Pardon the pun. Started a book of cat doodles. Other animals may be involved.
02.09.2025 06:29 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0@ahmcginn.bsky.social
Artist, mainly painting, among other things. Looking for beauty and meaning in the familiar and the everyday. Penchant for loud guitars and the occasional good whisky. No NFTs, so don't ask. https://alanski.blogspot.com/
Pardon the pun. Started a book of cat doodles. Other animals may be involved.
02.09.2025 06:29 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks Steve.
31.07.2025 10:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you.
31.07.2025 10:54 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Farm Machinery, St John's Chapel, Co Durham. Oil on canvas. My first plein-air competition, had no idea what to expect and got 3rd prize.
29.07.2025 15:57 โ ๐ 33 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Found this little painting of St Nicholas aka Newcastle Cathedral I did sometime in the late 90s. #Newcastle #StNicholas #oilpainting #urbanlandscape
04.06.2025 12:00 โ ๐ 15 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Leave your smartphone at home, take your sketchbook instead, and you can get engrossed in other people getting engrossed in their smartphones. #smartphone #peoplewatching #sketchbook #drawing
02.06.2025 12:52 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0B. Cat on the car is such a strong image, and loaded with meaning.
02.06.2025 12:51 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Dog walk, couple of pints, a bit crack with the Wednesday evening crew and a portrait. Not too shabby for a Wednesday night. Danny sitting at the bar. #pubdrawing #Pencildrawing #supportyourlocal #portrait
28.05.2025 20:38 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Big Dave drives a pickup truck for picking up trucks. Ron Perry services, A19 northbound. Watching people coming and going. Conversations in the rain. Filling cars with fuel and and themselves with garage snacks. #Drawing #peoplewatching #A19 #sketchbook
27.05.2025 18:19 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Band rehearsal today. I think I'll take these two out today. #Gibson #Elderwood #Marshall #Supportlivemusic
26.05.2025 11:56 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thank you, kind sir.
23.05.2025 22:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Finished: Corporation Terrace, Trimdon Grange, oil on canvas, 10 x 12 inches. Commissioned by a Canadian lady who's father lived on that street and recently moved to Canada. This will be a present for his 80th birthday. #pleinair #CoDurham #landscapepainter #oilpainting
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Thank you. I don't think it needs much else. It's a commission so I want to get it right, but not take too long about it.
23.05.2025 08:48 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Work in progress. Not sure about this one. Bright sunlight creates a lot of strong contrasts and I was getting lost in an entanglement of big old Hawthorn. I'll get back there this afternoon. I also need some easel maintenance. #WIP #pleinair #oilpaint
23.05.2025 04:48 โ ๐ 35 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Made a start to this little commission. This style of terrace in Trimdon Grange is ubiquitous to the former pit villages of Co Durham. #pleinair #oilpainting #CoDurham #landscapepainting
21.05.2025 18:35 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks. I appreciate all the feedback.
19.05.2025 09:44 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0This weekend, I published my website and bought a car. The two things are not related. www.alanmcginn.co.uk
18.05.2025 17:59 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0Wi tippeny be we fear nae evil;
wi usquebae, we'll face the devil.
Finished this. The Insanity of Cars; Middlesbrough Flyover at Rush Hour. Oil on canvas. 12 x 16 #urbanlandscape #Rushhour #Middlesbrough #oiloncanvas #Northbound #Teesside
16.05.2025 18:55 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks Shelly, I appreciate that.
15.05.2025 21:19 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thought I should put a bit more energy into getting my paintings back out into the world. Taking a punt on the Cass Art prize with this one. #CassArt #oilpainting #artist #exhibition #DH7 #CoDurham
15.05.2025 10:03 โ ๐ 36 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1Another session on this one this evening. I think it's there. It'll sit on my mantle piece for a wee while and I'll spot anything that needs more work, but I'm happy with it for now. #WIP #pleinair #oilpainting #urbanlandscapepainting #DH7 #ushawmoor #CoDurham
14.05.2025 18:06 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Evening sun in #DH7 Stopping now as the light has already changed too much. I'll come back for another session soon. #pleinairpainting #oilpaint #urbanlandscape #CoDurham
13.05.2025 19:12 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Spaces and places #sketchbookpage #mixedmediaart #abstractart #sketchbookart #markmaking #artsky
11.05.2025 00:03 โ ๐ 67 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0A DH7 landmark, The Blue Hut, once a Chinese Takeaway, previously a Fish & Chip shop. Since painting, it has changed again. Started on a sunny April morning in 2023; finished this year. It sometimes takes a while. Oil on canvas board, 12 x 16 inches. #Oilpaint #CoDurham #pleinair #urbanlandscape
10.05.2025 16:36 โ ๐ 32 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Five O'clock Shadow in Durham. Oil on canvas board, 12 x 16 inches. #pleinairpainting #urbanlandscapepainting #oilpainting #CoDurham #Durham #DurhamCastle @grimartgroup.bsky.social
08.05.2025 10:52 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I like that - it reminds me of the interior paintings of Anthony Green.
07.05.2025 04:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0My Beautiful Neighbourhood. Flass Corner, Ushaw Moor, oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches. #CoDurham #Durham #pleinair #landscapepainter #oiloncanvas #urbanlandscape #DH7 @grimartgroup.bsky.social
05.05.2025 17:46 โ ๐ 30 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I suppose that style of bridge is rathe ubiquitous in the UK. I remember one in Ayrshire back in the 70s where someone had leaned over and spayed "SNP" on it, but got the N backwards, and it as known locally for decades as the SNP bridge until it collapsed in 2009. I wonder if that was prophetic?
04.05.2025 18:11 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thomas the busker, on Framwellgate Bridge last Sunday. #keepstreetslive #supportlivemusic #urbanlandscape #pleinair #oilpainting #busking #Durham #CoDurham
04.05.2025 18:04 โ ๐ 10 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0