Painting a Day: T. J. Murphy

Daily exercises in tonal realism since February 2013; adorned with terrible puns since 2014.

Thursday, 25 February 2016

Seated pose with invisible model.

Oil on canvas board, 16" x 20"

Posted by Tim Murphy at 21:12

Tim Murphy: I'm a Luddite web developer who yearns for the pre-digital past. I make the modern world tolerable by painting, playing musical instruments, walking, reading books and enjoying long breakfasts.

Pistachio at Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

This tree was a hard nut to crack -- despite appearances, it wasn't a piece of pistachio. Oil on canvas board, 8" x 10"
Lemon Half with Sauce Jug

It's difficult to come up with a caption when you're half sauced. Oil on canvas board, 4"x 6
Tomato with Blue Vase

Tomatoes are red, vases, you know-- Are a colour that sounds like the past tense of blow. Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Egg with Painted Glass Vase

Glaze ova Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Fluted Jug with Pear

My painting endeavours bore fruit. They also bore flute. Oil on canvas board, 4" x 6"
Still Life with Mandarines

This was completed over several weeks under the tutelage of my painting teacher; otherwise known as my still life coach. Oil on canv...
Basalt Outcrop, Rosebery Hill, Pipers Creek

A pinch of basalt. Oil on canvas board, 10" x 8"
Apple Half with Coffee Mug

I thought of many puns about apple halves, but only this one made the cup. Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Quinces

Fruit multiplied is of greater consequince. Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"
Onion with Preserving Jar

While I know my onion puns are exhausted, I still have a preserve capacity. Oil on canvas board, 6" x 4"

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