Gavin Bartlett

All work on this website is done from life, using the techniques of the masters past but with contemporary scenes. My name is Gavin Bartlett, and I am currently a student of Romero Hidalgo Artists' Studio and Design and Architecture Senior High in Miami, Fl

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Sketchbook 1








Some pencil sketches from my sketchbook





Process





Oil on canvas, 21x25, 2011

The second of the refuge paintings. This is the second step, the physical act of painting.

Contemplation



Oil on canvas, 21x25, 2011.

My refuge is painting, so this series of paintings documents the process of creating art. This is the first step, looking into yourself and seeing your vision, seeing what it is you want to create, seeing what you want to express.

Bathsheba


Oil on Canvas, 19x25, 2011, bad photo...

Self Portrait Study


Oil on Cardboard, 5x7, 2011. Study for Refuge paintings

Free Odd Nerdrum

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/freeoddnerdrum/

Reading


Oil on Canvas, 11x14, 2011

Model Head Study


Oil on Board, 2011. Done at the beginning of summer.

Portrait of Manolo

Oil on Canvas, 2011, First commissioned work

Hand Study

Oil on Canvas Board, 9x12, 2011

Self Portrait

Charcoal, 11x14, 2011

The Sack

Oil on Canvas Board, 9x12, 2011

Abel

Oil on Canvas, 8x10, 2011

Rest

Oil on Canvas, 12x16, 2011