Art for Today

Although it has been a ruin for at least three hundred years, Dunure Castle was once the main fortress of the powerful Kennedy family, the Earls of Cassilis. Today the Kennedys are much more closely associated with Culzean Castle, less than four miles down the coast, but for several centuries from the 1200s, Dunure Castle was by far the more important of the two.   The oriiginal oil painting as 12 x 12 inches on canvas with rich thick oil paint giving the painting life and texture making the art come to life.

Port Patrick Red Coat although the second in this location and with the same model the painting has still done well and was very popular. The monotone art is still popular and will always feature as the main part of my work. I have also been working on the print side of things and have created a few prints worth looking at in "Lifestyle Art" section of the site             .  

"The Red Coat"  is a small 8x8 inch painting and only available from the Hansel exhibition and if past events are anything to go by this will be sold as soon as the show opens.  So if you are interested get in touch with Hansel to find out how to purchase this art. I am once again delighted to announce my entry for artists to donate an original "Little Painting" for the Art Exhibition and Sale which will take place from Thursday 13th to Sunday 16th June 2019 at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway. The first Hansel art event took...

Checkmate by JP Mclaughlin FEB 10, 2019 by JAMESCLARK Checkmate by JP Mclaughlin is another in the red coat series, a popular range of paintings by the international artist however the twist on this particular piece is eye-catching and gives a new slant on the whole series. In traditional form for the Redcoats, we see the woman in the left of the framing looking out to the sea, the cold grey tones of the painting are only broken up by her solitary stance as she looks to the horizon.  She almost always appears in this type of environment with her signature coat a...