in February this year; documented earlier in the blog in photos (around April l think).
Looking to keep the plein air work going into winter, currently living in city exile until the end of the year so there's still plenty of inspiration in the outdoors til that time.. These landscapes have been keeping me busy the last couple of months as well as darting into a new a portrait sketchbook, once again mainly drawing exercises to get back into shape. The concepts mentioned very early in this blog (February, March) are still much alive ie Interiors, Exteriors, certain mystical investigations etc just needed to see what l was capable of visually atm before tackling the big ideas once more :)

Jim S