Casey Thornton | Representational oil painter based in regional Western Australia

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I got my 100% official artistic licence 10 years a

I got my 100% official artistic licence 10 years ago, during my first year of Fine Art at Curtin uni. Can hardly believe it's survived this long, maybe I don't need to laminate it after all!👌

SOLD! 🔴 I am beyond thrilled to be shipping 'S

SOLD! 🔴
I am beyond thrilled to be shipping 'Succulessence' to its new forever home with a collector in Japan! 🙌
I poured countless hours into this painting, and I'm so happy for it to have found someone who will love it as much as I do. Many thanks to @wesingulart 💚
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I did have plans to paint a second one... What do you think? 🤔

Finally finished and framed! I'm so happy to have

Finally finished and framed! I'm so happy to have this one finally hanging on the wall. This painting is a scaled down and cropped study of Bouguereau's Virgin and Child, which hangs at AGSA. I began this study during a January master copy workshop at The Art Academy in Adelaide. So thrilled with the end result of this epic challenge 🙌

Thank you @seesawmag for this great write-up! 👌

Thank you @seesawmag for this great write-up! 👌 You can check out the full Q&A at the link in my bio ❤️

Hey brains trust! I would love your input... I'm i

Hey brains trust! I would love your input... I'm in the process of framing this master copy from earlier in the year, repurposing an ornate frame I was given a couple years back, that happened to be just the right size (with a little modification!). My original plan was to get rid of the white paint and restore it back to its original gold, but that was proving troublesome. So I spent today sanding, priming and prepping the surface as best I could. This black paint was meant to only be an undercoat, but I kinda really love it! 😍 I was planning to finish it using a little touch of verdigris, topped with some antique gold gilding wax on the highlights.
Should I...
1. Leave it black? It currently has an almost matte, slight lustre finish, and I feel like it ties in well with the work.
Or, 2. Carry on with the antique gold?

Repurposing what was an ornate mirror, into a fram

Repurposing what was an ornate mirror, into a frame for my master copy! 😍 Who knew the perfect framing solution was sitting right under my nose this whole time! .
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This mirror had been tucked away gathering dust for a couple of years. Turns out to be the perfect size, after carefully removing a strip of beading and giving the whole inner edge a good sand. Stay tuned for more progress, I need to decide what to do about the colour (the original gold lies beneath the glossy white...) 🤔

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