Wedding Gift commissions from the groom for his bride

 Commissioned Landscape paintings, all 30x30cm

Looking through my archive of commissioned paintings I came across this collage which I don't think I have posted before.

These four paintings were commissioned as a wedding present from the groom for his new bride. They were all of places that were special to them both.

This was such a sweet and loving gift don't you think?

If you would like to commission a painting of a special place for someone special or why not treat yourself, contact me HERE

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Sunset over the sea

Sunset over the Sea

Oil on MDF canvas panel

18x24cm

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This painting is a mixture of brush and palette knife. Here are some close-ups to show the texture.

And how it might look framed:

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Colourful Skies, Day 4 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge

Colourful Skies Sky Scape

by Marion Hedger

18x24, oil on MDF canvas panel

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Namibia Impressions 21 - Kunene Sunrise painting by Marion Hedger

Namibia Impressions 21 - Kunene Sunrise

30x30cm (approx 12"x12")

Oil on canvas panel.

One of my fundraising paintings towards SAVE THE RHINO TRUST NAMIBIA, in aid of black rhino conservation

It seems to be a growing trend among artists to include a poem or quote when showing their art. I'm not very poetic myself and cannot understand much poetry - but I think I am improving! I like reading the snippets various artists have chosen and we have started looking at poetry with my granddaughter.

Here is a quote that I feel relates to this painting and my fundraising efforts.

“There's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything's got a story in it. Change the story, change the world.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Hat Full of Sky

Sunset Silhouettes oil painting, Finished

Sunset Silhouettes oil painting

24x30cm (approx 9.5x12")

Oil palette knife painting 

3mm MDF canvas panel

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Finally finished my trees against the sunset.

Now that I am looking at it with fresh eyes, I am wondering if I should change the colour of the silver birch to match the other two trees. Let me know your thoughts.

Work in Progress, Trees against the sunset

I haven't had much chance to paint lately, I had to go over to England before Christmas due to illness in the family and I will be over there again on Sunday. In the meantime I had the urge to paint silhouette trees against a sunset. Why, I don't know but the idea just came to me.

I have two 6x8's waiting to dry a little before photographing them to try to get the colour combinations right. I have started a larger one (24x30cm / 9.5x12inch) and want to do a larger one still after that one.

About this painting
I started without toning the canvas and initially I blocked in the trees using thin paint mixed with liquin. This allowed me to get the spacing of the trees more or less right.

This dried almost instantly and allowed me to start underpainting the sky. I went straight over the trees as I was sure I would be able to see enough of the shape to work ontop of the sky. This also has the advantage of mixing in some of the sky colour into the tree colour aiding harmony and reflected colour.

I then re-established the trees and started to get serious about the sky. I ran out of light and hope to finish tomorrow.