Comments on: Peter Higgs (2008)

By: Art and Science at Asymptotia

Art and Science at Asymptotia — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:47:48 +0000

[...] The work is overall quite fascinating, striking, and often very aesthetically engaging. I recommend having a good long look around. To tease you to go there, let me point out a (topical) one for some of us with eyes on the LHC. A painting of Peter Higgs: [...]

By: RN

RN — Thu, 01 May 2008 09:35:41 +0000

Its value that intersts me, I have always used oils and try to get georgian or other known brands from wherever I can, car boot sales, second hand stalls. I cant afford the sort of money art shops want. I want to start experimenting with acrylics but most of the artists I speak to pay scary prices for them. Im a bit wary of using cheap ones though, are there massive differences in quality across the price range? I will check out dcmk, thanks for the tip.

Rich

By: sacha

sacha — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:26:29 +0000

I love the foreshortening of the hand.

Nice one.

By: shardcore

shardcore — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:44:32 +0000

Hi Rich, thanks for the kind words – I use acrylics, and tend not to be tied to one particular brand, though for the last year or so I’ve been using paints supplied by dcmk since they’re such fantastic value.

By: RN

RN — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 09:58:36 +0000

I love your site and have been looking at it for while. Are you using mainly arylic paints or oils as well? What is your preferred brand of acrylic? I wish you luck for the Mass exhbition, I would love to see it but its a long way from there to here.

Rich