When the possibility of a downpour meets with a clear blue sky. The long view.
Fields Of Green
Acrylic on board
30 x 40cms
Dm me for further details.
#thelongview #farhorizon #distance #clouds #cloudlovers #cloudsoninstagram #thelongview #australianlandscape #landscapeartist ##downpour #stormcoming #greenfields #fields #countryside #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
Last light of the day, with the intense sliver of distant sun exposing the template of shapes and flooded tracks. But only for an all too brief moment.
Acrylic on paper
21 x 29cms
#thelongview #farhorizon #distance #clouds #cloudlovers #cloudsoninstagram #thelongview #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
How can there be so many clouds and not a breath of wind? The ‘long view.’ New series.
White Farmhouse
Acrylic on board
33 x 37cms
#thelongview #farhorizon #distance #clouds #cloudlovers #cloudsoninstagram #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #acrosscountry #memories #solitude #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #thelongview #mikestaniford
The first in a series of new small works of a big subject. I’m intrigued by the ‘long view,’ the panorama that leads the eye across country to the far horizon. Where the clouds and skyline take over and you breathe a gentle sigh. You know the feeling.
Coming Home
Acrylic on board
30 x 40cms
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#thelongview #acrosscountry #farhorizon #clouds #cloudscapes #cloudpainting #landscapepainting #australianlandscapepainting #australianartist #contemporaryart #contemporarylandscape #journeys #memories #cominghome #mikestaniford
Oh what a champion, standing tall in all its morning glory. It lifts my spirits. New work on paper. Swipe for detail. DM me for further information.
#standingtall #breakofday #dawntoday #trees #treestreestrees #treesofinstagram #newworks #worksonpaper treepainting #lovetrees #australianlight #paintinglight #light #lightpainting #radiance #effectsoflight #liftingspirits #australianlandscapepainting #australianlandscapeartist #mikestaniford
When one tree in the forest stands taller than the rest. New works on paper. Swipe for details.
#standingtall #headandshoulders #trees #treesofinstagram #newworks #worksonpsper #treepainting #lovetrees #australianbush #light #paintinglight #effectsoflight #australianlandscapeartist #australianlandscapepainting #mikestaniford
Just breathe in that air! Who doesn’t like a deserted windswept beach to lift the spirits.
Two of my works from Encounter my joint show with @debbiemackinnon now on @beckerminty in both Sydney and Hobart. The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to joshuac@beckerminty.com
#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
Thank you to all those lovely folks who turned up at the opening on Saturday and for such a great question time and conversation.
Path Less Travelled
Acrylic on board
87 x 100 cms
Framed in Tasmanian Oak
One of the works from Encounter, my joint show with @debbiemackinnon and now on display @beckerminty in Potts Point, Sydney.
The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to joshuac@beckerminty.com
#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
Where shadows and reflections play.
The Witness Trees
Acrylic on board
43 x 53cms
Framed in Tasmanian Oak
Part of my joint exhibition, Encounter, with @debbiemackinnon and showing concurrently @beckerminty in both Hobart and Sydney.
The link in my bio takes you to the full catalogue. Contact joshuac@beckerminty for details of any of the works.
#encounter #twoartistsonejourney #jointexhibition #trees #treesofinstagram #tasmaniantravels #australianlandscape #australianlandscapepainting #tasmania #mikestaniford
The singularity of trees. One from the Arboretum series looking very smart in its Tasmanian Oak frame. Painting the canopy of foliage is always the biggest challenge; capturing the density of leaves and branches, the many tones of colour and most of all the subtle animation of its very presence in the landscape.
Arboretum 1
Acrylic on board
53 x 43cms
Now on display @beckerminty Hobart, as part of Encounter, my joint exhibition with @debbiemackinnon
Contact joshuac@beckerminty.com for further details on this painting and any others in the show. The link in my bio will take you to the full catalogue.
This Saturday we will be in Becker Minty’s Sydney gallery to talk about our work, show some sketchbooks and share in a conversation about the challenges of pleinair painting. Hope you can come along.
#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #trees #treestreestrees #treesofinstagram #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
Now hanging @beckerminty in Potts Point as part of my joint exhibition, Encounter, with @debbiemackinnon
Why not come and hear us talk this coming Saturday 18 November from 2 - 4pm.
Jacaranda
Acrylic on board
49 x 63cms
Framed in Tasmanian Oak
The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to joshuac@beckerminty.com
#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #trees #treelife #treework #treestreestrees #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
One of the works from Encounter, my joint show with @debbiemackinnon that opens in Sydney next Saturday, 18 November @beckerminty in Potts Point. This piece and others are already on display in the gallery but why not come along on Saturday for a glass of wine and to hear Debbie and I talk about our work and how we bring our individual approach to the challenges of working in the Tasmanian landscape.
Open Country
Acrylic on polycotton
122 x 138cms
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The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to joshuac@beckerminty.com
#encounter #twoartistsonejourney #opencountry #farhorizon #thelongview #thisland
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
Hello Hobart. Our joint show is about to start! @beckerminty Thank you Jason for all your support and hospitality. Fabulous curation…many thanks @joshuacharadia the gallery looks amazing. The guests are arriving. Let the Encounter begin!
#encounter @beckerminty #jointexhibition #encounter @debbiemackinnon #hobarttasmania #opening
Oh the diversity of this glorious landscape; mountains, lakes and river estuaries and the beauty of flat sweeps of plains, made more interesting just after the rains have fallen.
Flatlands
Acrylic on board
63 x 63cms
One of the works from Encounter, my joint show with @debbiemackinnon that opens this week on Friday 10th November @beckerminty in Hobart. We will both be there to meet and greet and talk about the work, so I hope you can make it along.
The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to joshuac@beckerminty.com
#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney #wetlands #aftertherains
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
Looking forward to being back in Hobart this week for the VIP Dinner and opening night of Encounter. And to see these two works again, from my joint show with @debbiemackinnon that opens on Friday 10th November @beckerminty in Hobart.
Both paintings were inspired by my time in Battery Point.
Autumn Scarlet and Autumn Gold
Acrylic on board
Each work is 43 x 53cms and framed in Tasmanian Oak
The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to joshuac@beckerminty.com
#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #trees #treesofinstagram #batterypoint #streetsofhobart #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
Two new works from Encounter, my joint show with @debbiemackinnon that opens next week on Friday 10th November @beckerminty in Hobart. The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to joshuac@beckerminty.com
Arboretum 3 and Arboretum 4
Acrylic on board
43 x 43cms
Both framed in Tasmanian Oak
#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #trees #lovetrees #treesofinstagram #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
One of the works from Encounter, my joint show with @debbiemackinnon that opens next week on Friday 10th November @beckerminty in Hobart. The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to joshuac@beckerminty.com
Tranquil Waters
Acrylic on polycotton
122 x 138cms
#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #lakes #bays #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
A fragment of the landscape in this corner of Tasmania. The starting point is always nature. I may start by observing the accuracy and precision of the landscape, even if only through a few simple marks on paper. The golden field catching the light across the lagoon really caught my eye. It didn’t last for long but that’s landscape - an aspect of time.
One of the works from Encounter, my joint show with @debbiemackinnon that opens next week @beckerminty in Hobart. The full catalogue of works can be seen via the link in my bio. All painting enquiries to: joshuac@beckerminty.com
Flaxen Field
Acrylic on poly cotton
64 x 64cms
#encounter #twoartistsonejoirney
#jointshow #beckerminty #hobart #tasmania #tasmanianlandscape #australianlandscape #landscapeartist #contemporarylandscape #untamedbeauty #diverselandscape #pleinair #mikestaniford
Sketches of Tasmania, where it all begins, from lakeside reflections to spectacular skies. Encounter, Two Artists, One Journey with @debbiemackinnon opens next week @beckerminty in Hobart and my newsletter with a link to the catalogue and all the details will be out shortly. Hope you’ve signed up for it?
#twoartistsonejourney #Tasmania #untamedbeauty #landscapepainting #tasmanianjourney #wilderness #beckerminty #hobart #openingsoon #sketchbook #fieldstudies #mikestaniford
The white roads of Umbria, dissecting the vineyards and olive groves. Painted in gouache in a Windsor & Newton 300gsm journal. For me it’s an absorbing composition; it encourages me to visualize myself back in the place. There’s a point at which the figurative structure of the landscape becomes entirely abstract.
#composition #sketchbookart #umbria #umbrianlandscape #whiteroads #gouachepainting #landscapepainting #landscapeartist #abstractlandscape #abstraction #abstractionist #roadsandfields #mikestaniford
The coastline at Ballinskelligs in County Kerry. Stone walls and posts create a framework across the landscape all the way to the Atlantic Ocean. Swipe to see my original drawing.
#landscape #landscapepainting #workonpaper #contemporarylandscape #contemporaryart #contemporaryaustralianart #cokerry #irelandtravel #irishlandscape #coastallandscape #coastallife #perspectives #mikestaniford
The dynamics of landscape from recent travels. The intensity of colour and the drama of diagonals, angles and perspectives. And as for clouds…well?
#landscapepainting #landscapeartist #perspectives #contemporarylandscape #contemporaryart #cloudscape #countryside #horizon #travellingeurope #worksonboard #mikestaniford
Unfinished business. So, 5 weeks after leaving Cil Rialiag, the art residency on the coast of Co Kerry in Ireland, I find myself back in the studio reviewing my sketches and studies. So much plays back to me…sights, sounds, smells, the early dawn, the climb to Mount Bolus! The companionship of six other artists.
It’s time to bring some of my charcoal studies to life, to rekindle those very special days and generate some new work. To respond to the experience of being there whilst it is still fresh in my mind.
#artresidency #artresidencyprogram #cilrialaig #cokerry #cokerryireland #artistsretreat #irishlandscape #irishlandscapepainting #blackandwhite #charcoaldrawing #fieldstudies #mikestaniford
Thrilled to announce that ENCOUNTER, my joint show with @debbiemackinnon opens @beckerminty in Hobart on Friday 10 November. The works represent our journey across Tasmania from dramatic hillsides to windswept coastlines. Debbie and I will both be there to welcome you and talk a little bit about our paintings and the experiences of travelling across this stunning landscape.
A smaller exhibition will run concurrently at the Becker Minty gallery in Sydney. If you can’t make it to Hobart, then why not join us for celebratory drinks on Saturday 18 November from 2-4pm, when we will be In conversation with curator Joshua Charadia.
RSVP to joshuac@beckerminty.com
These are just two of the works from the show.
Mike Staniford
RISE
Acrylic on polyester cotton
122 x 122cms
Debbie Mackinnon
MY SOUL IS WANDERING
Acrylic on polyester cotton
83 x 83cms
framed in Tasmanian oak
#encounter #jointshow #twoartistsonejourney #beckerminty #hobart #discovertasmania #tasmanianlandscapes #landscapepainting #landscapelovers #landscapeartists #tasmanianwilderness
Light at the end of day appeared to fire up this battalion of trees on King Island. Their golden canopies reaching for the sky
Contact me for details.
Battalion
Acrylic on canvas
173 x 122 cms
#trees #lovertrees #battalion #kingisland #treesofinstagram #lightontrees #paintinglight #landscapeartist #landscapepainter #australianlandscape #treecanopies #mikestaniford
It’s the TWT Creative Precinct Block Party tomorrow night and the studio will be open to visitors. Why not come along from 5.30pm…I will be there in action along with the four other artists in ME Artspace to share our work, sketchbooks and studies.
Looking forward to seeing you!
#twtcreativeprecinct #blockparty #meartspace #openstudio #creativetrail #atchisonstreet #artistsatwork #creativespaces #mikestaniford
Several people have asked me how I paint from life especially under challenging circumstances. Well here you go, I will often use what I call my scribble book, a small A5 sketchbook that allows me to work quickly with the minimum of fuss. When fishmongers are pushing you around, customers staring over your shoulder and the floor as slippery as glass, with nowhere to sit, I just want to commit something to memory.
First scribble is the fish market followed by one of the meat market. About 60 seconds each one and all the information I need.
#scribble #scribbleart #A5 #charcoaldrawing #charcoalpencil #graphite #draw #drawfast #committomemory #markets #pleinair #mikestaniford
Planning next year already- super excited to announce that @debbiemackinnon and I will be teaching a landscape course in Cornwall with the wonderful @newlynartschool in August 2024. Places strictly limited so don’t delay! All details at link in bio and at the Newlyn School of Art website. This is going to be epic- drawing and painting outside, immersed in incredible Cornish landscapes with tuition and guidance from the two of us. Newlyn provide all materials and a fabulous studio to further explore ideas. Do take a peek- and look forward to seeing you in Cornwall!
The joy of travel. Places and people that make this world a fascinating place. From Umbrian hilltops to the Tate Modern, Irish hillsides to Greek island harbours. Just a few of my expressions of the trip.
Thank you to all my wonderful followers for sharing you thoughts and comments along the way.
#traveling #travellingartist #3monthaway #backhomeagain #landscapepainting #diversity #landscapeartist #memories #travelexperiences #sketchbooks #mikestaniford
